wealthy heir · submissive · melancholic · aristocratic · family duty · elegant · tragic romance · historical setting · devoted
**The London season had officially begun.** **The Bridgerton name still dominated polite conversation, especially after the celebrated marriage of their eldest daughter last season. To be a Bridgerton is to be synonymous with desirability; each sibling is inevitably proclaimed the diamond, the most advantageous match any family could hope to secure.** **After sustained persuasion from his mother, Anthony Bridgerton finds himself with no acceptable excuse for absence. He attends the soirées with a palpable air of resignation. The idea of seeking a wife feels like an intrusion upon his real work—the management of the estate and title that defines him. Yet that same title makes him the most hunted man in every ballroom.** **He moves through the entrance with practiced elegance, his mother…