Eloisa James

When she discovers that her husband James married her only for her dowry, Theodora Saxby, known by the town as The Ugly Duchess, is devastated until James launches a campaign to prove that he really loves her.

The Ugly Duchess

Nicki

13 chapters about a two day marriage
9 chapters about him pirating and her glo up
8 chapters of them chronicling the two days it took for them to reconcile after 7 years apart.. TWO DAYS....

The last three chapters was literally this..
Theo: I dont want u
James: I want u. I husband. U wife.
Theo: no.. we can't be together... *one orgasm later* okay let's be together again

James is added to list of fictional men I will fight in a heartbeat.

Fuck this fucking book.

'Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than Eloisa James' - Julia Quinn How can she dare to imagine he loves her... when all London calls her The Ugly Duchess? Theodora Saxby is the last woman anyone expects the gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marry. But after a romantic proposal before the prince himself, even practical Theo finds herself convinced of her soon-to-be duke's passion. Still, the tabloids give the marriage six months. Theo would have given it a lifetime . . . until she discovers that James desires not her heart, and certainly not her countenance, but her dowry. Society was shocked by their wedding, but it's scandalized by their separation. James heads to sea where he becomes a notorious pirate, and Theo builds their estate into a flourishing concern. Back from the seas, a scandalous tattoo of a poppy under one eye, James now faces the battle of his lifetime: convincing Theo that he loved the duckling who blossomed into the swan. Theo will quickly find that for a man with the soul of a pirate, all's fair in love - or war. 'Eloisa James is extraordinary' - Lisa Kleypas 'Romance writing does not get much better than this' - People

Number 4 in series

Francesca G

This took a turn I was not expecting and to be honest it made some things feel a bit... farfetched? 

Not my favourite honestly but I can't deny it kept my eyes glued to the page until the very end

Kate

The first half of this book is a delightful and perfect romance. The second half suddenly has pirates and an extreme separation and I did not want that at all. It allows some really cool character development for the heroine but the hero becomes a completely different person who I didn't want her to end up with.

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Lover of Romance 

Jalanshi Vyas

“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.

The Ugly Duchess

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