Unfortunately, the son of said swanky family sexually harasses her until she quits. Through a series of events, Sophie escapes her shitty life and becomes a servant to another swanky family that at least pays her for her service. When the swanky Earl dies, Sophie is left to live with a wicked step-mother, one wicked step-sister and one kind of okay but cowardly step-sister. Basically, she is educated, fed, and clothed but not truly loved or acknowledged. The swanky Earl takes her in after her mother dies and passes her off as his ward. Mysterious young woman, Sophie, is actually the bastard child of a swanky Earl. The mysterious young woman disappears and after a couple of years of trying to figure out who she is, Benedict gives up and resigns himself to the fact that he will never feel about another woman the way he feels about her. That is until a mysterious young woman crashes his mother’s masquerade ball and he falls instantly in love with her. While Benedict is starting to tire of the partying bachelor lifestyle, he still is a bit reluctant to settle down.

Now that the eldest son and daughter are hitched and building their own families, it is time for second son, Benedict, to find a suitable wife. Matriarch Violet Bridgerton is still attempting to marry off all of her older children. Let me pull away from my red hot anger a bit and try to give a calm synopsis of the plot. BECAUSE HE IS AN ARROGANT AND MANIPULATING STALKER. Perhaps there is a reason that the second Bridgerton son, Benedict, is mostly absent or just lingering around in the background in the first two books. It definitely struck a different cord with me than it did with a lot of other Cannonballers. This review is going to be 250+ words full of WTF. While I truly enjoyed the Bridgerton books 1-2, I had to hate read this one. Well, more of an abduction than an offer and definitely not from a gentleman.

An offer from gentleman julia quinn