Jenna asked Eloisa James:

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Eloisa James Hi there! Argh... Did you happen to see that line in the Author's Note where I talked about bringing a character back from the dead accidentally? That was Lisette's mother (alas). The problem was that I had never had her on the page; she had died long before A Duke of Her Own. So I didn't have her fixed in my mind. I wanted to turn Lisette into a more complicated character -- one with a mental illness, perhaps, but also love for her children. I turned to her mother as an explanation for at least part of her behavior, and didn't discover until the first professional review came in that I'd brought her back from the dead! So that was awful... I'm starting a new series in the fall and this time I'm starting a Bible. The Desperate Duchesses series was supposed to be 4, and then it grew to 6, and then it grew to 9, and I'm not detail-oriented at the best of times. I hope it didn't upset your reading experience, and you enjoyed Eugenia and Ward anyway! ~ all best, Eloisa

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