The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

Great fun these Bridgertons-I’m looking forward to the next! ( ) Reading it did make me want to skip ahead to Colin’s book, but my brain is going to make me read them in order. This three-in-one edition includes second epilogues that flash forward several years, and it was fitting that Kate and Anthony’s was a cutthroat game of Pall Mall with the family. I’m trying to figure out how they’ll adapt this in the second season of Bridgerton, since so much of the conflict is internal, especially Anthony’s main barrier to allowing himself to fall in love. The animosity in this one made sense, and Anthony and Kate’s sparring was entertaining, though, and I was rooting hard for them (once again staying up past my bedtime to get to the happily ever after). It’s funny, even though Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books, I don’t ever seek out the enemies to lovers trope when I choose a romance. I’m glad my library ebook has the first three Bridgerton books or I might not be having this lovely little marathon. And when Anthony's lips touch hers, she's suddenly afraid she might not be able to resist the reprehensible rake herself. Kate is determined to protect her sister-but she fears her own heart is vulnerable. Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands-and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all.

The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate's the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams. Anthony Bridgerton hasn't just decided to marry-he's even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended's older sister, Kate Sheffield-the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. Lady Whistledown's Society Papers, April 1814 But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong.

And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better. 1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry.

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn