The Duke of Hastings pretends to be engaged to Daphne Bridgerton. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom, she soon forgets that their courtship is a complete sham. And now she has to do the impossible and keep herself from losing her heart to the hell-raiser who has sworn off marriage forever.

Author Biography

Julia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and is one of only sixteen authors ever to be inducted in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. Please visit her on the web at www.juliaquinn.com.