The Duke and I (Bridgertons, #1)

by Julia Quinn

Men, she thought with disgust, were interested only in those women who terrified them.

“Any man, you’ll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool.”

If he did not kiss her now, if he did not consume her, he would die.

And in that moment, as he slowly closed the distance between them, he became her entire world.