Viola Hartley and her family move from the North of England to London after the death of her father, the Earl of Northumberland. As a new debutante and the daughter of a late Earl, it's apparent that she will be in the sights of Lady Whistledown, but what if she doesn't want the spotlight? When she meets a certain second-born Bridgerton who holds the same value, and they start courting in secret, will their courtship be hidden successfully until they are ready for marriage, or will the inquisitive Lady Whistledown hunt them down and expose them?

Witty, daring and with a secret knack for painting Frances Granville arrives at London with two convictions: one, that she is not interested in men, especially not in lords who parade impeccably around courting innocent young ladies at balls only to close their nights in brothels. Two, that if she does not secure a husband, her father will make a match with someone at least twice her age and half her wits. Franny navigates the courting season, her loving and quaint family and her attraction to a certain Bridgerton brother with a charming smile while she finds her own definition of what it means to be a woman in the Regency era. Benedict Bridgerton x OC