When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons, #6)

by Julia Quinn

In every life there is a turning point. A moment so tremendous, so sharp and clear that one feels as if one’s been hit in the chest, all the breath knocked out, and one knows, absolutely knows without the merest hint of a shadow of a doubt that one’s life will never be the same.

when a man asks for your hand, you will have to judge him on his merits and not by some arbitrary standard you have set out ahead of time.”

“It isn’t gossip,” Hyacinth retorted. “It’s the honest dissemination of information.”