The relationship between Anthony and Kate is brilliantly done – the sexual chemistry just sizzles between them right from the start, and the author does a superb job of showing both characters falling head-over-heels with each other while trying to maintain their outward animosity. I admit that I haven’t read it for some time, and I have forgotten bits, so this new audio was a fantastic reminder. It’s a classic enemies-to-lovers/compromised-into-marriage story and remains one of my favourite HRs and one of my favourites of the Bridgerton series (it’s up there with When He Was Wicked). As a result, I have a bit of a soft spot for it, but that’s not surprising, considering it’s a terrific book. This is the first of Julia Quinn’s books I ever read and one of the first ‘modern’ historical romances I ever read about a decade or so ago, when I was just starting to read the genre. 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. 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.Ĭontrary 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.

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.

And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better… – Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1814īut this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. This title may be purchased from Audible via Amazonġ814 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.

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