The Duke and I (Bridgerton #1) - Julia Quinn

Can there be any greater challenge to London’s Ambitious Mamas than an unmarried duke? Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1813. By all accounts, Simon Basset is on the verge of proposing to his best friend’s sister, the lovely - and almost-on-the-shelf - Daphne Bridgerton. But the two of them know the truth - it’s all an elaborate plan 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 declare