Simon quickly finds that as a handsome, wealthy and unmarried duke he is considered an extremely eligible bachelor. Both Anthony and Daphne have been pushed onto the marriage mart by their mother Violet and both find their prospects dull. Simon becomes attracted to the young woman until he learns she is Daphne Bridgerton, the sister of his friend Anthony Bridgerton. Before he can rescue the young lady she punches out the suitor. Going to meet his godmother, Lady Danbury, Simon discovers a young woman being harassed by an overly-pushy suitor. Simon has developed a reputation as being haughty and arrogant due to his long silences to cover his stutter. Unbeknownst to the rest of society, Simon was severely neglected by his father due to a severe stutter that plagued him as a child. In 1813, Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, returns to London after a long period away from home. It is the first novel of Quinn's series of Regency romances about the Bridgerton siblings and tells the story of Daphne, the fourth eldest child of the family. The Duke and I is a 2000 historical romance novel written by Julia Quinn, first published by Avon.
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