Desperate Duchesses · Book 4
When the Duke Returns
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780061245602
- Type
- novel

About this book
When the Duke Returns, also from 2008, runs 384 pages as the fourth of Eloisa James's nine interconnected Desperate Duchesses novels, following Duchess by Night.
Its place in Desperate Duchesses
When the Duke Returns is book 4 in the Desperate Duchesses series. It follows Duchess by Night. It is followed by This Duchess of Mine. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061245602
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061722684
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061722813