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"latest Bridgerton Regency romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 15, 2003

In 1823 Gloucestershire, England, a depressed Marina Crane leaves her bed for the first time in weeks jumping into the nearby icy water. Her botanist husband Phillip rescues her from drowning, but she dies three days later from a fever. Phillip and their seven-year-old twin children feel grief, Read more...

"Bridgerton series continues with this captivating romance."
Reviewed by Suan Wilson
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted June 20, 2003

Eloise Bridgerton's adventure begins with an innocent condolence letter to Sir Phillip upon the death of his wife. After 10 years on the marriage mart and numerous refusals of matrimony, Eloise's yearlong correspondence leads her to believe she's finally found the perfect man. Thrilled, yet apprehensive as she receives his Read more...

Summary

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. Except... she wasn't. 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...and more.

Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking...and wondering... 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. Except...he wasn't. 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. But when he smiled...and when he kissed her...the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn't help but wonder...could this imperfect man be perfect for her?