Spotlight & Giveaway: The Last Lady B by Eloisa James

Today, HJ is pleased to share with you Eloisa James’s new release: The Last Lady B

Lady B may have married Bluebeard; she may have fallen in love with a gorgeous, grumpy solicitor; she may have met a ghost and survived to tell the tale! New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Eloisa James delights with witty historical romance with a gothic twist.

In the depths of winter, Lady Genevieve Hughes, her pet piglet, and her septuagenarian husband travel to a haunted abbey in the Scottish Highlands. Evie is excited to meet a ghost (perhaps one of her husband’s three previous wives), but didn’t expect the funny, quirky guests to become the friends she’s never had. And she certainly didn’t imagine meeting Sir Godric Everly, a sardonic, witty solicitor who loathes her husband.

Yet as secrets and lies turn Evie’s world upside down, Sir Godric becomes the one person whom she can trust.

When ghosts, multiple wills, and a shocking marriage certificate bring Lord Burnsby’s past crashing into his present, Burnsby promptly dies, leaving Evie free to remarry…though as a virgin wife, now a virgin widow, she is more unnerved by the marriage bed than a spectral visit.

More importantly, she has to figure out whose identity is false, whose vows are dishonorable, whose truths could destroy her reputation—and where her heart belongs.

Enjoy an exclusive excerpt from The Last Lady B 

In this excerpt, Genevieve entertains guests (including Sir Godric) in the library of the Abbey

“I promised Sir Godric that I would find him a wife,” I said. It wouldn’t be hard; I was certain any number of women would like to marry him, since he was in possession of a title and an appropriately heroic jaw (the firelight did marvelous things for Godric’s harsh male beauty). What’s more, he was honorable, unlike my husband.

I couldn’t interpret Godric’s expression as his eyes lingered on my face. It made me feel prickly and self-conscious.

“Perhaps we should ring for tea,” I said.

“And toast. I’m starving,” Colette said, jumping up and heading for the bell, which hung beside the door.

“What sort of woman would you like to marry?” I asked Godric. “I have any number of acquaintances I might introduce you to at musicales and balls.”

“The life of a barrister to the crown hasn’t allowed for such diversions. Have you missed balls in the months since you married?”

“No particularly, but I do miss the theater. So, the qualities of your would-be wife?”

“I should like a wife who had a sense of humor, an understanding of irony, curly hair, an educated mind, and a strong imagination.”

I couldn’t help smiling. “You would like my sister as much as she would like you. She will be debuting next year.”

“Too young for me.”

“I shall think about suitable ladies.”

“Would it be easier if I asked for a brunette with the voice of a lark?” he asked.

“Miss Melton,” I said instantly. “She has lovely dark hair; she knows reams of poetry by heart; and if she’s not precisely a lark, she is surely a linnet.”

His eyes were laughing now. “No, no, I want a lark or nightingale. A linnet is far too commonplace.”

“I suppose a Barrister to the Crown has the right to demand lyrical perfection,” I said.
“Can you sing?”

“Are you discussing possible spouses for Godric?” Colette called from behind my back. “I have any number of friends who—”

Her voice broke off. I turned my head to see her eyes widening before she clasped her hands over her bosom and let out a piercing shriek.

I leapt to my feet as fear exploded in my body. I turned in the direction of the shadowy rows of books.

“What did you see?”

Excerpted from THE LAST LADY B by Eloisa James. Copyright © by Eloisa James, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC.

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Meet the Author:

Eloisa James is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of historical romance novels. Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages with sales worldwide of seven million. As Mary Bly, she is a Shakespeare professor at Fordham University. She lives in New York City and Florence, Italy. Find out more at EloisaJames.com.

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