The women seek more than the societal ordained children, marriage, and romance, preferring to engage in a vocation in addition to their love and family life. The novels are a ferocious crusade for women’s rights featuring heroines that overcome the limits placed upon them by the government, the law, and society to become successful. The novels make a good case on how the three are essential components that intersect in enhancing the dignity of a woman’s life. Her novels typically deal with the realities of women’s lives during the 19th century, that for the most part had less control over their bodies, relationships, or money. With the drawing room banter, dresses, and parties, the English historical romances have become very popular among historical romance buffs across the globe. Since she started writing in 2010, Courtney Milan has made a name for herself in historical romance set in Victorian England. When she is not sleeping writing or reading, she can be found in a classroom somewhere learning or for the most part teaching. Teaching is the one occupation that she really loved as one of her mantras is those “that can’t do teach”. Prior to taking up a career as a full time author, Courtney worked in a variety of vocations including scientificating, dog training, computer programming, and teaching. Instead, she prefers to just keep things above average in her house and spend time with her husband. Unlike many of her contemporaries that have lived in some of the most fabulous of places, Courtney does not have that much fabulousness in her life. She has also worked as a tutor at the Seattle University of Law.Ĭourtney lives in Colorado in the Pacific North West with her husband, a vicious cat, and massive attack dog. After graduating from law school, she went on to work for chief judge of the US Court of Appeal, Alex Kozinski and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor that was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Bates Scholarship one of the Michigan’s most sought after and prestigious scholarships. For her undergraduate studies, she had studied law at Michigan Law after she became the recipient of the Henry M.

Milan went to University of California Berkeley, where she got her masters in theoretical physical chemistry. Publishers Weekly named her second novel “Trial by Desire” the Best Book of 2010. She has made the shortlist for Best First Historical Romance from RT Reviewer’s Choice and has been a RITA Award finalist. The author went on to become a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, with her subsequent novels receiving starred reviews from the likes of Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Milan’s debut novel was “Proof by Seduction”, that was first published in 2010 to critical acclaim and much commercial success. Courtney Milan is a pseudonym for Heidi Bond an American author best known for writing historical romance, and more recently contemporary romance novels.

The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan