Eloisa's Exclusive Extras

A Glorious Table of Contents for the Essex Sisters Companion Guide

The Essex Sisters Companion includes not only Eloisa’s original notes about each book in the Essex Sister series and her Extra Chapters, but also a 140-page alternate ending to Kiss Me, Annabel. Eloisa discarded this shockingly different plot after writing one draft, and the published novel went in an entirely new direction. Also in the Companion: a new novella: “A Midsummer Night’s Disgrace,” a lot of wonderful insight into the fashion of the period, and so much more. What follows is the table of contents… doesn’t it look delicious?

INTRODUCTION

Presenting the Essex Sisters Series, by Jody Gayle

PART ONE:

The Boundaries of a Book, by Eloisa James

• In the Beginning
• On the Challenges of Writing
• The Stages of Writing a Book

• Notes for The Taming of the Duke
• Notes for Pleasure for Pleasure
• “On Marriages of Convenience, Arranged Marriages, Fake Marriages, and All Sorts of Delicious Marriages”
• On Writing Sex … After the Eleventh Book
• “When the Hero Puts on a Dress” by Anne N. Bornschein
• The Place of Research in Writing Historical Romances
• Editing a Manuscript
• When the Manuscript Is Finished
• The Taming of the Duke Bonus Chapter
• Introduction to Essex Sisters Series Extra Content
• “A Midsummer Night’s Disgrace,” A Brand-New Story in the Essex Sisters World
• Essex Sisters Family Tree
• A Final Chapter to the Essex Sisters Series
• “A Heroine Whose Story Needs Telling” by Franzeca Drouin

PART TWO:

The Essex Sisters and What They Wore: A Fashion Fairy Tale, by Jody Gayle

• Vogue by Any Other Name
• Ruffles, Ruffles, and Then Even More Ruffles!
• “Regency Fashion Categories” by Candice Hern

PART THREE:

Publications, by Jody Gayle

• Debrett’s Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland
• The Sporting Magazine
• General Stud Book

• Challenges and Gambling
• Depicting Life in London, with the Help of La Belle Assemblée
• Publications in Pleasure for Pleasure
• Nocturnal Revels
• Malefactors’ Bloody Register
• One Last Thought on Publications …

PART FOUR:

Attending the Theatre, by Jody Gayle

• Theatre Royal, Covent Garden
• Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
• Shakespeare, My Love
• Pantomimes

PART FIVE:

Appendix

• Character Index
• An Excerpt from A Gentleman Never Tells
• Alternate Ending: Kiss Me, Annabel