Web. They’d heard of such things before, but never in one so young and strong. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. To you?”, Kate looked back up. $7.99 . Free 2-day shipping on qualified orders over $35. Anthony managed to send his six brothers and sisters to bed as well, telling them that they’d all talk in the morning, that everything would be well, and he would take care of them as their father would have wanted. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. As soon as she was gone, Edwina turned to Kate and asked, “Have you decided what you’re going to wear tonight?”, “The green gauze, I think. Edwina nodded, suddenly looking as if she might cry. Kate clapped a hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh. Anthony held her while she cried. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. There was lots of Julia Quinn's trademark witty bantering, although I have to admit that in a few places the story seemed a bit dialog heavy. ― Julia Quinn, quote from The Viscount Who Loved Me “Anthony Bridgerton hátradőlt bőr karosszékében, elgondolkodva kortyolta a whiskyt; lötykölte, körbe áramoltatta a pohárban, majd megszólalt: - Arra gondoltam, hogy megnősülök. The last time he’d made the mistake of engaging a young chit fresh out of the schoolroom in conversation, she’d been unable to discuss anything other than food (she’d had a plate of strawberries in her hand at the time) and the weather (and she hadn’t even gotten that right; when Anthony had asked if she thought the weather was going to turn inclement, she’d replied, “I’m sure I don’t know. Seller 100% positive. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. And then one day, everything changed. Also unique to this volume is a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton, beloved mother of the eight Bridgerton siblings, in addition to second epilogues for The Duke and I; The Viscount Who Loved Me; An Offer from a Gentleman; Romancing Mister Bridgerton; To Sir Phillip, With Love; When He Was Wicked, It’s in His Kiss; and On the Way to the Wedding sure to satisfy the legions of Julia Quinn fans. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that is exactly where readers find Anthony at the beginning of The Viscount Who Loved Me. Kate, on the other hand, with her plain brown hair and eyes, was usually referred to as “the Incomparable’s older sister.”. He’d always aspired to be as great a man as his father, knowing that that was unlikely, yet trying all the same. He flaunts his exploits, behaves with utmost idiocy, and thinks himself dangerous to women. His early years had been a young boy’s perfection, right from the very day of his birth. “You must admit, for a gossip columnist, she displays remarkable good sense. There was little less appealing than being decisively contradicted while one was trying to make a grand point. London’s most elusive bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry—he’s even chosen a wife! She keeps dressing her youngest in tangerine. “You are enjoying a season as well,” Mary reminded her. “I am both surprised and thankful that you saw fit to restrain yourself.”, “I am surprised but not thankful,” Edwina said with a mischievous smile. by Julia Quinn Rosalyn Landor Audiobook. Anyone can see that poor girl needs a blue or a mint green.”. Finally, his voice hoarse and barely recognizable, he said, “A man doesn’t die from a bee sting, Daphne.”. And he’d realized that he liked it that way. “That woman wouldn’t know how to pick out a dress color for her girls if a rainbow wrapped itself right around her neck.”. And whatever children he sired—well, they probably wouldn’t remember him after he was gone. To actually achieve more than Edmund had –in any way—that was nothing short of impossible. He looked at him and looked at him, staring at him for hours, barely blinking. Anthony didn’t even want to think the word. Under no circumstances would this rule be broken. Third–and this was the most important–she couldn’t be anyone with whom he might actually fall in love. I had half a mind to rip it off right there at the Ashbourne ball.”, Mary rolled her eyes. Quite frankly, this seemed to her the most likely avenue by which she might actually find a husband in town. Corgis are also very popular with the royal family. Julia Quinn. Anthony actually smiled a bit as he thought of his large and often boisterous family. Nor, she was coming to realize, would she relish the responsibility of having to marry well to provide for her mother and sister. It had been decided that the most logical time would be when Edwina was just seventeen and Kate almost twenty-one. He has little patience for the foibles of society, and quite frankly, most of the time This Author cannot say she blames him. I take Tea with Violet Bridgerton, and Other Mugs, Ebook Bridgerton Collection Vol. “I could be happy and secure in the country,” Kate had replied. Anthony left Daphne sitting in the hall and took the stairs three at a time up to his parents’ bedchamber. In all London. [She] has created a family so likable and attractive, a community so vibrant and engaging, that we want to crawl into the pages and know them.”, Julia Quinn is truly our contemporary Jane Austen.”, With tens of millions of copies in print, #1. “Just last week Mr. Berbrooke said you are an angel in blue. Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. He was not universally impressed by the mental prowess of London debutantes. For a moment Anthony was sure he’d misheard. The links will take you to the Website's homepage. size 1.2 MB. OTHER BOOKSELLERS. But Mary would have none of that. Anthony knew that he did not fit the image of a man who had settling down on his mind. I sincerely hope season 2 of Bridgerton does a more romantic scene that the book. It happened when Anthony was eighteen, home for the summer and preparing for his first year at Oxford. 1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London’s most elsuive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. “He’s been stung before,” Anthony added, his voice rising in volume. “Of course. Chances were he wouldn’t have found the love of his life even if he had been looking for her. “He’s covering you with fur,” Edwina said. “Isn’t that dog supposed to stay outside?” Mary asked. Anthony loved his mother. But as for the other sort of women—the widows and actresses who knew what they wanted and what they were getting into—he’d enjoyed their company and enjoyed it well. “It wasn’t the entire audience,” she mumbled. “It was a bee,” she said in a hollow voice. To think that he might be more than that seemed conceited in the extreme. At twenty (nearly twenty-one, if one was going to be scrupulously honest about it), Kate was a bit long in the tooth to be enjoying her first season in London. The spirited schemer is driving Anthony mad with her determination to stop the betrothal, but when he closes his eyes at night, Kate is the woman haunting his increasingly erotic dreams…, Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands—and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. “Good God, Anthony, what has you frowning so? His father, after all, never lied. 99. This item: The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgerton Series, Bk. This Author was, sadly, unable to determine all the details, but there was a considerable to-do Thursday last near The Serpentine in Hyde Park involving Viscount Bridgerton, Mr. Nigel Berbrooke, both the Misses Sheffield, and an unnamed dog of indeterminate breed.This Author was not an eyewitness, b I sincerely hope season 2 of … We came across a nest. “What are you two laughing about?”. It was true that Anthony was the heir to an ancient and wealthy viscountcy, but unlike most other aristocratic couples, Lord and Lady Bridgerton were very much in love, and they saw their son’s birth not as the arrival of an heir, but rather that of a child. Her lips remained parted by an inch or so, as if she’d meant to say something more but then forgotten to do it. He was all too aware that his sudden declaration had come as a bit of a surprise. We’ll simply have to have that one cut down for Edwina.”. I wasn’t even in the room at the time and it only took two minutes for me to hear about it.”, Edwina crossed her arms and let out a “hmmph” that made her sound rather like her older sister. And even though Kate didn’t particularly want to be in London for a season, she figured that if she had to participate in the social whirl, she might as well not be a complete and utter failure. They’d be young, unformed. Two weeks on … It was impossible. “Of course she likes writing about rakes,” Kate retorted. And Anthony simply couldn’t imagine ever surpassing his father in any way, even in years. We were both stung. In a good-natured manner, of course. 3.90 115 Rating. There’s no one I like better, anyway.”, “And if you do find a man who sweeps you off your feet, then Mary and I shall be delighted. And so in between Anthony’s rounds of parties and horseraces, he’d sent his brothers to Eton and Oxford, gone to a mind-numbing number of piano recitals given by his sisters (no easy feat; three out of four of them were tone deaf), and kept a close and watchful eye on the family finances. He had no desire for his life to be visited by that particular miracle. The only question is: Will 1814 be the season he finally succumbs to the exquisite bliss of matrimony? Lady Whistledown said so, and you yourself said that she is almost always right.”, Kate patted her sister on the arm. Edmund immediately adjusted his daily routine to take two sons on his hikes, and he spent a week holed up in the stables, working with his leathersmith to devise a special pack that would hold Anthony on the his back while he held the baby Benedict in his arms. But she was clever. Contrary to popular belief, Kate is quite sure that reformed rakes do not make the best husbands—and Anthony Bridgerton is the most wicked rogue of them all. Whatever the case, he’s far more promiscuous than most men, and not the sort Edwina ought to allow to court her.”. “And I’m sorry I did. Discover more posts about the viscount who loved me. Anthony downed another sip of his scotch and straightened his shoulders, pushing such unpleasant ruminations from his mind. “You truly cannot tell a book by its cover. 17 comments. Average Rating: (4.4) stars out of 5 stars 41 ratings, based on 41 reviews. All of your swains try to pass on their compliments through me.”, Kate smiled slowly and indulgently. She needn’t be a raving beauty (although that would be nice), but if he was going to have to bed her, he figured a bit of attraction ought to make the job more pleasant.