Book info

• Title To Sir Phillip, With Love
• Author Julia Quinn
• Year 2003
• Genre Historical

'My dear Miss Bridgerton, We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never formally met, I feel as if I know you. I am writing to invite you to visit me here at Romney Hall. It is my hope that after a suitable period of time, we might decide that we will suit, and you will consent to be my wife.' Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except... he wasn't. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled... and when he kissed her... the rest of the world simply fell away. Could this imperfect man be perfect for her?

Thoughts

The hints of this story were started towards the end of the previous one, and so I knew we were going to be focusing in on Eloise and her epistolary relationship with Sir Philip. Now that Lady Whistledown has finished, we have Eloise’s notes and letters as the chapter openings, she does so love to write. I enjoyed this story, the growing relationship between the two, the thawing of the children, the understanding of what has gone before and how it has repercussions now. A good Bridgerton read.

Rating: 4 / 5