She speculated that the new owners, similar to those featured on HGTV shows, would want to redecorate. Her research had shown that many noble families were essentially bankrupt and often sold their estates or lost them to gambling debts.

James is an ardent fan of the network's competitions between decorators and interior designers, and the programs made her think more about what redecorating may have been like during the Regency period. The story was partially inspired by Homes and Gardens Television (HGTV). James also noted that she quite enjoyed bringing back those characters, ten years after the events of the book in which they were featured. James said that having years, instead of weeks, to think about the character helped her to bring more depth to his story. The hero of Three Weeks, Tobias 'Thorn' Dautry, was introduced in James' 2009 novel This Duchess of Mine. Three Weeks With Lady X is the seventh novel of James's Desperate Duchesses series, and the first to focus on the children of the original characters. The protagonists have secondary roles in James's next book, Four Nights With a Duke.Įloisa James is the pen name of Mary Bly, a professor of English at Fordham University. The hero was first introduced as a child in James' 2009 work This Duchess of Mine. The novel is considered very sensual, and marked James' first foray into more explicit love scenes. The primary and the secondary characters are richly drawn and fully developed. The hero is also unusual for the time period, being neither a lord nor legitimate. Her interior decorating skills were inspired by James' love for HGTV.

In a departure from other novels of this type, James gave her heroine an occupation. The novel is considered a Regency romance, with much of the conflict revolving around the societal expectations of the time. It was a New York Times Bestseller and was nominated for two Romantic Times awards. Three Weeks With Lady X is a historical romance written by Eloisa James and published in 2014.

A duke of her own by eloisa james