![]() ![]() But amid the glittering, gossipy, cut-throat world of London’s elite, there is only one certainty: love ignores every rule. Daphne, meanwhile, will see her prospects and her reputation soar. If Daphne agrees to a fake courtship, Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him. ![]() ![]() Yet an encounter with his best friend’s sister offers another option. Recently returned to England from abroad, he intends to shun both marriage and society-just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful childhood. ![]() She is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen.Īmiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness and wit. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in London. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable… but not too amiable.ĭaphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latter. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince-while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. The Duke and I is a romance set in the Regency era. Librarian note: See alternate cover editions here and here. ![]()
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