That scene never made it into the final book, but I've posted it, and you can read it here on .Įveryone knew that Sophie Beckett was a bastard.

When I was writing Violet's story for The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After, I rewrote the jail scene from An Offer from a Gentleman from Violet’s point of view.

All the terms and phrases in the fencing scene are correct and approved by my husband, who was captain of the varsity fencing team at Harvard.

I liked the name so much I decided to give it to the caretakers of Benedict's cottage.

When I was in college, I had a teaching assistant from England whose last name was Crabtree.

The shoe on the blue cover is a real shoe! I picked it out on a website featuring wedding couture and emailed the URL to my editor (who was married in shoes by the same designer!).

The most humorous suggested title came from the folks at Barnes & Noble, who suggested Sophie's Chase.

It took a while to come up with a good title for this book.

Neither Alex nor Robert actually appears in the book, though.

Eagle-eyed readers will find mention of the Duke of Ashbourne and the Earl of Macclesfield (heroes of Splendid and Everything And The Moon, respectively) in one of Lady Whistledown's columns.Yet, if he offers his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy tale love? From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Benedict Bridgerton, in the third of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.Įver since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other-except, perhaps this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid’s garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. 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! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. Will she accept his offer before the clock strikes midnight?

Synopsis of the diamond eye