Hardcover |816 pages

A stunning collectible edition containing the first two novels in #1New York Timesbestselling author Julia Quinns belovedBridgerton series.

Can there be any greater challenge to Londons Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke?

–Lady Whistledowns Society Papers, April 1813

By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friends sister-the lovely and almost-on-the-shelf-Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth-its all an elaborate ruse to keep Simon free from marriage-minded society mothers. And as for Daphne, surely she will attract some worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable.

But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, its hard to remember that their courtship is a sham. Maybe its his devilish smile, certainly its the way his eyes seem to burn every time he looks at herbut somehow Daphne is falling for the dashing dukefor real! And now she must do the impossible and convince the handsome rogue that their clever little scheme deserves a slight alteration, and that nothing makes quite as much sense as falling in love.