Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Bridgertons Book 1)

Can there be any better problem to London’s Ambitious Mamas than an single duke?—Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1813

By all accounts, Simon Basset is at the verge of proposing to his perfect pal’s sister—the stunning and almost-on-the-shelf—Daphne Bridgerton. But the 2 of them know the reality—it is all an elaborate ruse to stay Simon loose from marriage-minded society moms. And as for Daphne, definitely she’s going to draw in some worthy suitors now that it sort of feels a duke has declared her fascinating.

But as Daphne waltzes throughout ballroom after ballroom with Simon, it is onerous to understand that their courtship is a sham. Maybe it is his devilish smile, surely it is the manner his eyes appear to burn each and every time he appears at her . . . however someway Daphne is falling for the rushing duke . . . for actual! And now she will have to do the inconceivable and persuade the good-looking rogue that their artful little scheme merits a slight alteration, and that not anything makes rather as a lot sense as falling in love.