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.

'retail_price' : '7.99', 'online_price' : '7.99', 'our_price' : '7.99', 'club_price' : '7.99', 'savings_pct' : '0', 'savings_amt' : '0.00', 'club_savings_pct' : '0', 'club_savings_amt' : '0.New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James writes historical romances for HarperCollins Publishers. But when Imogen agrees to accompany Gabe to a masquerade.whose masked eyes watch her with that intense look of desire? Who exactly is she dancing with? The duke or the shadow duke? Rafe. the man who really should hold the title. She laughs at the idea that someone so insufferably lazy and devoted to drink can demand that she behave with propriety.It's Rafe's long-lost brother, a man who looks precisely like the duke but with none of his degenerate edge, who interests Imogen.

He believes she is still in need of a watchdog. A discreet male who knows just when to leave in the morning.But Lady Maitland is still under the watchful eye of her former guardian, the wildly untamed Rafe, the Duke of Holbrook. After all, she's in the delicious position of being able to take a lover. 'item_description' : 'Imogen, Lady Maitland, has decided to dance on the wild side.

The taming of the duke by eloisa james