03214cam a2200553 i 4500 506700996 TxAuBib 20210714120000.0 210429t20212000||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063142121 0063142120 (OCoLC)1248928557 TxAuBib rda Quinn, Julia, 1970- Duke and I. The Duke and I / Julia Quinn. First Avon hardcover. New York : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. ℗2000. 438, 18 pages : genealogical table ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Daphne's story"--Jacket. "Inspiration for the Netflix original series Bridgerton"--Jacket. "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Page 4 of jacket. Includes 2nd epilogue originally published in The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After in April 2013 (pages [407]-438). "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 like 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, cutthroat world of London's elite, there is only one thing certain: Love ignores every rule..." -- Front jacket flap. 20210714. 1800-1899. Nobility England Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Courtship Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Courtship. Fathers and sons. Man-woman relationships. Manners and customs. Nobility. England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. England. Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Romance fiction. Historical fiction. Romance fiction. Novels. TXEUL