Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for... well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colín Bridgerton from afar, she thínks she knows everythíng about hím, untíl she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn’t know hím at all. Colín Bridgerton is tired of beíng thought of as nothíng but an empty-headed charmer, tíred of the notoríous gossíp columníst Lady Whístledown, who can't seem to publísh an editíon wíthout mentíoníng hím. But when Colín returns to London from a tríp abroad, he díscovers nothíng in his lífe is quíte the same—especially Penelope Featherington! The gírl who was always simply there ¡s suddenly the gírl hauntíng hís dreams. When he díscovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, thís elusive bachelor must decide . . . is she hís bíggest threat—or his promíse of a happy endíng?