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    An Offer From a Gentleman

    By Julia Quinn

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    Sophie Beckett never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball—or that "Prince Charming" would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.

    Who was that extraordinary woman? Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other—except, perhaps, this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid's garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Yet, if he offers her his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy tale love?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061751004
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    Julia Quinn

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn began writing one month after graduating from college and, aside from a brief stint in medical school, she has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. Her novels have been translated into 43 languages and are beloved the world over. A graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, she lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest.  Look for BRIDGERTON, based on her popular series of novels about the Bridgerton family, on Netflix.

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    • 4/5
      An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (Audio Edition)
      Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
      Series: Bridgertons, Book 3

      4 stars - A cinderella story. I enjoyed this book even more the second time around. The added bonus of Posie’s story as the 2nd epilogue was a treat. Benedict and Sophie have wonderful chemistry together. I am looking forward to continuing my rereading of this series.

      Rosalyn Landor did a fantastic job narrating as usual!

      ~Paragraphs and Petticoats~
    • 5/5
      4.5 "Cinderella Bridgerton" Stars for the Story and Narration!The Bridgerton family love stories continues in An Offer From a Gentleman, book 3 of the Bridgerton Series, with the second son, Benedict Bridgerton's story. Moreover, this fabulous updated audiobook edition which was recently released in 2017 includes both epilogues--one of which had been separately released years after the original publication in a separate book. Additionally, this Recorded Books edition includes the talented narration of Rosalyn Landor.Sophie Beckett had the misfortune of being born out-of-wedlock. Even worse her mother died at childbirth, and while her father (an Earl) took her in, he never formally acknowledged her (merely noting that she was his ward). Even under these circumstances though she was treated relatively well and was even educated like a lady until her father married. His wife despised and marginalized Sophie, including by distancing her from her own two daughters that she brought to the marriage. Then the Earl dies, and though he leaves Sophie money (that is tied to her step-mother sheltering her until she reaches majority age), she is treated like a lowly servant by both her step-mother and step-sisters.Then in classic Cinderella style, one day with the help of the other servants, Sophie is able to slip away to a masquerade ball at the Bridgerton's estate. That is where she meets and falls in love with her Prince Charming: Benedict Bridgerton. But she doesn't reveal her name, and slips away at midnight only to be discovered and banished. Many years later, neither has forgotten the other. Benedict, for example, still remembers the one lady who saw him as his own individual (rather than merely a Bridgerton), and who he started to give his heart to on that dance floor. However, try though he might he was never able to find the unidentified woman who gave him hope for HEA. Then one day Benedict encounters a maid about to be compromised, and he comes to her (Sophie's) rescue. He doesn't know who she is (though Sophie remembers him) but what he does know is that this new woman makes him feel things he never thought he would feel again. Therefore as a new attraction builds, Benedict chooses not to deny his feelings a second time. But what future could a Bridgerton and a maid possibly have? Moreover, old hatred in the form of the Dowager Countess (the evil step-mother) still reigns, does Sophie possibly stand a chance against this noble woman who will stop at nothing to see her ruined?Rosalyn Landor is such a talented narrator. You can always count on her to deliver distinguishable, gender appropriate character voices. Moreover, she is even accomplished in varying her pitch sufficiently to sound young or old depending on the character's age. Additionally, Ms. Landor has great timing and I always