The Taming of the Duke (April 2006) has obvious Shakespearean resonances, as do many of my novels. Yet the literature professor in me certainly plays into my romances. It's like being Superman, with power suits for both lives. The other day I bought a delicious pink suit to tape a television segment on romance I'll never wear that suit to teach in, nor even to give a paper at the Shakespeare Association of America conference. When I'm not writing novels, I'm a Shakespeare professor.
In her professorial guise, she's written a New York Times op-ed defending romance, as well as articles published everywhere from women's magazines such as More to writers' journals such as the Romance Writers' Report. Her "double life" is a source of fascination to the media and her readers. Currently she is an associate professor and head of the Creative Writing program at Fordham University in New York City. from Yale and eventually became a Shakespeare professor, publishing an academic book with Oxford University Press. A reviewer from USA Today wrote of Eloisa's very first book that she "found herself devouring the book like a dieter with a Hershey bar" later People Magazine raved that "romance writing does not get much better than this." Her novels have repeatedly received starred reviews from Publishers' Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on the best-seller lists.Īfter graduating from Harvard University, Eloisa got an M.Phil. Her novels have been published to great acclaim. (Dec.New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers.
Engaging humor and steamy romance give this captivating regency a fine polish. James is skilled at bringing her characters fully to life, gracing Josie's feelings of inadequacy and Mayne's false sense of love with the believable, individual quirks that draw them to each other. As Josie begins attracting various suitors and Garret wrestles with his feelings for her, an intriguing subplot has the ton speculating on the identity of the "earl of Hellgate," whose scandalous, anonymous memoirs have been making the rounds. But Garret is engaged to a beautiful, genteel French aristocrat, having abandoned his former rakish ways. When Josie is insulted at a ball, Garret, earl of Mayne, whisks Josie back to his home where his friendly tutelage on attracting a man results in a fleeting moment of passion. Nicknamed the "Scottish Sausage" by a rejected suitor, Josie believes that no man will ever seriously court her because her figure is too ample. ), James tells the story of Josie, the only Essex sister yet unmarried. In the final installment in her Four Sisters series (after Taming of the Duke
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