Seven Minutes in Heaven

Its place in Desperate Duchesses

Seven Minutes in Heaven is book 9 in the Desperate Duchesses series. It follows Four Nights with the Duke. See the full Desperate Duchesses reading order.

Desperate Duchesses is Eloisa James's longest-running series, following a wide circle of Georgian-era duchesses, dukes and their friends across nine interconnected novels centered on chess, scandal and the marriage games of the era's high society. Desperate Duchesses (2007) opens the series, followed the same year by An Affair Before Christmas, then Duchess by Night and When the Duke Returns (both 2008), This Duchess of Mine and A Duke of Her Own (both 2009). Three Weeks With Lady X (2014) and Four Nights with…