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    The Ugly Duchess
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    Fairy Tales Series

    By Eloisa James

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    About this series

    Once upon a time…

    A duke fell in love

    Gowan Stoughton of Craigievar, Duke of Kinross, values order and self-control above all else. So when he meets a lady as serene as she is beautiful, he promptly asks for her hand in marriage.

    With a lady

    Edie—whose passionate temperament is the opposite of serene—had such a high fever at her own debut ball that she didn’t notice anyone, not even the notoriously elusive Duke of Kinross. When her father accepts his offer… she panics.

    And when their marriage night isn’t all it could be, she pretends.

    In a tower.

    But Edie’s inability to hide her feelings makes pretending impossible, and when their marriage implodes, she retreats to a tower—locking Gowan out.

    Now Gowan faces his greatest challenge.  Neither commands nor reason work with his spirited young bride. How can he convince her to give him the keys to the tower…

    When she already has the keys to his heart?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJan 1, 1978
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      Eloisa James
      4/5 - 228 ratings
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      “Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas “Nothing gets me to the bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —Julia Quinn New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James gives the classic Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling” a wonderful, witty, and delightfully passionate twist. The Ugly Duchess is another fairytale inspired romance from the unparalleled storyteller whose writing, author Teresa Medieros raves, “is truly scrumptious.” A sexy and fun historical romance, James’s winning tale of a glorious reawakening does not feature ducks and swans—rather it’s a charming story of a young woman unaware of her own beauty, suddenly duty-bound to wed the dashing gentleman who has always been her platonic best friend…until now.

      “Eloisa James is extraordinary.” —Lisa Kleypas “Nothing gets me to the bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James.” —Julia Quinn New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James gives the classic Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling” a wonderful, witty, and delightfully passionate twist. The Ugly Duchess is another fairytale inspired romance from the unparalleled storyteller whose writing, author Teresa Medieros raves, “is truly scrumptious.” A sexy and fun historical romance, James’s winning tale of a glorious reawakening does not feature ducks and swans—rather it’s a charming story of a young woman unaware of her own beauty, suddenly duty-bound to wed the dashing gentleman who has always been her platonic best friend…until now.

    Author

    Eloisa James

    Eloisa James is a professor of English literature, specializing in Shakespeare. She teaches at Fordham University in New York City, and lives in New Jersey. Oxford University Press published her academic book in 2000.

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    • 2/5
      Just so much infidelity from the MMC. And their reactions when he returns just don’t make sense.

      And he spends so much time thinking about and discussing his sexual activities with other women. The way she forgives him when he never really even asks for forgiveness , trusts him when he says he won’t cheat again, when as a reader I just rolled my eyes and thought suuuure you won’t.

      And when he says he loves her I snorted out loud in disbelief. Everything about him returning just makes her life worse. It’s not a HEA if the reader wishes that the irredeemable prat love interest had died at sea.

      I recommend When Beauty Tamed the Beast and all the more recent books by James, but this one is not one I’d recommend to anyone.