Hopefully her two week disappearance can be covered up, but if not, well, he’ll be honorable and marry her, after he tells her who he really is.
However, because of Reasons, Andrew must bring Poppy along on their next voyage, much to everyone’s chagrin and inconvenience. So, at least in this case, Andrew will act like a gentleman in all things. Whose brother happens to be married to Poppy’s first cousin. Instead, the captain, one Andrew Rokesby, alias Andrew James, is a gentleman. If this were a bodice ripper, there would be some ravishing with either questionable or non-existent consent (I’ve definitely read that book), but that is not how Julia Quinn rolls. Poppy Bridgerton, a gently bred young lady, is in the wrong place at the wrong time and is picked up by pirates, who unceremoniously dump her in their captain’s cabin. The Other Miss Bridgerton has a great premise, especially if we’re going to deconstruct some Romance Novel Tropes. Overall: The dialogue was too sparkling and overshadowed a good story But when Andrew's secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart.Heat Factor: A tiny bit of heat, right at the very end On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. Can two wrongs make the most perfect right When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal-though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. But no, she is very real-and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her.
Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he's stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain's bed.He found her at the wrong time.Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers' hideaway tucked inside a cave. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia QuinnShe was in the wrong place.Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. In the third of the Bridgerton Prequel series, we go back to where it all began. There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings.
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