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A tale of the thirty minute twisted courtship of Anthony Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington.
What begins as a calculated trap to force her into marriage turns into a seductive power struggle—one with both of them playing for the win.
With time running out, her reputation on the line, and Lady Whistledown wielding her words like weapons, Anthony discovers that when you gamble... you best be ready to lose.Anthony Bridgerton waits in the library of his country estate, reflecting on the articles that brought him here — one that bruised his pride, the other that drew blood. Lady Whistledown cost his match with Edwina Sharma. Thirsty for revenge, he finds out her true identity. And tonight, during the Hearts and Flowers Ball, she will walk into the trap he's laid.
He will make her pay.
She walks in half past eleven. And the game begins.