The regency period inspires many a flighting fancy about a roguish earl or devilishly handsome duke. New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James has written many series including Desperate Duchesses and the Essex Sisters that explore regency romance in various states of undress. If you dream of ballgowns and waistcoats, try these books to read if you like Eloisa James.
Books to Read if You Like Eloisa James
The Gossip of an Earl
Linda Rae Sande
Release Date: October 8, 2016
The Earl of Fennington has a secret identity—that of Mr. Pepperidge, editor of London's premiere gossip rag, The Tattler. While attending a garden party as Fennington, he meets and falls in love with an earl's daughter. The attraction is mutual, and despite knowing better, Lady Emelia allows him to kiss her behind a hedgerow. Who will know but them? When the earl asks permission to marry Emelia, her father denies him, requiring him instead to court Emelia for eight weeks. He's only allowed to see her once each week, however. Desperate to spend more time with her, Fennington devises a scheme in which he'll be able to do just that, but in disguise. Emelia will have to meet Mr. Pepperidge in the park once a week to provide him the gossip she hears from her friends. That, or he'll print the news of her kiss with Fennington in The Tattler!
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Do You Want to Start a Scandal
Tessa Dare
Release Date: September 27, 2016
On the night of the Parkhurst ball, someone had a scandalous tryst in the library. All Charlotte Highwood knows is this: it wasn't her. But rumors to the contrary are buzzing. Unless she can discover the lovers' true identity, she'll be forced to marry Piers Brandon, Lord Granville--the coldest, most arrogantly handsome gentleman she's ever had the misfortune to embrace. When it comes to emotion, the man hasn't got a clue. But as they set about finding the mystery lovers, Piers reveals a few secrets of his own. The man can pick locks, land punches, tease with sly wit . . . and melt a woman's knees with a single kiss. The only thing he guards more fiercely than Charlotte's safety is the truth about his dark past.
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To Redeem A Rake
Christi Caldwell
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Society's most infamous scoundrel, Daniel Winterbourne, the Earl of Montfort, has been promised a small fortune if he can learn to behave. And behaving means he must find someone to guide his sister's into the London Season. He knows no such woman until he encounters a childhood friend who he believes may have all the answers. Miss Daphne Smith, tarnished by scandal and a disfigured leg, is far from drowning in opportunity so she accepts. And even though, knowing his history, she knows she should avoid Daniel, she can't help but grow closer to the notorious rake.
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Promise
K.J. Jackson
Release Date: September 12, 2016
When Lady Natalia Abbingale's sister goes missing, she must turn to the one man she knows could find her sister — the Marquess of Lockston. He was a romancer of young widows and not to be trusted but he was also the key to finding her sister. Fletcher Williston has no interest in helping a downfallen lady but with the right family, the right veneer, and most importantly, the right circumstance — desperation—and a deal made with her could possibly be just what he is looking for.
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Pursuing Lord Pascal
Anna Campbell
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Famous for her agricultural innovations, Amy, Lady Mowbray has never had a romantical thought in her life. Well, apart from her short-lived crush on London’s handsomest man, Lord Pascal, when she was a brainless 14-year-old. She even chose her late husband because he owned the best herd of beef cattle in England! When Pascal pursues her, all her adolescent fantasies come true. Gervaise Dacre, Lord Pascal needs to marry money to rescue his estate, devastated after a violent storm. Unfortunately, the current crop of debutantes bores him silly, and he finds himself praying for a sensible woman with a generous dowry. When he meets Dashing Widow Amy Mowbray, it seems all his prayers have been answered. But his quest becomes dangerously complicated when he finds himself falling for the widow.
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A Rogue To Avoid
Bianca Blythe
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Lady Cordelia was supposed to be the perfect debutante. But three broken engagements later, she's the subject of titters rather than laudations. Now relegated to the wallflower section of every ballroom, she does not want anything to plummet her further into scandal. She absolutely does not want to have anything to do with the too handsome, too roguish, too Scottish Marquess of Rockport. Gerard Highgate, Marquess of Rockport, is not the type to attend balls. But when he is chased into a home in Harrogate, he decides he must blend in — even if that means dancing with Lady Cordelia.
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