An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3)

by Julia Quinn

He touched her chin. “Let me be your anchor.”

“If you cannot recognize the problem, there is no way that I could explain it to you.” He laughed, damn the man. “My goodness,” he said, “that was an expert sidestep.”

“They say that a smart person learns from her mistakes,” she interrupted, her voice forcefully ending his protest. “But a truly smart person learns from other people’s mistakes.”