It is impossible to guess who is getting a divorce, an annulment, or who is just going to continue living a life of a forever unhappily married couple.ĭuchess in Love lost some credibility with me at the very end when the drama kicks into high gear and one of the story lines crosses into dumb ass land. As most romance goes, it is predictable in the way that we know how it will turn out, but the time that I spent getting there was enjoyable.Įloisa James does a nice job of balancing the predictability that comes with romance with a variety of other romances that are filled with surprises. She is independent in as many ways as a duchess living in the time can be. Who doesn't love a believable romance between an already married couple? Oh, and Gina, she's great. A Duke in RetreatGina was forced into marriage with the Duke of Girton at an age when shed have been better. There is enough back and forth to add tension, but not so much that it has more than a moment of what feels tedious. Duchess in Love audiobook, by Eloisa James. The highlighted couple is Cam and Gina, who I enjoyed very much. A Duchess in Love Finally, Camden, the Duke of Girton, has returned home, to discover that his naïve bride has blossomed into the toast of the ton. There are several romance story-lines involving estranged married couples during one of those lush house parties that last several weeks with balls, luncheons, and other goings on of the titled upper-crust.

Who knows who had the final decision on that one?!ĭue to the era in which this story is set, it was a common practice for couples to be paired in marriage according to status, so it is realistic that couples would become estranged, taking lovers in secret to fill their hearts desires. Duchess in Love by Eloisa James is a historical romance, even though the cover screams contemporary.

Duchess in love by eloisa james