false \ 2283547 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg 2283547 6 2289751 book 1 7 2008 Duchess By Night total:357|5:98|4:142|3:96|2:21|1:0| 357 1388 535 65 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 3 false Tue Mar 17 10:02:12 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 07:17:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 5 1 false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 01:00:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 02:21:09 -0700 2008 Eloisa James is one of a handful of authors of historical romance (read: 'bodice rippers') who can engage my attention for the length of a novel, let alone sustain it through an entire series. Not that I have a deep acquaintance with the genre, but the few times I have tried a book that falls into...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 2 1 false Thu Jul 10 03:48:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 04:01:50 -0700 2008
There wasn't as much interaction between the friends and I missed that. I also didn't expect Harriet to be dressed as a boy, or at least for it go on over half the book, before she's discovered. It's not on...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 1 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 16:47:08 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 16:49:27 -0800 2009 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 2 false Thu Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 15:28:18 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 15:32:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 2 1 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 08:24:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:40:43 -0800 2009
(Whack myself in the head = "Why is this character still alive when clearly she is too dumb to live?"

Throw it across the room...more...]]> 6620443 0340961082 9780340961087 5 1 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6620443-duchess-by-night 4 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 06:04:49 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 06:42:42 -0800 2009
Basically, Harriet feels like a boring, dumpy widow. Her husband cared more about chess than her, so she's inexperienced with sex/real love (shocking). Luckily, her friend wants to go to a risque house party to lure her husband back to England. With the help of her ...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 23:24:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 13:05:11 -0700 2009 Overall it was a good read, but there were some things that bothered me. Not so much with the set-up for the story, b...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 true Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:28:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 07:43:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:10:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:10:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 true Fri Dec 26 08:00:53 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 08:05:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 23 14:50:22 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 07:34:02 -0800 2009
There's a wrap up for Villar's jaded story, he has been a relu...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 1 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:29:38 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 11:32:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 1 false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 14:05:14 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 14:10:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 3 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 13 03:19:22 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 10 09:46:48 -0700 2009
I am not a fan of the girls in pants storyline but here I was able to enjoy it because Harriet was actua...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 false Tue Sep 16 00:20:11 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 13:45:30 -0700 2008 1 Duchess By Night,
Written By: Eloisa James
Published By: Avon Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2008, First Avon Books Printing, 373 pages, paperback, ISBN 978-0-06-124557-2

“Duchess By Night is a decadent, sizzling romp; a tale of Historical Romance tha...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 17:16:51 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 18:54:56 -0700 2008
I loved Harriet's character...a woman before her time with her ideas about wearing breeches and riding astride a horse as opposed to a side saddle. And how you could not love her when she expressed concern for ...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 4 0 false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:40:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:50:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 2 0 false Tue Oct 13 13:48:09 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:47:26 -0800 2009 A Duke of Her Own so I was hoping that this would be equally enjoyable. It wasn't. I guess I've discovered that I'm not a big fan of romance novels where the woman is disguised as a man. The plot felt contrived, and when the H/H had their obligatory falling out the reasons ...more...]]> 2283547 0061245577 9780061245572 350 62 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256104587m/2283547.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2283547.Duchess_By_Night 5 0 false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 02 23:38:12 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:26:56 -0700 2009
As I read this novel, I found myself sputtering with laughter. I spent the entire night curled up on the couch breaking out into fits of laughter every 15 minutes or so.

I was laughing so often that my husband kept asking me if...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2283547