The novel opens as Eloise, a 28-year-old 'spinster,' flees London to visit her secret pen pal, Phillip, a troubled botanist and widower.

Her prose is spry and assured, and she excels at creating indelible characters like chatty Eloise Bridgerton and Sir Phillip Crane, the protagonists of this unconventional effort. Bridgerton, landed on RWA's Top 10 Favorite Books of 2002 list. 'Quinn is a master of historical romance' Entertainment WeeklyĪfter reading this superb post-Regency-era romance, the fifth in Quinn's Bridgerton siblings series, it's easy to see why the author's previous book, Romancing Mr. and gives them a thoroughly modern twist. 'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love. ' Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines' Guardian on the Bridgerton series Could this imperfect man be perfect for her?įind out why readers love Julia Quinn. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. It is my hope that after a suitable period of time, we might decide that we will suit, and you will consent to be my wife.ĭid he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match.Įxcept. I am writing to invite you to visit me here at Romney Hall. We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never formally met, I feel as if I know you. The fifth novel in Julia Quinn's globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn’t help but wonder. Her perfect husband wouldn’t be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. and more.ĭid he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn’t marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking.

The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her. Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Eloise Bridgerton, in the fifth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.

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