Winning the Wallflower by Eloisa James

Author:Eloisa James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc.
Published: 2013-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

A NOTE FROM ELOISA

Are you curious about what happens to Olivia and her cheerful, but rather less than intelligent, fiancé, Rupert? Olivia’s story is called The Duke Is Mine, and it publishes on December 27, 2011. Olivia is one of my bawdiest—and yet sweetest—heroines ever. If you’d like to hear an account of the Summers ball that opens this novella, but from Olivia’s point-of-view, do check out the three-chapter excerpt that follows this letter!

The Duke Is Mine is part of a series of rewritten fairy stories: Duke is a rewriting of The Princess and the Pea, A Kiss at Midnight rewrites Cinderella, and When Beauty Tamed the Beast has an obvious ancestor. I’ve had a great time shaping these ancient fables around a whole new set of characters. Another challenge was to make the novels rigorously historical—set in the Regency period—and still imbued with a touch of pop culture fun that suits the feeling of “Once upon a time.”

The hero of When Beauty Tamed the Beast, for example, was inspired by the Fox TV show House (though a real-life doctor from the 1800s has to take most of the credit for my ducal hero’s brilliant diagnoses). But, in fact, I think that the young doctors named Kibbles and Bitts ended up even more popular, judging from reader mail!

The Duke Is Mine also has some pop culture touches: I would guess that the young half-French aristocrat named Sir Justin Fiebvre, with his charming manner and beautiful singing voice, will give you a laugh. The full name of Olivia’s fiancé—whom you met in Winning the Wallflower—is Rupert Forrest G. Blakemore . . . and the G stands for Gump. I hope you read the excerpt from Olivia’s story and fall in love with her as much as I do, and that you find yourself cheering for Rupert, and sighing over the duke with whom Olivia falls in love.

I just want to add that if the shorter novella form is to your taste, you might enjoy Storming the Castle, also on sale for 99¢. The tale is connected to A Kiss at Midnight (the hero of Storming is brother to the hero of Kiss), but you needn’t have read the novel to enjoy the novella. I’ve added an excerpt from Storming the Castle as well, following the three chapters from The Duke Is Mine.

In closing, I just want to say that I hope you adored Lucy and Cyrus. They were rather pigheaded, and gave me a great deal more trouble than one would expect from characters who occupy such a short number of pages . . . and yet I ended up very fond of them indeed. I would love to know what you think of the story. Do email me, at [email protected], or if you’re on Facebook, stop by my fan page and say hello!

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