Characters in An Offer from a Gentleman

Sophie Beckett

The illegitimate, mistreated daughter of an earl who shares one night with Benedict and hides her identity.

Also in The Bridgertons

Benedict Bridgerton

The second Bridgerton brother, haunted by the memory of a masked woman from a ball.

Also in The Bridgertons

Araminta Gunningworth

Sophie's cruel stepmother, the Countess of Penwood, who reduces her to servitude and later has her arrested on a false theft charge.

Posy Reiling

Araminta's daughter and Sophie's stepsister, who ultimately confesses to a theft Sophie was falsely accused of and leaves to join the Bridgertons.

Also in An Offer From a Gentleman: the 2nd Epilogue, The Bridgertons

Violet Bridgerton, the Dowager Viscountess

Colin Bridgerton

Also in Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Penelope & Colin's Story, Romancing Mister Bridgerton: The 2nd Epilogue, The Bridgertons