The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 11 books · 2007 to 2013 · Set in London

Eloisa James

RomanceHistorical romance

Eloisa James, a Shakespeare professor in her other life, writes witty Georgian and Regency romance. The Desperate Duchesses follows the chess-playing Duchess of Beaumont and her circle; the Fairy Tales series retells classic stories.

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Eloisa James books in order

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Desperate Duchesses

6 books · Set in LondonHistorical romance
  1. 1Desperate Duchesses2007With Roberta St GilesBuy on Amazon
  2. 2An Affair Before Christmas2007With Poppy, Duchess of FletcherBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Duchess by Night2008With Harriet, Duchess of BerrowBuy on Amazon
  4. 4When the Duke Returns2008With Isidore, Duchess of CoswayBuy on Amazon
  5. 5This Duchess of Mine2009With Jemma, Duchess of BeaumontBuy on Amazon
  6. 6A Duke of Her Own2009With Leopold, Duke of VilliersBuy on Amazon

Fairy Tales

5 books · Set in LondonHistorical romance
  1. 1A Kiss at Midnight2010With Kate DaltryBuy on Amazon
  2. 2When Beauty Tamed the Beast2011With Linnet Thrynne and Piers YelvertonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Duke Is Mine2012With Olivia LyttonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Ugly Duchess2012With Theodora SaxbyBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Once Upon a Tower2013With Edith GilchristBuy on Amazon

Characters

13 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Duchesses

Fairy Tales