A New York Times Bestseller From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Eloise Bridgerton in the fifth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming powerful Bridgerton family now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. ELOISE S STORY Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster and so he d proposed figuring that she d be homely and unassuming and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn t. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn t marry a man she had never met! But then she started thinking . . . and wondering . . . and before she knew it she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except . . . he wasn t. Her perfect husband wouldn t be so moody and ill-mannered and while Phillip was certainly handsome he was a large brute of a man rough and rugged and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled . . . and when he kissed her . . . the rest of the world simply fell away and she couldn t help but wonder . . . could this imperfect man be perfect for her?