Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn't know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trop aboard he discovers notyhing in his life is quite the same--especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she his biggest threat--or his promise of a happy ending?

作者簡介：

茱莉亞˙昆恩﹙Julia Quinn﹚

茱莉亞˙昆恩還沒學說話前，就先學會認字，這就夠神奇了。她的家人覺得有點不可思議，是否正因為如此，所以她﹙A﹚閱讀速度快﹙B﹚多話，或者﹙C﹚以上皆是。她除了創作之外，也花時間練瑜伽、種一種品種超大的小黃瓜、費心想一大堆爛理由說做家事有損她的健康；至於其他做家事的人，她表示不便代言。

茱莉亞的寫作天分－－只要你看過她的書，你就能深深體會到她所創作出的人物，是多麼地鮮明、生動，從頭到尾牽引著讀者，時而令人會心一笑、時而令人眼眶濕潤。豐富的情感呈現，以及洗鍊的文字鋪陳，正是茱莉亞的小說與眾不同的最大特色。

茱莉亞畢業於哈佛及瑞德克里夫大學；她的作品在美加地區風行多年，奠定她在這個領域的地位。她目前跟先生住在科羅拉多州，養了兩隻兔子當寵物。

已出版的作品有：HS005公爵與我 The Duke and

HS007子爵之戀 The Viscount Who Loved Me

HS011紳士與灰姑娘 An Offer From A Gentleman

HS015情聖的戀愛 Romancing Mister Bridgerton

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