Duke and I: Bridgerton

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in her beloved Regency-set series featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family—soon to be a Netflix seriesIn the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules aboundFrom 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 understoodA proper duke should be imperious and aloofA young, marriageable lady should be amiable…but not too amiableDaphne Bridgerton has always failed at the latterThe fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family, she has formed friendships with the most eligible young men in LondonEveryone likes Daphne for her kindness and witBut no one truly desires herShe is simply too deuced honest for that, too unwilling to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemenAmiability is not a characteristic shared by Simon Basset, Duke of HastingsRecently returned to England fro