Okay, I know that everyone is expecting some great work of high-brow fiction as my first book post, but believe me, this isn’t it. I mean, come on, this is SUMMER even for us at the library. My fun book of the week is one of the new books here, Eloisa James’ Desperate Duchesses. I admit it; I read Regency romance novels.

One of the things that I like about James’ books is the attention to detail. The situations in which her characters find themselves may not be the most accurate, historically speaking, but she does attempt research into the period. She usually ends her books with a postscript about whatever facet she researched.

Desperate Duchesses about vile dukes, errant earls, devilish duchesses, and innocent (or not so innocent) maidens. It’s funny in places and fun all the way around. In other words, it was a great way to spend an evening of mental bubblegum and fluff. If you like historical romances then you might like to try Eloisa James. She’s not as accurate as Georgette Heyer, but she is a lot of fun to read.