

My American Duchess
Author: Eloisa James
Narrator: Kate Reading
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
Author: Eloisa James
Narrator: Kate Reading
Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 01/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
To say, it runs in the family, is an understatement when referring to the writing career of author, Mary Bly. Her credentials are impeccable with degrees from various prestigious schools, such as Harvard, Oxford, and Yale. She is a tenured professor on William Shakespeare, and has published with the Oxford University Press.
While attending the University of Virginia on a humanities fellowship, Bly began writing romance novels. Granted, the novels are not modern day romance, but set in England's Regency Period, where her incomparable knowledge of William Shakespeare serves as an added bonus in her works. She began this genre of writing to expedite paying off her student loans. Her first attempt was very well received.......The Pleasure Trilogy......and sold many copies in hardback, and her advance payment from the book paid off that student loan debt. After that, she decided to publish under the pseudonym of Eloisa James and to only publish in paperback format. It was more of a mass-market plan. Both worked in her favor.
Most of Bly's novels are not typical in character for the romance genre. Most have a very beautiful female character and a romantic interest in a handsome male character. Bly deviates from the norm by featuring a plump female character, or a hero who annulled a marriage because of impotence. Women friends or sisters play important roles in a Bly novel, because she places importance on those relationships in her own life. Most of her novels are in trilogy form or groups of four. That format gives her more story line time to develop interesting characters.
It was several years before Bly uncovered her secret second career to her intellectually snooty colleagues. She even disguised her appearance when she addressed each group, readers of her novels, and colleagues. When she realized how popular her novels were with her readers, she revealed her secret by giving each faculty colleague a copy of her latest novel. It was well received by all. And for the fact that the talent runs in the family, Mary Bly's (Eloisa James) Father, Mother, and Uncle were writers. Her romance novels are very popular all around the world.
I simply adored this book! Wonderful, quirky, sweet, sexy, so memorable, and an American heroine...I'm in love with Eloisa James all over again! I love a pining hero, I love that instant attraction, that slow descent into fascination, the burn that leads to sizzling sex, and this book delivered! A h......more
Rating Clarification: 4.5 Stars "She leaned closer. "If you were an elephant you would have a magnificent tusk." My first Eloisa James HR and I absolutely loved it! It was just the right combination of angst, humour, romance and a nice dose of sensuality. I rarely say this but I absolutely loved M......more
HELLO ANGSTY AND FORBIDDEN ROMANCE. From the moment Trent saw Merry, I was so invested in their romance. Trent is immediately entranced by Merry and decides she would make his perfect wife. She's an American and spunky and doesn't adhere to England's strict standards. He soon learns, though, that hi......more
Another great read from Eloisa James! Loved Merry, Trent was dreamy and I've got another Eloisa James book for my keeper shelf! What's not to love?......more