Eloisa James Books in Order

At a masquerade ball, impulsive Charlotte shares one forbidden night with a masked “footman,” only to meet him years later as a scandal-shadowed earl who does not remember her. Their marriage forces both to face gossip, secrets, and what really happened in that garden.

Lady Sophie York chooses a safe, amiable earl over passionate rake Patrick Foakes, though it is Patrick’s kisses she craves. A botched elopement swaps grooms and leaves them hastily wed, turning their battle of wills into a marriage neither quite knows how to manage.

Married off as a child, Gina has not seen her husband since he climbed out the window on their wedding night. Years later the Duke of Girton returns from the Continent to find his neglected duchess the toast of London, and must convince her their marriage is worth saving.

Gabrielle Jerningham cherishes the portrait of her ideal fiancé until she meets his older brother Quill, a reserved man tormented by crippling headaches. Promised to one brother while drawn to another, Gabby must decide whether to risk scandal and choose the man who truly sees her.

Country-bred Lady Henrietta Maclellan knows she should never marry due to a childhood injury, yet she longs for children and love. A steamy letter meant only for her diary becomes public, pushing her into a scandalous marriage with elegant London dandy Simon Darby that neither quite expected.

Branded unmarriageable after a compromising incident, Lady Beatrix Lennox heads to a country house party determined to pursue pleasure on her own terms. There she tangles with a proper earl, a scandalous marquess, and her own unruly heart in a tangle of desire and second chances.

When four Scottish sisters become wards of a brandy-loving duke, eldest sister Tess must steer them through London society with only a horse apiece as dowry. Caught between a prudent match and a man who truly understands her, she has to choose between safety and real passion.

After ten years of virtuous loneliness while her husband lives with his mistress, Helene, Countess Godwin, decides she will take a lover and have the child she longs for. Instead she strikes a shocking bargain with her rakish husband Rees, forcing them to rebuild a very broken marriage.

Annabel Essex has vowed to marry money, not love, after watching her father gamble away their security. A disastrous journey to Scotland leaves her apparently wed to a cash‑poor earl she never meant to marry, turning a snowbound road trip into a battle between ambition and desire.

In a world where gossip rules, the betrothal of rakehell Gilbert Baring-Gould to well-bred Emma Loudan is irresistible fuel for scandal. When he shocks society by vowing not to marry her until she is carrying his child—or perhaps already is—Emma decides to beat him at his own outrageous game.

In this novella, a sensible young lady agrees to marry a notorious rake for entirely practical reasons, expecting respect rather than romance. Their marriage of convenience quickly becomes more complicated as inconvenient attraction and long-buried vulnerabilities come to light.

Josie Essex enters the marriage mart only to be cruelly nicknamed “the Scottish Sausage” for her unfashionable curves. When the sophisticated Earl of Mayne offers to teach her how to flirt, scandal and gossip swirl around lessons that slowly turn into something far more tender and dangerous.

Widowed Imogen, Lady Maitland, believes she is finally free to choose a lover instead of another husband. Her plans go awry under the watchful eye of her drunken former guardian, the Duke of Holbrook, whose struggle toward sobriety is entangled with a masquerade, a “shadow” brother, and their growing attraction.

The Duke and Duchess of Fletcher married for love yet now barely speak, their union suffocated by secrets and expectations. A snowy Christmas in Paris and the temptations of the season force them to confront who they have become and whether their marriage can be remade.

Country-bred Lady Roberta St. Giles escapes her mad poet father to London, determined to marry the infamous Duke of Villiers. Instead she falls into the orbit of Damon Reeve, Earl of Gryffyn, whose determination to protect her from a disastrous match turns into a high-stakes game of the heart.

Proper widow Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, is tired of being pitied and ignored. Disguised as a young man, she infiltrates Lord Strange’s notorious country house party and discovers freedom, risky games, and a dangerously attractive host who has no idea the witty youth at his side is a duchess.

Married to the Duke of Cosway by proxy as a child, Isidore has waited years for a husband who stayed abroad chasing adventure. When he finally comes home determined to take command of his estates and his wife, he finds a woman far too vivid to fit the docile duchess he imagined.

Notorious Duke of Villiers has finally decided to marry and give his illegitimate children a proper home. Torn between a brilliant, socially impeccable duke’s daughter and an unpredictable woman labeled half-mad, he discovers that choosing a wife means deciding what kind of man he wants to become.

Jemma, Duchess of Beaumont, fled England after discovering a devastating betrayal and has spent years creating delicious scandals abroad. When duty and the need for an heir force her and her cool, overworked husband Elijah back into the same house, they must decide whether their marriage will be politics or love.

Practical, penniless Kate agrees to impersonate her prettier stepsister at a prince’s house party, only to clash with Gabriel, the pragmatic royal looking for a rich bride. Their sharp-tongued attraction upends the fairy tale, forcing both to weigh duty against the possibility of a real happily ever after.