feel like I can just settle into the story and let it come alive. From the fast-paced more suspense filled scenes to the slower and more sensual ones, Ms. Landor does a good job of bringing it all alive.I also like that from a series perspective, Ms. Landor has narrated all of the books in the series so far. I think for a beloved series like the Bridgerton's this allows the listener to easily come back to this series, even in between other listens, and quickly fall back into the general background and storyline even helping to trigger prior memories based on the consistency of her character's voices. There were so many enjoyable things about this romance. First and foremost, I loved the flow. Ms. Quinn has this ability to capture her audience and draw them in with her timeless writing and engaging characters. As if this weren't enough though, I'm now invested in the Bridgerton family which Ms. Quinn does a marvelous job of introducing us to throughout the various books as secondary characters who eventually find their own HEA. I'm also a big fan of underdog love stories and I think this novel illustrates how undeservedly disastrous the circumstances of one's birth used to be in the past. Now I simply can't wait to listen to more of the Bridgerton family's romances and stories in the remaining books of this series!Source: Review copy provided for review purposes.
    • 3/5
      Oh, I do love the Bridgerton Family! Each story is a wonderful romance with plenty of drama. A nice touch of steam to keep things naughty! Love this whole series and the epilogues!! And that Lady Whistledown is a hoot!! Such wonderfully engaging characters! Makes me wish I could be transported to that era!
    • 4/5
      This is a cute retelling of "Cinderella" - Julia Quinn style. Sophie is the sweet, abused Cinderella character, complete with the wicked stepmother and evil stepsisters. She's dressed up by loyal servants to have one evening at a ball - from which she must return by midnight - and at that ball falls in love with Prince Charming - Benedict Bridgerton. It's cute to see this story played out in Regency England, and with our beloved Bridgertons. Unlike in Cinderella, though, things don't go "happily ever after" quite so easy. For one thing, Benedict doesn't even recognize her when they first meet again - much to Sophie's dismay. I enjoyed this book a great deal!
    • 5/5
      The Julia Quinn twist of Cinderella! In the beginning, the step-mother and step-sister characters shared a lot of the same similarities to the characters in the movie "Ever After" (I kept an open mind...cause Cinderella-wise there's really nothing new under the sun). But the romance between Sophie and Benedict was great. I think, so far, that Benedict is my favorite Bridgerton character. Which surprised me because he played such a minor role in the previous books in the series, I didn't really feel like I knew his character yet. Best Julia Quinn I've read so far.
    • 3/5
      Pretty decent reworking of Cinderella. I do enjoy the Bridgerton family.
    • 3/5
      I thought this book was filled with adventure. It was a Cinderella story, and it's hard not to like those. Girl treated badly by stepmother, goes to a ball, falls in love, but here is were the story becomes so much more than just a mere Cinderella story - the girl may have gotten away and he couldn't find her, but years later he did and what ensues tugs at your heartstrings. Wonderful.
    • 5/5
      I was hooked on HR for a very long time - this is my top favorite series
    • 3/5
      now this was a Cinderella remake but some of it was just not quite believable. like Sophie never asking about her dad's will or the servants not telling her about it. and Lady Araminta Penwood acting up in the jail... well really the whole jail scene. but i just put this one in straight fantasy romance and left reality out of it in order to fully enjoy it.
    • 3/5
      As the unacknowledged bastard of the Earl of Penwood, Sophie Beckett is raised in luxury for fourteen years. But upon her father's death, her step-mother turns her into a servant, and Sophie sees no end to her drudgery in sight. She gambles on one, single, shining night of fun: a masquerade ball thrown by the popular Bridgerton family. There, masked and wearing her grandmother's gown, Sophie dances the night away with Benedict Bridgerton. Each falls in love with the other, but years pass before they meet again, and when they do, Sophie has become so enveloped in her role as a maid that Benedict doesn't recognize her. Instead, he falls in love with Sophie-the-servant, all the while tormented by feelings of disloyalty to the unnamed woman at the ball, and his knowledge that he could never marry a servant.

