"My American Duchess" by Eloisa James - A Regency Romance of Love and Adventure

Maria: I like the start of the history

United States on Dec 13, 2023

Sherry Aitken: Eloise James is always a good read

Canada on Mar 06, 2022

Daem0n: E' una delle autrici preferite della mia ragazza, tra le più brave e rinomate del genere. Copertina rigida a un prezzo molto contenuto (solo 3 euro).

Italy on Dec 30, 2019

lisa: I really enjoyed this book about a 'runaway bride' type American heiress in England. Merry is condescended to by members of the aristocracy even after her engagement to Cedric, the brother of a duke. This makes for some entertaining scenes as Merry is a spirited woman who doesn't turn the other cheek when insulted. Unfortunately her new fiancé turns out to be just as condescending but, having dumped two previous fiancés, Merry feels locked into her engagement. Her only support comes from the steamy hot Trent, Cedric's twin brother.

The first half is just riveting as Merry's honest style clashes with stuffy aristocrats. The second half based in the country is a bit slower and more about evolving emotions. This book is not as wonderfully fluid as 'four nights with the duke' or 'the duke of her own' but it's still Eloisa James at her best- funny, heartbreaking and believable.

Australia on Feb 10, 2017

C. Sylvie: Interesting question, and it seems it's not easy at all. Even without the to-become-classical Pineapple event, I would have enjoyed it very much, but with it... It's a must-read :-) I wonder whether Eloisa used her personal experience living for a year in London to write it ?

France on Apr 02, 2016

Isabella Norton: Ich mag Eloisa James Schreibstil. Sie ist flüssig und unterhaltsam. Ihr Plot ist spritzig ohne ins Melodramatische ab zufallen. Es gab immer wieder Szenen wo ich nicht nur schmunzeln, sondern auch laut lachen musste.

Germany on Mar 04, 2016

TracyJane: I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK!

Merry & Trent are by far my favorite EJ couple! I loved their interaction, their chemistry, their friendship and their love for each other.

The book opens with Merry becoming engaged to Lord Cedric (the Duke of Trent's twin brother). She has been in love and engaged twice before, but knows that this time is THE time. After Cedric proposes and takes off to the card room, Merry slips out on the terrace for a breath of air. Once there she encounters the Duke of Trent - but neither know who the other is. The strike up a conversation and Merry makes the duke laugh. She returns inside and he decides then and there that she will be his duchess. He returns to the ballroom and gets the hostess to introduce them - this is when they realize that Merry is engaged to his brother. Merry insists on returning the ring that Cedric gave her when she finds out that it should be for the next duchess.

The next day Trent goes to see Merry and returns the ring to her. He likes her and believes that she could really help his brother. He still wants her, but he would never steal his brother's bride. Trent leaves for Wales and Merry decides that she really...

United States on Feb 03, 2016

Unquietly Me: This fun, sexy, and dramatic historical romance pairs a lonely, loyal, and well-meaning duke, who doesn't believe in love, with an American heiress, who very much believes in love and has fallen in love three times.

Though the Duke of Trent and Merry Pelford were resolved to not fall in love with each other, their story was quite emotional and passionate. When the duke meets Merry in a dark balcony at a ball, he doesn't know she had gotten engaged to his younger twin brother, Lord Cedric, earlier that evening. He's fascinated by the funny, smart, opinionated, fact-gathering, democratic American, who disregards aristocratic titles. He's also taken by her statuesque, voluptuous beauty, unlike Cedric who doesn't think her looks are exceptional and only wants to marry her inheritance. Whether it's a twin thing, Trent decides on the spot that he wants Merry to be his duchess.

Merry has vowed to make it to the altar with her third fiancé. She's come to England with her aunt and uncle to evade the scandal in Boston after she jilted both of her former fiancés. Cedric is a flatterer--charming, sophisticated, elegant, and beautiful. He's a fashionable dresser, whereas the...

United States on Jan 31, 2016