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JULIA QUINN - GEBRAUCHT THE DUKE AND I BRIDGERT...

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 In the ballrooms and
drawing rooms of Regency London  rules abound. From 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 understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A
young  marriageable lady should be amiable...but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always
failed at the latter. The fourth of eight siblings in her close-knit family  she has formed
friendships with the most eligible young men in London. Everyone likes Daphne for her kindness
and wit. But no one truly desires her. She is simply too deuced honest for that  too unwilling
to play the romantic games that captivate gentlemen. Amiability is not a characteristic shared
by Simon Basset  Duke of Hastings. Recently returned to England from abroad  he intends to shun
both marriage and society?just as his callous father shunned Simon throughout his painful
childhood. Yet an encounter with his best friend's sister offers another option. If Daphne
agrees to a fake courtship  Simon can deter the mamas who parade their daughters before him.
Daphne  meanwhile  will see her prospects and her reputation soar. The plan works like a
charm?at first. But amid the glittering  gossipy  cut-throat world of London's elite  there is
only one certainty: Love ignores every rule...

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