Fleeing an unwanted marriage, Miss Philippa Damson runs away to Pomeroy Castle and takes a humble post caring for a newborn. There she meets Jonas Berwick, a bastard son of a duke turned soldier, who offers her everything but marriage, forcing Philippa to decide what price she will pay for love.

At a snowy Scottish house party designed to find a bride for a charming earl, several couples stumble into love instead. Packed with mistaken identities, midnight excursions, and overlapping courtships, this collaborative novel delivers three intertwining romances in one frothy package.

Young widow Genevieve Forsythe is engaged to a perfectly suitable gentleman when the man who once broke her heart strides back into her life. Torn between safe respectability and the reckless love she swore to forget, she must choose which kind of fool she is willing to be.

Olivia Lytton has been groomed since childhood to marry a duke, though her fiancé seems an oddly ill-suited match. Sent to inspect another duke as a potential husband for her twin, she falls for Tarquin, a rigid perfectionist who finds her unruly charm impossible to ignore, even at the cost of duty.

After a scandalous rumor ruins her prospects, dazzling Linnet Thrynne is packed off to the Welsh countryside to woo a bad-tempered earl believed to be impotent. Instead she meets Piers, a brilliant, abrasive doctor whose sharp tongue hides loneliness, and sets out to win the heart of the “beast” himself.

Quiet Lucy Towerton is engaged to a handsome social climber who needs her bloodlines more than her heart. When an unexpected inheritance makes her a wealthy heiress, she plans to jilt him, only to discover that the man she meant to cast off may be the one who truly sees her.

After an early breast‑cancer diagnosis, Mary Bly and her husband sell their house, move their children to Paris for a year, and start over. In brief, vivid scenes, this memoir captures everyday joys and frustrations of life in a foreign city, from school lunches to snow on old stone streets.

Fourteen years after bolting from his wedding night and turning pirate, Sir Griffin Barry returns to England to claim the wife he barely remembers. He expects a meek girl and finds a confident woman with a life of her own, forcing him to earn a place in her heart and family.

High-spirited laird Taran Ferguson solves his nephews’ lack of brides by kidnapping a carriage full of ladies—and one furious duke—from a nearby ball. Snowed into a remote castle, the unwilling guests pair off in surprising ways as enforced proximity turns chaos into Christmas‑season romance.

Childhood friends Theodora and James are rushed into marriage for financial reasons, then ripped apart when she discovers the betrayal behind their wedding. Mocked as “the ugly duchess,” Theo reinvents herself as a fashion icon, while James disappears to sea and returns a hardened man determined to win back his wife.

This collection brings together several of Eloisa James’s Regency novellas, including the pirate-themed Seduced by a Pirate and the epistolary With This Kiss. Linked by family ties and recurring characters, the stories offer bite-sized romances about second chances, wartime losses, and love that arrives when least expected.

Duke Gowan Stoughton values control and efficiency, so when he meets serene Lady Edith he promptly proposes. Edie, feverish at her debut ball, barely remembers him, and a disastrous wedding night leaves her barricaded in a tower with her cello while Gowan must learn how to truly court his own wife.

Told in linked parts, this novella traces childhood friends who grow up sharing letters, secrets, and war stories until affection slowly deepens into love. Distance, danger, and unspoken fears stand between them, and both must decide whether to risk a lifelong bond by asking for something more.

Illegitimate but wealthy Thorn Dautry hires Lady Xenobia India to whip his ramshackle estate into shape before he proposes to a respectable bride. Their battle over furniture and paint colors, carried on through sharp letters and late‑night arguments, turns into a passionate affair neither of them planned.

Mia Carrington, a shy writer, blackmails her childhood nemesis Vander into marriage to escape a cruel guardian and protect her disabled nephew. Vander agrees on humiliating terms, only to discover that the woman who forced his hand is braver, funnier, and more tempting than he ever imagined.

Runaway bride Merry Pelford has already jilted two men when she comes to London and accepts the proposal of a charming English rogue. Unfortunately she cannot stop sparring—and flirting—with his older brother, the Duke of Trent, whose rigid sense of duty crumbles every time he crosses paths with the outspoken American.

Widow Lizzie Trout’s husband died in his mistress’s bed, leaving her humiliated and determined never to love again. When notorious rake Oliver Berwick arrives at a country house party seeking redemption for his youthful cruelty, a slow, deeply sensual courtship gives them both a second chance.

This companion volume to the Essex Sisters novels gathers essays, deleted scenes, a new novella, family trees, and behind‑the‑scenes commentary. It is designed for readers who want to revisit Tess, Annabel, Imogen, and Josie with extra stories and detailed glimpses into how their world was built.

Widowed Eugenia Snowe runs an exclusive governess agency with impeccable control, until inventor Edward Reeve storms in demanding help with his unruly wards. Their clashes over the children, propriety, and desire lead to stolen moments of passion and a choice between reputation and the unconventional family they are creating.

