This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalized ads to the users. This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites. After season one of the popular series aired, many fans were eager to read the novels that inspired the show. The Duke and I was criticized for the inclusion of non-consensual sex between Simon and Daphne which amounted to marital rape.

She came up with the idea of telling her protagonist’s backstory through a gossip column: Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers. After I was done with the series, however, I received hundreds of questions from readers about the Bridgertons and what happened to them later in their lives. In "The Duke and I," Daphne Bridgerton and Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings, agree to a fake relationship to further their own agendas.Well-received when they were first published, the novels received a surge on book sales when the Netflix series Bridgerton premiered its first season in December 2020, and again, for its second season in March 2022.

This is not intended to be a full statement of all your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations. Quinn told TODAY that the book brings added insight to the characters who many viewers had fallen in love with through the screen.In this book, Hyacinth — described as “fiendishly smart” and “devilishly outspoken” — crosses paths with Gareth St. Set in 1813 London, this book introduces readers to the Bridgerton's high society world, where gossip travels faster than a horse-drawn carriage — and nobody can get enough of Lady Whistledown's columns documenting every delectable tidbit. After maintaining a correspondence with a widower and famous scientist named Sir Phillip Crane, 28-year-old Eloise decides to take a leap of faith and accept his written proposal. With the addition of new twists and plot points, the show brings Quinn's enemies-to-lovers meets love-triangle story to the screen. So in 2013, Quinn gave fans an updated glimpse into the lives of the eight couples by writing an additional epilogue for each, plus a bonus scene all about the family matriarch, Violet Bridgerton.

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.His book, "An Offer from a Gentleman," is a classic Cinderella story, featuring an orphaned girl, a wicked stepmother, and a love-at-first-sight sequence at a ball.