The Other Miss Bridgerton
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“En garde,” he murmured, and with his imaginary épée, he jousted with the heavens. He laughed as he lunged forward, aiming straight for that one spot. And then . . .
He went still. Was that a star?
It twinkled merrily, and as Andrew stared up in wonder, it was joined by another, and then another. Three stars in all, but the first, he decided, was his favorite. It was a fighter.
He didn’t really need a lucky star.
But maybe . . .
He glanced back through the window, where Poppy and Roger dozed peacefully in the bed.
Maybe he’d had one all along.
About the Author
JULIA QUINN started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than two dozen historical romance novels, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and is one of only sixteen authors ever to be inducted in the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.
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Praise for Julia Quinn
“If you’ve never read romance novels, start here.”
—Washington Post
“Quinn is…a romance master. [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.”
—NPR Books
“Like an episode of Downton Abbey mixed with a great rom-com.”
—iBooks Best of the Month (on Because of Miss Bridgerton)
“Julia Quinn is truly our contemporary Jane Austen.”
—Jill Barnett
“Quinn is a consummate storyteller. Her prose is spry and assured, and she excels at creating indelible characters.”
—Publishers Weekly (★Starred Review★)
“Simply delightful, filled with charm, humor, and wit.”
—Kirkus Reviews
By Julia Quinn
The Other Miss Bridgerton
The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband
Because of Miss Bridgerton
The Bridgerton Series
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
On the Way to the Wedding
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After
The Smythe-Smith Quartet
Just Like Heaven
A Night Like This
The Sum of All Kisses
The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy
The Bevelstoke Series
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever
What Happens in London
Ten Things I Love About You
The Two Dukes of Wyndham
The Lost Duke of Wyndham
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume
Agents of the Crown
To Catch an Heiress
How to Marry a Marquis
The Lyndon Sisters
Everything and the Moon
Brighter Than the Sun
The Splendid Trilogy
Splendid
Dancing at Midnight
Minx
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Digital Edition DECEMBER 2018 ISBN: 978-0-06-238821-6
Print Edition ISBN: 978-0-06-238820-9
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