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Hardly a Gentleman

Eloisa James

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New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Accidental Brides series with a romance about a forced marriage between a feisty heroine and a Scottish laird... neither of whom have plans to marry, let alone fall in love.

Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly disastrous end, the Honorable Miss Clara Vetry jumps into a carriage hired to take a housekeeper to Scotland.

The laird of Castle CaerLaven has no interest in a wife, especially a love match--but when Caelan sees his new housekeeper, he changes his mind. Marriage to a delectable bookworm strikes him as a perfect arrangement.

To his surprise, Clara refuses his proposal once...and again...yet again.

When her true identity is revealed, and they're forced to marry, Caelan realizes he has a far more crucial challenge.

He finally has Clara's hand--but how will he ever win her heart?


Book Details

  • Publisher: Avon Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 29th, 2025
  • Pages: 384
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.50in - 4.10in - 1.20in - 0.35lb
  • EAN: 9780063347465
  • Categories: Romance - Historical - RegencyWomen

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About the Author

James, Eloisa: -

Eloisa James is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature, who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight.

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Praise for this book

"Eloisa James writes with a captivating blend of charm, style, and grace that never fails to leave the reader sighing and smiling and falling in love. Her style is exquisite, her prose pure magic. Nothing gets me to a bookstore faster than a new novel by Eloisa James." -- Julia Quinn

"The first in James's (Not That Duke) new Accidental Bride series takes readers on a journey to find love, with a plot that takes shape quickly, even as the dynamic cast of characters are more slowly developed and carefully crafted. The classic miscommunication trope is used effectively to create tension between the protagonists and move the story along, while a surprise revelation comes to light at the end of the novel, which serves to make sense of earlier events. Verdict: James's latest book is a must-read for fans of historical romance." -- Library Journal (starred review) on Viscount in Love

"Launching her new Regency-set Accidental Brides series, James (Not That Duke, 2023) once again displays her usual perfect sense of literary aplomb by first creating a uniquely appealing pair of protagonists (including a heroine who is not about to let not being able to read or write hold her back) and then setting them loose in a wit-infused plot enhanced by a wildly entertaining cast of secondary characters." -- Booklist on Viscount in Love

"An unusual dyslexic heroine provides depth to a solid Georgian romance." -- Kirkus Reviews on Viscount in Love