Bridgerton 07 - It's In His Kiss

342 Pages·2016·1.07 MB·English

by  Quinn Julia

JULIA
QUINN
IT'S IN
HIS KISS
For Steve Axelrod, for a hundred different reasons.
(But especially the caviar!)
And also for Paul, even though he seems to think
I’m the sort of person who likes to share caviar.
Our Cast of Characters
Hyacinth B ridgerton: The youngest of the famed Bridgerton siblings,
she’s a little too smart, a little too outspoken, and certainly not your
average romance heroine. She’s also, much to her dismay, falling in love
with…
Gareth S t. C lair: There are some men in London with wicked
reputations, and there are others who are handsome as sin. But Gareth is
the only one who manages to combine the two with such devilish
success. He’d be a complete rogue, if not for…
Lady D anbury: Grandmother to Gareth, mentor to Hyacinth, she has an
opinion on everything, especially love and marriage. And she’d like
nothing better than to see Gareth and Hyacinth joined in holy
matrimony. Luckily, she’s to have help from…
One meddling mother, one overprotective brother, one very bad string
quartet, one (thankfully fictional) mad baron, and of course, let us not
forget the shepherdess, the unicorn, and Henry the Eighth.
Join them all in the most memorable love story of the year…
It’s In His Kiss by the incomparable Julia Quinn

Contents
Our Cast of Characters
Prologue
Chapter 1
“Why do we do this to ourselves?” Hyacinth Bridgerton wondered…
Chapter 2
There was only one person in the world for whom…
Chapter 3
“There is a woman to see you, sir.”
Chapter 4
Hyacinth watched with interest as Mr. St. Clair appeared to…
Chapter 5
“People will think you’re courting me,” Hyacinth said, when Mr.…
Chapter 6
“Do you know whom I think you should marry? I…
Chapter 7
Gareth generally had little use for large balls; they were…
Chapter 8
Hyacinth would have liked to think that she would be…
Chapter 9
There were a number of reasons, Gareth decided as he…
There were a number of reasons, Gareth decided as he…
Chapter 10
Hyacinth hummed to herself as she sat at the small…
Chapter 11
“Your maid is discreet?” Gareth asked, just as soon as…
Chapter 12
It was remarkable, Gareth thought with more than a little…
Chapter 13
“Enh?” Lady Danbury screeched. “You’re not speaking loudly
enough!”
Chapter 14
He had planned for everything, plotted every last detail. He’d…
Chapter 15
“Do you see anything?” Hyacinth whispered.
Chapter 16
Gareth’s heart stopped.
Chapter 17
“Is Mr. St. Clair out of town?”
Chapter 18
A grand gesture.
Chapter 19
“Look what I have!”
Chapter 20
Another ten minutes and Gareth would not have been there…
Chapter 21
“We’re not going to find them.”
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Other Books by Julia Quinn
Copyright
About the Publisher
Prologue
1815, ten years before our story begins in earnest…
There were four principles governing Gareth St. Clair’s relationship with his
father that he relied upon to maintain his good humor and general sanity.
One: They did not converse unless absolutely necessary.
Two: All absolutely necessary conversations were to be kept as brief as
possible.
Three: In the event that more than the simplest of salutations was to be
spoken, it was always best to have a third party present.
And finally, four: For the purpose of achieving points one, two, and three,
Gareth was to conduct himself in a manner so as to garner as many invitations as
possible to spend school holidays with friends.
In other words, not at home.
In more precise words, away from his father.
All in all, Gareth thought, when he bothered to think about it, which wasn’t
often now that he had his avoidance tactics down to a science, these principles
served him well.
And they served his father just as well, since Richard St. Clair liked his
younger son about as much as his younger son liked him. Which was why,
Gareth thought with a frown, he’d been so surprised to be summoned home from
school.
And with such force.