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The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband

The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband

A Bridgertons Prequel
Historical FictionRegency
Pages
384
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

Orphaned Cecilia Harcourt faces a difficult choice: a dull life with an aunt or marriage to a scheming cousin. Instead, she travels to the Colonies to find her injured brother, only to discover his best friend, Edward Rokesby, unconscious. To stay by his side, Cecilia claims to be his wife, a lie that becomes complicated when Edward awakens with no memory of their marriage. As their pretend marriage deepens into real affection, the truth threatens to unravel everything, but Edward may have a few surprises of his own.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

LightheartedAdventurous
Marriage of ConvenienceFake DatingForced Proximity

Genres

Historical Fiction Regency Romance

About the author

J
Julia Quinn

Julia Quinn is the pen name of Julie Pottinger, born Julie Cotler in 1970, an American writer of Regency-set historical romance. She was raised primarily in New England, took a degree in art history from Harvard, and had begun preparatory coursework for medical school when her first two novels, Splendid and Dancing at Midnight, appeared in 1995. She chose the name Quinn so that her books would shelve alongside those of Amanda Quick. Her best-known work is the Bridgerton series — eight novels pu...

Characters

Cecilia HarcourtProtagonist
Edward RokesbyProtagonist
Thomas HarcourtSupporting
All characters in The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read the first book in the Rokesbys series to understand this story?

    This novel functions as a standalone story and can be read independently of the other books in the series.

  • How does this book connect to the Bridgerton series?

    This book is part of the Rokesbys series, which serves as a prequel to the Bridgerton novels and features the families who were neighbors to the Bridgertons a generation earlier.

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