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.
New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers. But unlike the noblemen at her feet, he doesn't belong in her refined and cultured world.Ĭaught between the demands of honor and desire, Jake would give up everything to be with the woman he loves- if she'll have him!
It isn't until Cleo becomes the toast of all society that Jake realizes she's stolen his fiercely guarded heart. And somehow in the middle of their lively competition, Jake becomes her closest friend. Cleo can't resist the fun of clothing the rough-hewn American in feathers and flowers. Jake strikes a devil's bargain, offering to design her “wallflower wardrobe” and giving Cleo the chance to design his. He's furious when a she-devil masquerading as an English lady steals Quimby's Costume Emporium from under his nose. Powerful and charismatic Jacob Astor Addison is in London, acquiring businesses to add to his theatrical holdings in America-as well as buying an emerald for a young lady back in Boston. But since she has no intention of marrying, she visits a costume emporium specifically to order unflattering dresses guaranteed to put off any prospective suitors. Miss Cleopatra Lewis is about to be launched in society by her aristocratic grandfather. From New York Times bestseller Eloisa James, a new Regency-set novel in which a heiress with the goal of being a wallflower engages a rugged American in a scorchingly sensual, witty wager that tests whether clothing does indeed make the man-or the wallflower!
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