After four years in France, you return to London a completely different woman. Determined to find a husband, you quickly become the talk of the ton—but your plans are complicated by Anthony Bridgerton, your childhood rival, who seems intent on proving you have not changed at all. Between meddling mothers, Lady Whistledown’s gossip, jealous misunderstandings, and a handsome friend from France, what begins as a battle of wits may become something neither of you expected.