Pat Innes asked Eloisa James:

Hello! I finished the 3rd book in the Would be Wallflowers series and enjoyed it so much that I thought I'd re-read My American Duchess. I'd completely forgotten the ending to Merry's story particularly the cliffhanger/teaser at the end of the epilogue regarding Lord Cedric Allardyce's return from Asia - "a tale for another day". Is there likely to be a follow up please?

Eloisa James Hello! I'm so glad you enjoyed the Wallflowers! What happened is that I wrote around 100 pages of Cedric's story before moving to a new novel. I faced two big problems: his alcoholism and his move to a country that had been colonized by England, together with his return with an Indian bride. Historically that was fine, but even if his bride came from an uncolonized region (of which there were several), the dynamics of Cedric marrying her were challenging, even without the alcoholism. The hardest books are "recovery" books, but I set the bar too high for myself. That said, I might go back to it someday!

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