About the Author:
New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James’s historical romance have been published to great acclaim. 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 been finalists for the Romance Writers of America’s RITA awards – the highest romance industry honor; won the National Readers’ Choice Award for Best Long Historical, and repeatedly been named one of the Best Romances of the Year by Amazon.com and Borders. After graduating from Harvard College, Eloisa got a Ph.D. from Yale and eventually became a Shakespeare professor, publishing an academic book with Oxford University Press. Find out more about the author at www.eloisajames.com.

“A duke must choose wisely . . .”
The sixth and final installment of the incredibly popular Desperate Duchesses series:
A noble rogue must choose between finding an acceptable bride...but finds that love is not an easily calculated maneuver.

By New York Times Bestselling Author Eloisa James
Avon Books * ISBN 9780061626838 * On-Sale Now $7.99

There are only two options that Villiers is willing to pursue, as his intended bride must also must be the daughter of a duke: he requires no less, as without a grand dame at the helm of his home, society will revile his brood.  Lady Eleanor Lindel is the daughter of the Duke of Montague, an unconventional beauty with fierce intelligence and secrets of her own; and Lady Lisette Elys, daughter of the Duke of Gilner, is stunningly beautiful…but the rumor mill pettishly asserts  that this lovely miss is quite mad. 

Villiers himself is not quite the catch his title might make him seem to be.  Apart from the brood of motherless children, he is assuredly no Prince Charming. Eleanor notices as much upon their first meeting, comparing him to another peer of the realm: “If Gideon looked like a prince in a fairy tale, Villiers was the tired, cynical villain who would try to usurp the throne.”

Torn between logic and passion, between intelligence and the imagination, and between two beautiful, volatile potential duchesses, Villiers finds himself drawn to the very edge of impropriety. But it is not until he’s in a duel to the death, fighting for the reputation of the woman he loves, that Villiers finally realizes that the greatest risk may not be in the dueling field…But in the bedroom. And the heart.

A DUKE OF HER OWN is quintessential Eloisa James: mingling a glorious romantic plot with compelling historical subtext and droll references to the works of literary greats such as William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, this love story is the pinnacle of a gilded epoch of romance, six novels in the making.