Francesca’s husband of two years complains of a headache and goes and lies down. When he is supposed to get up from an appointment, Francesca goes and checks on him and finds him dead. She is good friends with his cousin Michael and they both mourn him. Michael has always been in love with Francesca and became a womanizer to get her out of his head. Once John dies, Michael heads to India for four years. Four years later, Francesca wants a baby and decides she will marry. With Michael now being the Earl he should be finding a wife.
This is probably my least favorite Bridgerton book. I probably put too high of expectations on it because I’ve talked to a lot of people on the Bridgerton Facebook group that say this is the best book of the series. Well, for me I found it slow in the beginning. Then, I was constantly annoyed with the will they, won’t they trope. I really wanted to smack both of them and tell them to just get together already. I hated how Francesca was leading Michael on. I did like Michael as a character and I found it interesting to really finally be introduced to Francesca’s character.