# The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (Paperback)

**RETURN TO THE WORLD OF THE BRIDGERTONS . . .**  
  
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**Go back to where it all began with the second book in _Sunday Times_ bestselling author Julia Quinn's dazzlingly witty Bridgerton prequel series.** **A generation before the Bridgertons, there were the Rokesbys . . .**  
  
**_While you were sleeping . . .  
  
_**With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend, the handsome officer Edward Rokesby. He's unconscious and in desperate need of her care, and Cecilia vows that she will save this soldier's life, even if staying by his side means telling one little lie . . .  
  
**_I told everyone I was your wife  
  
_**When Edward comes to, he's more than a little confused. The blow to his head knocked out six months of his memory, but 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 wife, he decides it must be true, even 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 out, Edward may have a few surprises of his own for the new Mrs Rokesby.  
  
**Return to the world of the Bridgertons with The Rokesbys, featuring the ancestors of the Bridgerton characters we know and love . . .**  
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Find out why readers love Julia Quinn . . .  
  
"**Quinn writes delightfully fast-paced, funny, sparkling and bright romance'** _Romantic Times_  
  
**'The next best thing to Georgette Heyer'** _Gloss_  
  
**'A smart, funny touch. . . reminiscent of Helen Fielding'** _Time Magazine_  
  
**'Julia Quinn's Bridgerton books take all of the classic tropes we know and love... and gives them a thoroughly modern twist**...**they're** **hot, crazy, and full of feisty women relishing in the carnal delights that come from bedding rakish aristocrats... I can't focus on anything else.' -** _Stylist_  
  
'Powered by a surfeit of **dazzling wit** and graced **with a cast of unforgettable characters'** _Booklist_  
  
**'Quinn is incomparable!** The latest addition to her beloved Bridgerton series is **funny, charming, witty and wildly romantic'** _RT Book Reviews_  
  
**'Like an episode of Downtown Abbey mixed with a great rom-com'** _iBooks Best Books of March_  
  
**'Julia Quinn is one of the best historical romance novelists of our time'** _Heroes and Heartbreakers_  
  
**'Quinn excels in writing stories full of joy and delight**, where laughter trembles on the edges' _Happy Ever After_  
  
**'Quinn is a master of historical romance'** _Entertainment Weekly_  
  
**'Full of wit, charm and smouldering attraction** . . . an unputdownable story that I think romance fans will treasure' _Harlequin Junkie_  
  
**'This book was an utter _delight . . ._ I just _loved it'_** _Love in a time of Feminism_

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- **Tags:** All Books, Historical Fiction, Romance

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