Dear Miss Bridgerton, We have been corresponding for quite some time now and, although we have not officially met, I feel as though I know you. Please forgive me for any potential impertinence, but I am writing to invite you to my home. I hope we will be a match and that you will agree to become my wife. Sir Philip Crane.

Sir Philip Crane knew that Eloise Bridgerton was an unmarried lady and that is why he proposed to her, concluding that she would be awkward and modest and a bit desperate for love. Only… that was not the case at all. The beautiful woman at his door was anything but quiet, and when she stopped speaking, all he wanted was to kiss her…

Eloise Bridgerton could not marry a man she had never seen in her life! Without much thought, she was on her way in a hired carriage at the wild hour of midnight to meet the man she hoped would be the perfect match. Only… he was not. The charming Philip was a great rogue, rude and ill-mannered, completely different from the respectable gentlemen of London who were competing for her hand. But when he smiled and kissed her, the whole world crumbled, and she couldn't help but wonder… Could this man be the perfect husband for her?