      This was possibly my favorite in the Bridgerton series yet, mostly because I really liked Sophie, whose pragmatism is constantly at war with her high principles.
    • 4/5
      I'm a fan of fairy-tale retellings whether they have fantasy elements or not. An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn pleasantly surprised me. It was the most realistic retelling of Cinderella I ever read. This is how it could have truly happened (without fairy godmothers and talking animals).

    • 3/5
      It is a complete Cinderella story, wicked step-mother and all. Not really my thing.
    • 5/5
      I have always had a great deal of respect for Violet Bridgerton. She has raised eight very kind and remarkable children, mostly by herself. She herself is kind and generous and very crafty. I think she is what all mothers should inspire to be. When she tells Benedict in this story "I would allow my children to marry paupers if it would bring them happiness. They would have to be well-principled and hardworking paupers, of course, no gamblers need apply.", she proves that the welfare of her children are more important than society's idea of the perfect marriage. For the most part I think that Benedict forgets this conversation. Because he can't seem to think of Sophie as his wife just as his mistress. I suspect that part of this is that while he thinks he wants to marry he isn't really ready to make that commitment. I think that he has cared more for Sophie than he might ever admit when they finally meet again. I know that he doesn't remember her but there is a small part of him that does remember her.Sophie is definitely a product of her environment. Her stepmother has told her for years that she is not good enough for society and having no other parent to stand up for her she believes it. It is a sad commentary that society at this time look down of illegitimate children with such disdain. It is the child's fault that the parents weren't married. They are just a product of a union that didn't include marriage. Sophie is a kind and intelligent woman that has made the best of what life has given her. She should have had so much more and of course in the end she gets it and more. As for her stepmother someone needs to make her a house maid and see how she likes it. I think that she would be living on the streets in a very short time.Benedict is very much like any middle child I guess. He wants so much for people to see him and not his place in the family. He is more than just the second Bridgerton or a Bridgerton. He is has a sharp wit and a wicked sense of humor. He is a wonderful artist and an adventurer. He is a lover. Benedict is also honorable and decent and very fond of his family.The last third of this books requires lots of tissues are handy. There are some really sad scenes. It is amazing to me that men can be so hardheaded at times. We get to see and hear from Daphne, Anthony and Colin in this book. Colin opens his mouth in public and upsets someone that he shouldn't but he redeems himself partially when he gives Benedict some very good advise. I loved the scene in the jail although I wish Sophie's stepmother had gotten more humiliation for her treatment of Sophie. I am glad that Posy found her backbone and found people that would care for her. I hope that she finds someone to love her. This is a great addition to this series and I look forward to starting the next book.
    • 4/5
      Sophie Beckett, recently lost her birth father, and even though he never acknowledged her as his daughter, he still made sure she was cared for until he passed away, and she was left with his wife and step daughters, and was treated more like a servant/slave than how she should have been treated. One night she has a opportunity to go to a ball, where she dresses up like a princess and feeling more beautiful and desirable than she ever has before. On this night she meets Benedict, one of the infamous Bridgertons, and shares a passionate kiss, one that will remain burned in her memory forever. Sophie knows that she can never be a part of Benedict's life, but then through a chain of events, she is thrown in his path once more, and knows that she will love him even though she knows they can never have a future together...An Offer From A Gentleman, is the third in the Bridgerton series. I have just loved reading this series, and this was the first time I was able to read this book ( I know...crazy huh)But I was in the mood for a cinderella type of story, and this one fit the book....I was totally satisfied with this one. I loved every page, every paragraph and sentence. Julia Quinn is one of my favorite historical romance authors....there is a unique way about her writing that is much different from any other....where her stories just draw in her readers and its like you have this compulsion to not let go of the book until you have finished reading it. It had a truly magical side to it, an Enchanting Love Story that will Captivate you!!!!
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable re-working of the Cinderella story. Sadly she's still got a long way to go to beat Heyer in the comedy stakes.
    • 5/5
      I am really enjoying the Briderton's... i feel like one of the character in the book, maybe a distant cousin... LOL... I have laughed, cheered and cried with them so far.
    • 4/5
