The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband

#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents the second novel of the delightful Bridgerton Prequel series in a stunning new package. There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings,and in this novelwe go back to where it all began. . . While you were sleeping… With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Coloniesorphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Insteadshe chooses option three and travels across the Atlanticdetermined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searchingshe finds not her brother but his best friendthe handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He’s unconscious and in desperate need of her careand Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier’s lifeeven if staying by his side means telling one little lie… I told everyone I was your wife… When Edward comes tohe’s more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out three months of his memorybut surely he would recall getting married. He knows who Cecilia Harcourt is–even if he does not recall her face–and with everyone calling her his wifehe decides it must be trueeven though he’d always assumed he’d marry his neighbor back in England. If only it were true… Cecilia risks her entire future by giving herself–completely–to the man she loves. But when the truth comes outEdward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs. Rokesby.