Famed explorer and author Lord Alaric Wilde returns to England to discover he has become a celebrity hero, complete with plays about his exploits and swooning admirers. The one woman unimpressed is bookish Willa Ffynche, whose insistence on privacy fascinates him and turns his carefully managed life upside down.

Adopted into the Wilde clan, efficiently ruthless Parth Sterling plans to marry a perfectly respectable lady, not his friend Lavinia, a fashionable spendthrift hiding mounting debts and a troubled mother. Helping her salvage her finances and reputation drags Parth into a relationship that looks nothing like the tidy life he planned.

This trio of short romances revisits familiar worlds, from an Essex Sisters house party to a midnight encounter in a garden. Each story offers a compact dose of James’s blend of humor, mishap, and heartfelt emotion as unexpected couples find love in the most inconvenient circumstances.

Jilted heir North Wilde flees to war when his fiancée vanishes, only to come home and find Diana working as a governess in his family’s castle, caring for a child everyone assumes is his. Living under the same roof again, they must untangle hurt, rumors, and the love that never quite died.

Lady Betsy Wilde has a duke ready to propose but wants one last wild adventure before settling down. She strikes a scandalous wager with brooding war hero Jeremy Roden that involves breeches, billiards, and a daring escape, only to find that one night with him will never be enough.

Widowed duke Hugo Wilde knows he must marry again for his children’s sake, but he has no interest in another cold, arranged union. When he meets warm, stubborn Ophelia, a widow with a complicated past, their unexpected courtship reshapes not only their own lives but the noisy household at Lindow Castle.

Painfully shy Viola Astley dreads her London debut and dreams of a quiet life with a gentle country vicar. Instead she finds her reputation entangled with a powerful duke who insists on marrying her, forcing Viola to decide whether she can trust a man she barely knows with her guarded heart.

Set during the Duke of Greystoke’s legendary Christmas Revelry, this anthology gathers four linked novellas about women who have little interest in Cupid. Amid plays, secret grottoes, and plenty of mistletoe, house guests discover that one holiday house party can upend even the most careful plans.

Lady Joan Wilde refuses to behave like a proper young lady and dreams of playing male roles on the stage. Respectable, rule-following vicar Thaddeus Erskine has every reason to disapprove, yet he keeps finding himself drawn into Joan’s schemes and slowly falling for the most unconventional Wilde of all.

Determined never to marry, heiress Cleopatra Lewis decides to dress so oddly that she will be ignored at her own debut and free to run her late father’s business. Her plan collapses when she steals a costume shop out from under American theater owner Jake Astor Addison and a wardrobe wager turns into love.

Irish-born Cora, Countess of Grantham, captivates London with her daring gowns and rumored past, drawing both admiration and censure. Elias, a strait-laced earl with an almost painful respect for propriety, sets out to rein in her scandals and instead finds himself falling for the very woman society tells him to shun.

Lady Stella Corsham, a bespectacled heiress with a formidable dowry, knows she is not the glittering prize gentlemen expected. When the arrogant Duke of Huntington ends up marrying her instead of the belle of the Season, their uneasy match turns into a battle—and then a partnership—neither of them foresaw.

Curvy Beatrice Valentine is having a miserable first Season, mocked by fashionable bullies and pushed to the edges of the ballroom. Between one dance and the next she catches the eye of a battle-scarred duke and his fiery brother, and must decide which man—and which future—she truly wants.

At a glittering masquerade, a young lady whose reputation has been damaged beyond repair meets a war-scarred major who has no use for polite society. Hidden behind masks, they share a brief, searing connection that forces both to question whether they are truly as ruined as the ton believes.

Reduced to unpaid housekeeper in her late parents’ home, Ella St. Trevelyon lives in the attic while her uncle enjoys her inheritance. A night at the theatre introduces her to her cousin’s wealthy fiancé, Lord Peregrine, and a Cinderella‑style tangle of duty, desire, and unexpected vows follows.

Daisy tells a desperate lie to save a child from an orphanage and wakes up married to a lord who never planned on a wife. Their impulsive union drags them through scandal sheets, secrets, and slowly growing affection as they learn what it means to build a real marriage.

Suddenly guardian to rambunctious orphans, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne needs a competent wife more than a love match. When his perfect fiancée elopes, he turns in desperation to her unconventional sister Torie, a dyslexic artist whose warmth and chaos threaten his carefully ordered plans.

After her Season implodes in a cloud of scandal, bookish Clara Vetry escapes London by posing as a housekeeper bound for a remote Scottish castle. The laird who hired a servant instead meets a woman who challenges him at every turn, and a practical arrangement becomes a marriage neither expected to want.

Newly married Lady Genevieve “Evie” Hughes travels with her much older husband to a supposedly haunted Scottish abbey, more intrigued by ghosts than by the marriage bed. When secrets, wills, and a sudden death throw everything into chaos, a sardonic solicitor becomes the one man she can trust with both her life and her heart.