The Viscount Who Loved Me: Number 2 in series (Bridgerton Family) - Hardcover

Quinn, Julia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749907746 ISBN 13: 9780749907747

Publisher: Piatkus, 2006

Synopsis

Anthony Bridgerton needs a wife. Having spent his twenties in a rakish pursuit of pleasure (whilst taking care to ensure the financial security of his mother and seven younger siblings and mother) he knows it's high time he settled down and ensured the continuation of the Bridgerton line.

Edwina Sheffield is considered the most beautiful debutante of the current season. She is also sweet, innocent and eminently biddable - Anthony is sure she'll make a perfectly acceptable wife and vows to make her his.

The only obstacle in his way is Edwina's older sister, Kate. Kate is determined to do all she can to allow her sister the chance to marry for love rather than convenience. And the roguish viscount is beginning to think he may have met his match in Kate's keen wit and sharp tongue. Until, that is, he makes the mistake of kissing her...

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Review:

Wise, lovely and kind, Kate Sheffield is determined that her beautiful half-sister, Edwina, marry a reputable man in The Viscount Who loved Me. Unfortunately for Kate, Viscount Anthony Bridgerton--London's most eligible bachelor and a notorious rake to boot--sets his sights on Edwina, and what the viscount wants, the viscount gets. Only this time, Anthony must win the elder sister's approval before he may charm the young beauty into marriage.

Hardly a problem for the impossibly handsome viscount, that is until the determined Kate, whose deep, dark eyes and lush mouth send his senses racing, presents a challenge that Anthony cannot refuse. Worse yet, Kate's response to his playful advances only confirms the ardent attraction that both seem desperate to deny. Anthony is faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, the perfectly amiable Edwina, while on the other, the most stubborn, single-minded--yet confoundedly desirable--female ever to grace a London ballroom. Anthony's quandary comes to a fast and fateful conclusion when he and Kate are caught in an innocent but compromising position. There's no choice but to marry, a resolution that leaves both parties uneasy. For despite their growing feelings, each struggles with personal demons that may destroy any chance for true happiness.

It's no surprise that Julia Quinn's setting, characterisation, and plot are flawless. Add to this masterful mix deeper emotional issues offset by the trademark Quinn wit, and you truly do have romance at it's best. Nobody does Regency quite like the mighty Quinn. --Lois Faye Dyer

Review:

Captivating and alluring... Hilarious and yet incredibly heart-warming, this is a tale that will charm the most discriminating heart (Romantic Times)

Quinn has a smart, funny touch...that's reminiscent of Helen Fielding (Time Magazine)

Captivating...wonderful characters and a delicious sense of humor (Rocky Mountain News)

Wise, witty and oh so delightful, Julia Quinn is truly our contemporary Jane Austen (Jill Barnett)

Quinn's witty Regency-set romantic comedies are the nest best thing to Georgette Heyer (Gloss)

The most refreshing and radiant love story you'll read this year (Lisa Kleypas on The Duke and I )

Quinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance (Romantic Times)

Two more perfect characters...a quirky, irrepressible heroine...a romance readers will not want to put down...Hooray Julia! (Romance Reviews Today)

About this edition

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0749907746
• ISBN 13: 9780749907747
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384