480 pages | Mass Market

A special TV Tie-In edition to the Netflix original seriesBridgerton,this is #1New York Timesbestselling author Julia Quinns first novel in her beloved Regency-set series featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, previously published asThe Duke and I.

Julia Quinn is truly our contemporary Jane Austen. Jill Barnett

Can there be any greater challenge to Londons Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?Lady Whistledowns Society Papers, April 1813

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friends sisterthe lovely and almost-on-the-shelf Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truthits all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.

But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, its hard to remember that their courtship is a sham. Maybe its his devilish smile,certainlyits the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at herbut somehow Daphne is falling for the dashing dukefor real! And now she must do the impossible and convince the handsome rogue that their clever little scheme deserves a slight alteration, and that nothing makes quite as much sense as falling in love.