First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn is a Bridgerton Prequel, the fourth book in the Rokesby’s series. I received an ARC of this book to read through Edelweiss+ in exchange for a fair review. Quinn's fans will delight in the sparkling prose and progressive central couple. Both hero and heroine enter into their marriage as virgins, making for tender, exploratory sex scenes with a welcome degree of humor.

But the arrangement leads them to see each other in a new light, and an attraction grows between them as Nicholas tirelessly supports Georgie in pursuing her dreams Georgie is fascinated with Nicholas's classes at medical school, and as women aren't allowed to attend, Nicholas agrees to teach her everything he can. Both Nicholas and Georgie are romantics who had hoped to marry for love, but they agree to the union as a necessity and hope that their close friendship will survive. When Georgie's godfather learns of her predicament, he tells his son, Nicholas Rokesby, that he must marry her. The wealthy Lady Georgiana 'Georgie' Bridgerton is ruined when Freddie Oakes tries to trap her into marriage, compromising her reputation by forcing her to spend unchaperoned time with him. In Quinn's charming fourth Rokesbys Regency romance (after The Other Miss Bridgerton), a woman marries her lifelong friend to save her reputation. First comes scandal, then comes marriage. or could they?īut as they embark upon their unorthodox courtship they discover a new twist to the age-old rhyme. Georgie doesn’t want to be anyone’s sacrifice, and besides, they could never think of each other as anything more than childhood friends. It might not have been the most romantic of proposals, but Nicholas never thought she’d say no.

But when he discovers that Georgie Bridgerton-his literal girl-next-door-is facing ruin, he knows what he must do. He has a life in Edinburgh, where he’s close to completing his medical studies, and he has no time-or interest-to find a wife. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she’s abducted for her dowry, Georgie is given two options: live out her life as a spinster or marry the rogue who has ruined her life.Īs the fourth son of an earl, Nicholas Rokesby is prepared to chart his own course. She’d just thought she’d have some say in the matter. Georgiana Bridgerton isn’t against the idea of marriage. from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn In the fourth of the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings.

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