Julia Quinn

When Charles Wycombe, the dashing and incorrigible Earl of Billington, toppled out of a tree and landed at Ellie's feet, neither suspected that such an inauspicious meeting would lead to marriage.

This first book in the Bridgerton family series is simply divine - funny, tender, romantic and sure to have you smiling from beginning to end.

It was indisputably love at first sight. But Victoria Lyndon was merely the teenaged daughter of a vicar, while Robert Kemble was the dashing young earl of Macclesfield.

When James Sidwell, Marquis of Riverdale, offered to help Elizabeth Hotchkiss find herself a husband, he never dreamed that the only candidate he could propose would be himself.

Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's remote Cornwall estate, wears breeches instead of frocks, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry.

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball, or that ""Prince Charming"" would be waiting there for her!

How does Julia Quinn manage to do it? She presents us with a strong, gorgeous hero like Colin Bridgerton – a man who indeed appears to be settled in his own skin; an invincible if somewhat careless power in the ton; an indifferent target for the unmarried girls. Then she slowly unpeels his character, layer by layer, so his inner and most tender vulnerabilities are unmasked and exposed to us, the reader. And we love him helplessly for it! Ditto with Julia’s heroines. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored Colin for years. Naturally we all knew, from previous Bridgerton books. And we suffered with her as she suffered (remember that ghastly scene on the steps where Colin forcibly swears to his brothers he will never marry Penelope, and she overhears?).

A land of legend and wild beauty - of clans, lairds, honor, and passion - Scotland forever stirs the soul ot romance. Noe, in one incomparable volume, four of our favourite authors present stirring tales of hearts won and weddings to be, featuring a quartet of unforgettable heroines about to discover the rapture of love in a world as untamed as the men they will one day marry.

American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. She plans to enjoy her Season in London in more conventional ways than husband-hunting.

When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from unwanted marriage proposals.

1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London's most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better.