Most sorry.' The solicitor took out a handkerchief and patted his brow. Dunford? I was led to believe that you were not married, sir.

He looked at Belle with a puzzled expression. 'I cannot tell you how glad I am to have finally located you,' the solicitor said enthusiastically. A graying man of medium stature, he looked very excited to see Dunford. 'Show him in then.' Dunford turned to Belle and gave her a what-do-you-suppose-this-could-be shrug. 'A solicitor has arrived, sit.'ĭunford raised a brow. They looked up to see Whatmough, Dunford's unflappable butler, standing in the doorway.

'A veritable paragon of virtue,' Dunford said dryly, telling himself he was not the least bit jealous of his friend's marital bliss. 'He trusts you, and more importantly, he trusts me.'

'Too busy to indulge his possessive nature? How odd.'īelle shrugged. 'He's too busy for that sort of nonsense,' she said with a smile. 'Are you certain that John isn't going to come barging over here with a gun and call me out?' Dunford teased. She had just stopped by to chat he was glad for this unexpected visit since they didn't see quite as much of each other now that she was married. and gives them a thoroughly modern twist.A few months later Dunford was sitting in his salon, taking tea with Belle. 'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love. 'Light, pacy and full of feisty heroines' Guardian on the Bridgerton series But when the harsh light of day replaces the magic of midnight, can this tormented soul learn to love again?įind out why readers everywhere are falling in love with Julia Quinn's irresistible romance books And even though he knows he can never be the sort of man she deserves, he can't help wanting her. Suddenly he's writing bad poetry and climbing trees in the pitch-dark night - just so he can dance with her. She is intoxicating, infuriating - and she makes him want to live again. Lord John has lived through the worst horrors of war, but to him nothing has been as terrifying as Lady Arabella. During an extended stay in the country, she never expects to meet Lord John Blackwood, a wounded war hero who intrigues her like no other man. When a suitor tells Arabella he's willing to overlook her appalling bluestocking tendencies on account of her looks and fortune, she decides to take a break from the Marriage Mart. Lady Arabella Blydon has both beauty and a brain, and she's tired of men. This is the witty, delightful second book in Julia Quinn's first ever Regency romance trilogy. If you love the Bridgertons, wait until you discover the Blydons.

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