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Home / Authors / Eloisa James Eloisa James American author Eloisa James is best known for her witty, emotionally rich historical romance novels, including the Essex Sisters and Desperate Duchesses series. A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, her books have sold over ten million copies worldwide. This page provides the Eloisa James books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1999 Potent Pleasures POoPTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2000 Midnight Pleasures POoPTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2002 Duchess in Love POoDQB · 1 Buy ↗ 2002 Enchanting Pleasures POoPTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2003 Fool for Love POoDQB · 2 Buy ↗ 2004 Much Ado About You POoESB · 1 Buy ↗ 2004 A Wild Pursuit POoDQB · 3 Buy ↗ 2004 Your Wicked Ways POoDQB · 4 Buy ↗ 2005 To Wed a Rake POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2005 Kiss Me, Annabel POoESB · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 The Taming of the Duke POoESB · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 Pleasure for Pleasure POoESB · 4 Buy ↗ 2007 Desperate Duchesses POoDDB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 An Affair Before Christmas POoDDB · 2 Buy ↗ 2007 Duchess By Night POoDDB · 3 Buy ↗ 2008 When the Duke Returns POoDDB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 This Duchess of Mine POoDDB · 5 Buy ↗ 2009 A Duke of Her Own POoDDB · 6 Buy ↗ 2010 A Kiss at Midnight POoFTB · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 The Lady Most Likely... POoLMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2010 Storming the Castle POoHEAB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Winning the Wallflower POoHEAB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 When Beauty Tamed the Beast POoFTB · 2 Buy ↗ 2011 The Duke Is Mine POoFTB · 3 Buy ↗ 2011 A Fool Again POoDQB · 5 Buy ↗ 2012 Paris in Love POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 The Lady Most Willing... POoLMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Seduced by a Pirate POoHEAB · 3 Buy ↗ 2012 The Ugly Duchess POoFTB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 As You Wish POoSSC · 1 Buy ↗ 2013 With this Kiss: Part 1 POoHEAB · 4 Buy ↗ 2013 With this Kiss: Part 2 POoHEAB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 Once Upon a Tower POoFTB · 5 Buy ↗ 2013 With this Kiss: Part 3 POoHEAB · 6 Buy ↗ 2014 Three Weeks With Lady X POoDDB · 7 Buy ↗ 2015 My American Duchess POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2015 Four Nights With the Duke POoDDB · 8 Buy ↗ 2016 The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide POoESNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2016 A Gentleman Never Tells POoESB · 5 Buy ↗ 2017 Wilde in Love POoWOLCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2017 Seven Minutes in Heaven POoDDB · 9 Buy ↗ 2018 Midsummer Delights POoSSC · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Too Wilde to Wed POoWOLCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2018 Born to Be Wilde POoWOLCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2019 Say No to the Duke POoWOLCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2020 Say Yes to the Duke POoWOLCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2020 My Last Duchess POoWOLCB · 6 Buy ↗ 2021 Wilde Child POoWOLCB · 7 Buy ↗ 2022 How to Be a Wallflower POoWWB · 1 Buy ↗ 2022 The Reluctant Countess POoWWB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 Two Dances and a Duke POoSB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 Two Vows and a Viscount POoSB · 2 Buy ↗ 2023 Not That Duke POoWWB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 Two Masquerades and a Major POoSB · 3 Buy ↗ 2024 Viscount in Love POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2024 Two Lies and a Lord POoSB · 4 Buy ↗ 2025 Hardly a Gentleman POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2026 The Last Lady B POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Essex Sisters Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2016
01 The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Would-Be Wallflowers Books 3 books · 2022–2023
01 How to Be a Wallflower 2022 Buy ↗ 02 The Reluctant Countess 2022 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Happily Ever After... Books 6 books · 2010–2013
01 Storming the Castle 2010 Buy ↗ 02 Winning the Wallflower 2011 Buy ↗ 03 Seduced by a Pirate 2012 Buy ↗ 04 With this Kiss: Part 1 2013 Buy ↗ 05 With this Kiss: Part 2 2013 Buy ↗ 06 With this Kiss: Part 3 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Essex Sisters Books 5 books · 2004–2016
01 Much Ado About You 2004 Buy ↗ 02 Kiss Me, Annabel 2005 Buy ↗ 03 The Taming of the Duke 2006 Buy ↗ 04 Pleasure for Pleasure 2006 Buy ↗ 05 A Gentleman Never Tells 2016 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Duchess Quartet Books 5 books · 2002–2011
01 Duchess in Love 2002 Buy ↗ 03 A Wild Pursuit 2004 Buy ↗ 04 Your Wicked Ways 2004 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 4 books · 2015–2026
01 My American Duchess 2015 Buy ↗ 02 Viscount in Love 2024 Buy ↗ 03 Hardly a Gentleman 2025 Buy ↗ 04 The Last Lady B 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Pleasures Trilogy Books 3 books · 1999–2002
01 Potent Pleasures 1999 Buy ↗ 02 Midnight Pleasures 2000 Buy ↗ 03 Enchanting Pleasures 2002 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 1 book · 2012
Publication Order of Wildes Of Lindow Castle Books 7 books · 2017–2021
02 Too Wilde to Wed 2018 Buy ↗ 03 Born to Be Wilde 2018 Buy ↗ 04 Say No to the Duke 2019 Buy ↗ 05 Say Yes to the Duke 2020 Buy ↗ 06 My Last Duchess 2020 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Lady Most Books 2 books · 2010–2012
01 The Lady Most Likely... 2010 Buy ↗ 02 The Lady Most Willing... 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Story Collections 2 books · 2013–2018
02 Midsummer Delights 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Seduction Books 4 books · 2023–2024
01 Two Dances and a Duke 2023 Buy ↗ 02 Two Vows and a Viscount 2023 Buy ↗ 03 Two Masquerades and a Major 2023 Buy ↗ 04 Two Lies and a Lord 2024 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Desperate Duchesses Books 9 books · 2007–2017
01 Desperate Duchesses 2007 Buy ↗ 02 An Affair Before Christmas 2007 Buy ↗ 03 Duchess By Night 2007 Buy ↗ 04 When the Duke Returns 2008 Buy ↗ 05 This Duchess of Mine 2009 Buy ↗ 06 A Duke of Her Own 2009 Buy ↗ 07 Three Weeks With Lady X 2014 Buy ↗ 08 Four Nights With the Duke 2015 Buy ↗ 09 Seven Minutes in Heaven 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Fairy Tales Books 5 books · 2010–2013
01 A Kiss at Midnight 2010 Buy ↗ 02 When Beauty Tamed the Beast 2011 Buy ↗ 03 The Duke Is Mine 2011 Buy ↗ 04 The Ugly Duchess 2012 Buy ↗ 05 Once Upon a Tower 2013 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 1 book · 2005