Eloisa James returns with another fabulous romance in her New York Times bestselling Desperate Duchesses series!
As a young girl, Emilia Gwendolyn Carrington told the annoying future Duke of Pindar that she would marry any man in the world before him—so years later she is horrified to realize that she has nowhere else to turn.
Evander Septimus Brody has his own reasons for agreeing to Mia's audacious proposal, but there's one thing he won't give his inconvenient wife: himself.
Instead, he offers Mia a devil's bargain . . . he will spend four nights a year with her. Four nights, and nothing more. And those only when she begs for them.
Which Mia will never do.
Now Vander faces the most crucial challenge of his life: he must seduce his own wife in order to win her heart—and no matter what it takes, this is the one battle he can't afford to lose.
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“Susan Duerden’s soft, entrancing voice lends itself to this clever audio romance…Duerden excels at British accents, and her portrayals of young nephew Charlie and guff but bumbling Chuffy are especially well done. The addition of Mia’s notes on her novel writing adds another amusing element to this touching story.”
— AudioFile
“James proves that wit is sexy and romance is smart. Her latest Desperate Duchesses novel does it again with an unforgettable heroine, a masterful hero, and a very wise little boy. This is a wonderful story filled with emotion. A real keeper.”
— RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)“James gives readers a welcome opportunity to revisit a popular community and flexes her powerful romantic storytelling muscles, somehow getting even stronger. Historical romance at its smart, poignant best.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" The main character is so whining its impossible to get through this book. Mia is supposed to have this great imagination and courage that drives her to blackmail and then for the rest of the book she's sniffling, whining, crying, locking herself in her room. I just couldn't listen to the ridiculous female character. I found the female character just irritating. "
— Annie , 11/2/2021Eloisa James is a bestselling author of historical romance novels. In 2013 she won the Rita Award for Best Romance Novella. She is a professor of English literature, lives with her family in New York, and is married to a genuine Italian knight. For info about books, visit www.eloisajames.com and sign up for her Five Fabulous Things newsletter.
Susan Duerden is an actress and an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. Her reading of The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht earned her an AudioFile Best Voice Award and a Booklist Editors’ Choice Award. She has won ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. Here career spans film, television, theater, voice-overs, and animation. She has played critically acclaimed and award-winning theatrical roles on London’s West End and Off Broadway; acted in the features Lovewrecked and Flushed Away; and held a recurring role on ABC’s Lost.