Order of Eloisa James Books

Eloisa James is an American author known for her historical romance novels. She has written the Pleasures Trilogy, Duchess Quartet, Essex Sisters, Desperate Duchesses, and Happily Ever After series. Her real name is Mary Bly, and she is the daughter of two writers: poet Robert Bly and short story author Carol Bly. In addition to being a bestselling novelist, Eloisa serves as an associate professor of English Literature at Fordham University. For a long time, she maintained a separation between her pen name and academic career, even opting for contacts over glasses. She chose to reveal her true identity after readers speculated that her anonymity suggested shame about her genre, which was not true. Following her revelation, she shared her novels with fellow professors and wrote an editorial defending romance literature. Eloisa James published her first novel, Potent Pleasures, in 1999. Below is a list of her books in the order of their original release: