There's a new "extra" chapter for This Duchess of Mine. This chapter is a "prequel" to the entire Desperate Duchesses series! (Note: the extra chapters are available in the Readers' Pages to registered readers only).

Eloisa gets asked all the time what books she loves and which authors she recommends. As a website extra, Eloisa made up a special page to list some of the authors she loves. Plus, every month she writes a piece in Books To Love about a terrific book she's read lately. Be sure to check out the Archives - there are so many great stories waiting for you there.

Would you like to see a picture of Fletch (from Affair Before Christmas) or a photo of the nightgown Simeon designed for Isidore in When the Duke Returns? Those are a few of the newest eggs but there are lots of others, telling you everything from the movie star on whom Eloisa based Jem, the hero of Duchess by Night, and the numbers of babies one couple ended up with!

Eloisa is offering an Easter Egg Cheat Sheet exclusively for registered readers so you can easily find out where all those luscious eggs are hiding! You can track which ones you've already found with the help of our egg tracker, but watch out! These crafty little eggs disappear and reappear. You might even find one on this page, sometimes...... (Technical note: if you find an egg, be sure to disable your pop-up blocker before clicking it -- for PC users that usually means holding down the control key while clicking.) Want to read about the making of these fun little eggs? Visit Eloisa's site page!

Have you read all of Eloisa's Essex Sisters books? Interested in knowing how many children the sisters had? Eloisa has a beautiful Essex Family Tree for you to see (note: reading the Pleasure For Pleasure Extra Chapter is recommended as the Family Tree may contain spoilers).

Eloisa contributes a monthly column over at BarnesAndNoble.com. Here's a snippet of the current month's post. One click and you can read the whole article.

Back to the Future

Romance writers are constantly accused of being derivative. Perfectly nice people are prone to enquiring where I "found the formula," as if a golden recipe were out in the garden waiting for a rainbow to touch down. Like any other genre, including literary fiction, the best romances are boldly original, and the poorest are indeed formulaic. Every author -- Shakespeare included -- begins with a genre of some type, and reshapes its conventions in his or her own voice...

Continue to Eloisa's B&N Column

Risotto Heartbreak, falling in love, and cooking — Eloisa shares the profound connection of risotto and love in Of Rice and Men.

Eloisa provides more fabulous Florence travel tips in her Summer 2009 article for Harper Collins.

Interested in Italy? Did you know that Eloisa is married to an Italian knight? Eloisa gives a personal tour of Florence in the February 2006 edition of More Magazine.

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Read Eloisa's Behind the Scenes

In 2006, Eloisa had a wonderful time in Nashville, learning how to write a country song, and she wrote about it in the February 2007 edition of More Magazine.

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Listen to the song

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Eloisa's Design-a-Duchess Challenge is over, but you can still download your own doll!

The winning dolls have been chosen, and you can download the gorgeous dresses now! These dolls are available in the Readers' Pages for registered readers only. Become a registered reader today!

Want to see all the doll entries from the contest? Become a Eloisa's fan on Facebook to see all the fabulous dresses!

Keepsakes

Signed Bookplates
Exclusively yours, Desperately yours. Bookplates signed by Eloisa! Simply send an s.a.s.e. to:

Eloisa James signed bookplate c/o Kim Castillo
PO Box 300
Goshen, IN 46527-0300

With Pleasure bookplate is 3.25 x 4 in

Please make sure to specify which bookplate you want, "With Pleasure" or "Desperately Yours" (The special bookplate just for the Desperate Duchess series).

Downloadable Bookmarks
Here are two free pages of bookmarks. Click to download, cut them out and share them, or leave the pdf whole as a collectors' item. Tell your friends!

Duchess by Night

Available only on Eloisa's website and the websites of Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, and Laura Lee Guhrke.

This Duchess of Mine &
A Duke of Her Own

Available only on Eloisa's website and the websites of Julia Quinn, and Elizabeth Boyle.

Limited Copies Left!
Eloisa has some of the tantalizing Earl of Mayne wedding invitations left and she'd like to share them with you! Just send a stamp to cover shipping to:

Eloisa James wedding invite c/o Kim Castillo
PO Box 300
Goshen, IN 46527-0300

Quantities are limited so only one per request please.

Postcards With Every Book
Sign up for the mailing list if you’d like to receive a postcard featuring the cover of each of Eloisa’s new releases right when the book is new. Make sure you click on the option to receive postcards from Eloisa. If you are already an Eloisa reader, you can easily go to Edit Profile and check to make sure you have enabled this option, and that you have provided your mailing address as well.

And if you’re collecting, there are a limited number of signed, older postcards available, mostly from the Duchess series. It's also possible to ask for a signed postcard of the newest book. Write Eloisa a note and tell her what you’re missing. Send the note and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Eloisa's Indiana address:

Eloisa James c/o Kim Castillo
PO Box 300
Goshen, IN 46527-0300

Keepsakes

Short Story
"Lov e a la Mode," a story connected to Enchanting Pleasures.

Want to read more? Eloisa has more free Short Stories in her Readers' Pages. Not only that, but Eloisa offers Extra Chapters for her books there as well.

Articles

On Living a Double Life~ Click the thumbnail to read.

Check out the Readers' Pages for more of Eloisa's articles -- about promotion, writing, research and family life, and writing -- including:
~ "My First Year as a Published Author"
~ "A Plump Regency Hero, Anyone?"

~Manifesto~ Eloisa wrote an article defending romance in the New York Times. Click the thumbnail to read.

Extra Chapters

Want to read more? The extra chapters found in the Readers' Pages don't appear in Eloisa's printed novels - and never will. They're only available in the Reader's Pages, so become a registered reader today!

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT?

Read an excerpt from the Desperate Duchesses series.

Try an excerpt from one of Eloisa's other series.

Read some of Eloisa's Extra Chapters in the Readers Pages.

See what's coming next from Eloisa.