Julia Quinn

Regency/Bridgerton Family Series

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Michael Stirling's life was so much easier when he loved his cousin's wife from afar, as platonically as possible. That changed when Michael inherited his cousin's title and returned from India to face his new life.

Francesca Bridgerton loved her husband and was a good and dutiful wife. She also adored her friendship with his cousin, the delightfully disreputable Merry Rake, Michael Stirling.

But now that Michael's returned, their relationship's begun to change in wicked ways that both wish to avoid -- and each longs to explore.

Julia Quinn is one of the best and smartest writers in romance. As always, her dialogue rules. And she treats the reader to a lovely little epistolary device which reveals compassionate behind-the-scenes machinations throughout the novel.

Do read all the novels in the Bridgerton series, the newest of which, "On the Way to the Wedding," from Avon, is out June 27.