      I suspect it must be difficult to write a series of 8 books about one family, occuring in the same time period, without being at a loss for inspiration. Julia Quinn's apparent answer was to recreate the classic Cinderella story. Although I found this story very predictable, it was also quite delightful. Ms. Quinn is such a talented writer that even this tired story line seemed refreshing with these characters. It did not bother me when Benedict suggested Sophie become his mistress. When you consider his social status and the rules of society at the time, it was all but impossible for him to even consider marrying her. He made the only offer he thought was reasonable to assure they would be together. All of the Bridgertons are in high form in this novel. Lady Whistledown still continues to offer interesting observations at the beginning of each chapter. Fans of the Bridgerton series will enjoy this light novel and charming love story.
    • 4/5
      -An impoverished bastard of nobility, Sophie Beckett gets her only moment of fairy tale at a masquerade ball, where she meets the dashing and handsome Benedict Bridgerton, who immediately falls in love with the mystery woman. However, when he meets Sophie years later, he doesn't recognize her as his mystery woman, and is torn between his love for that unknown woman, and the desirable one in front of him. Very romantic, again, delightfully straight-forward and charming characters.
    • 4/5
      Another solid instalment in this series. I liked Benedict, he's the only family member that I had found totally unmemorable - but this fits well with his character as he has sides he hides from his family. Sophie grabbed at my heart form her first scene, waiting for her step family to arrive.This manages to be a fluffy romance, a retelling of a the Cinderella story, and the third book in a regency series, and yet it is still fresh. I was not entirely comfortable with Benedict's insistence that Sophie be his mistress, but I fell for his apology.
    • 4/5
      This was the first book I ever read by Julia Quinn. It not only introduced me to the Bridgerton genre, but to historical romances, of which I am now an addict. This is a Cinderella-esque story about a woman who grows up serving her stepmother and stepsisters. She sneaks out to a ball and meets Benedict Bridgerton, of the famed Bridgerton family. Two years pass, with her working as a servant and a chance encounter with Benedict renews the relationship. Sophie is a great heroine who overcomes her upbringing and refuses to allow choices to be made for her. Quinn also makes it completely believable that Benedict doesn't recognize Sophie as the same woman he met at the ball.
    • 4/5
      This is a cute retelling of "Cinderella" - Julia Quinn style. Sophie is the sweet, abused Cinderella character, complete with the wicked stepmother and evil stepsisters. She's dressed up by loyal servants to have one evening at a ball - from which she must return by midnight - and at that ball falls in love with Prince Charming - Benedict Bridgerton. It's cute to see this story played out in Regency England, and with our beloved Bridgertons. Unlike in Cinderella, though, things don't go "happily ever after" quite so easy. For one thing, Benedict doesn't even recognize her when they first meet again - much to Sophie's dismay. I enjoyed this book a great deal!
    • 4/5
      An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia QuinnThe Bridgerton family is wealthy, well born, and universally admired. And with six of the eight Bridgerton children already mingling with society, it's no wonder they're mentioned so frequently in the most popular (and accurate) source of social news, Lady Whistledown's Society Papers. But not even the mysterious Lady Whistledown can identify the masked maiden who completely captivated the Bridgerton second son, Benedict, at his mother's masquerade ball -- a silver-clad beauty who vanished on the stroke of midnight. It was a magical night for Sophie Beckett, orphaned, illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Penwood. Attending the ball was a beautiful dream, sharing the evening with Benedict Bridgerton was the stuff of fantasy -- and returning home to her role as unpaid servant to her father's cruel widow and stepdaughters was a nightmare. Then she lost even the small security of that position, and things went from bad to worse. By the time Sophie met Benedict again, she was in truly desperate straits. He made her feel precious, even in rags, but Sophie had grave reservations about accepting.I really enjoyed this addition to the Bridgerton family saga.At last, I had characters who didn't have to marry because the woman had been compromised, and in fact, it looked like they wouldn't be able to marry at all for most of the book.Despite it probably being inappropriate for a modern woman to say so, the whole Cinderella-story works for me. And this is very clearly a telling of the Cinderella story, complete with an evil stepmother, stepsisters and a suitably handsome prince in Benedict. At the same time, Quinn doesn't let the fairy-tale direction of her story overcome the setting she has chosen to use.The title comes from Benedict's not-exactly-honourable offer to Sophie that she become his mistress. Not perhaps what one immediately wants in a romantic hero, but given their positions and the society they live in, exactly what a gentleman in his position would do. Sophie's reasons for refusing are sensible and certain and the story unfolds as they try to find their own balance and resolution.Of course, there is a happy ending. Perhaps the way it comes about is a little too pat, but not by much. I can easily imagine Violet Bridgerton "convincing" Sophie's stepmother to do pretty much anything she wished, and the hero and heroine are engaging to the reader, so that I wanted them to get their happy ever after in true fairy tale fashion.A fun read.An Offer From a GentlemanBridgertons, Book 3Julia Quinn7/10
    • 5/5
      i loved loved loved this cinderella-esque story. the ball at the beginning is totally worth reading over and over.
    • 3/5
