Her second novel, Midnight Pleasures, will be available from Delacorte Press in August 2000. About the Author: Eloisa James is a professor of English literature who lives with her family in New Jersey. At last, there can be a storybook ending.unless, of course, Charlotte's one mad indiscretion had not been with him at all. Charlotte, who knows all too intimately the power of his passion, is stunned by the gossip that has set society ablaze. Worse, he's the subject of some scandalous gossip: rumor has it, the earl's virility is in question. He's rich, titled, and he doesn't remember Charlotte. Reckless Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Midnight Pleasures by Eloisa James 3.82 4,886 Ratings 261 Reviews published 2000 2 editions In the night, all rules are forgotten. Several years later, after Charlotte has made her dazzling debut in London society, they meet again. 6,682 Ratings 615 Reviews published 1999 35 editions Nothing is more seductive than temptation. He's powerful, unforgettable, a devastatingly handsome footman who lures her-not against her will-into a grand indiscretion at a masquerade ball.

Reckless desire sends Charlotte Daicheston into the garden with a dashing masked stranger. The intricate web that a now-wiser Charlotte weaves to exact her due ensures justice for some and great merriment for all.Taking the Regency historical to fresh new places, with artful smoothness and irrepressible humor, Eloisa James delivers a winsome tale of first love and life's unexpected surprises.From the Hardcover edition.Nothing is more seductive than temptation. But she certainly remembers him she has since learned not only his identity, but also a titillating piece of gossip about him that is sure to set society abuzz. Pushing propriety aside, one evening she sneaks out with a friend to attend a masked ball, and there meets a devastatingly handsome stranger who relieves her-not against her wishes-of her virtue, then vanishes.Years later, when they meet again, the rogue does not remember Charlotte.

With an uncanny wit and an eye for the whimsical, she unravels a complex-and often hilarious-chain of events inadvertently set in motion by a young woman's first taste of forbidden pleasure.About to make her debut in London society, Charlotte Calverstill, beneath the lavish gowns and manners of a well-brought-up young lady, yearns for a taste of freedom.

Eloisa James breathes new life into one of the most popular fiction genres with her highly original debut novel Potent Pleasures, a charming, vividly peopled Regency romance.

Potent pleasures by eloisa james