The Quiet Heart: A Bridgerton Novel
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He never intended to fall in love. Certainly not with her.
Frederick Bridgerton, the soft-spoken and elusive twin of Francesca Bridgerton, has always preferred shadows to candlelight, the quiet forge to a crowded ballroom. A scholar, a metalsmith, and wholly uninterested in the season's spectacles, he becomes an unwilling participant in society once his twin is declared this year's diamond.
When his path crosses with Theodora Wexley-sharp, guarded, and utterly uninterested in marriage-Frederick finds himself unraveling. She is the sister of a former rival, a reluctant debutant, and entirely wrong for a Bridgerton.
And yet, she may be the only person who truly hears him.
As the ton watches, secrets burn, letters smolder, and two people unused to the spotlight may have to risk everything for a future neither expected.
Because sometimes, the loudest love stories are the quietest ones of all.
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