      An Offer is both a Bridgerton story and a Cinderella retelling. While I'm very fond of the Bridgerton series in general, I find this story, in particular, flawed. Benedict uses the power structures of his misogynist and classist society to seduce Sophie: he tells her that if she leaves him he'll falsely accuse her of theft and have her transported to Australia; he forcibly installs her in his mother's house as a servant; he takes advantage of his position of a son of the house to repeatedly accost her against her will. That he and his family are benevolent, and that Sophie loves him, are ultimately less important to me than the abuse of power he uses to gain her love.Ironically, in a book by a less skilled author I'd not have judged the power imbalance (very common in Regency romances) so harshly. But the Bridgerton series rarely resorts to this tired old trope: the forceful hero persuades the heroine that lust means true love.
    • 4/5
      The book starts with a classical Cinderella Story: Bad Stepmother and stepsisters, girl has to work like a servant, girl sneaks onto a ball, falls in love, leaves nothing but a glove....And from there on all we have to read is, how Sophie and Benedikt circle around each other, meet every now and then until they finally become a couple.Cute, as usual in this series, but not spectacular.
    • 5/5
      As the bastard child of an earl, Sophie Beckett leads a Cinderella life. She acts as an overworked servant in her stepmother's house, complete with two step-sisters, and wishing she could be more, or at least treated fairly even as a servant. She finally has enough and runs away, but not before sneaking into a masquerade ball thrown by the Bridgerton family and dancing with the second son, Benedict. She spends the next few years in the English countryside as a maidservant, while Benedict spends them searching for the mysterious lady he danced and fell in love with at the ball. They meet again under very different circumstances and although Sophie immediately knows who he is, Benedict doesn't recognize her. Thus begins another kind of dance between the two, and of course we all know how it will end.That doesn't make it any less enjoyable, though, and I'm already looking forward to the next in the series.
    • 4/5
      The third installment of the Bridgerton series of romance novels, whose Netflix adaptation has been a bit of a phenomenon. Here we have Benedict Bridgerton, or Number 2 as he's generally known to members of the ton, who is in no hurry to find himself a wife until he is struck by love at first sight of a mysterious young woman at a masquerade ball. They are separated before he can find out who she is, and he spends the next six months searching everywhere for "the woman in silver" to no avail. The depth of his feelings for her are so emphatic in the narrative that it's hard to believe when he finally comes face-to-face with her three years later, he doesn't recognize her at all. Then again, it would be more of a short story than a novel if he did...Sophia, illegitimate daughter of an unloving earl, is left to fend for herself when her father dies and her evil stepmother (the stepmother is always evil, if you're new to romances) throws her out into the street, where she finds work in a series of lowly maid positions until meeting Benedict again by chance. Unlike Benedict, Sophie knows exactly who he is but doesn't spill the beans. This leads the two on a merry dance, as Benedict repeatedly muses about how he could have met yet another woman who affects him in exactly the same way as the mysterious woman in silver. Oh, Ben, you sweet dim bulb.You know what they say: It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and the course of true love for Sophie and Ben does not run smoothly, but it does eventually splash down in the requisite happy ever after, so all's well that ends well. I enjoyed reading this one more than the second book about Number 1 Son Anthony, and can only hope that the fourth is better yet.
    • 5/5
      This was another great book in The Bridgerton series. I loved Sophie, she was a true heroine and Benedict was a great hero.
    • 4/5
      Cinderella's spirit is prominent in this novel, which features Benedict Bridgerton and a mysterious lady he encounters at a masquerade ball. As with the previous Bridgerton novels, this one is equal parts romance and fun. I didn't doubt Benedict and Sophie would find a way (despite both of their intentions) to be together, but reading about how they got there made for the best and light-hearted reading.
    • 4/5
      An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn in the third book in her historical romance series about the Bridgerton family. The second brother is front and center in this Cinderella retelling that has Benedict Bridgerton falling love with Sophie Beckett when he first meets her at a masquerade ball. Sophie, like Cinderella, wasn’t meant to be there and had to leave at the stroke of midnight in order to get home before her step-mother noticed she was gone. Unfortunately the step-mother does realize that Sophie went to the ball and throws her out on the street. When Benedict next meets Sophie, she is a housemaid and he doesn’t recognize her as his mysterious woman in silver. He is attracted to her however and confused as how he could fall in love with two different women. Sophie is a charming heroine, sweet yet resourceful and while I find it a little harder to tell the difference from one Bridgerton brother or brother-in-law from another, Benedict was handsome and protective and together as a couple, they are passionate and loving. I was quite happy to lap up the humor and romance as these two worked their way to their happy ending. An Offer from a Gentleman was a great escape read that put a smile on my face.