Welcome to the world, little one. We are all so delighted to make your acquaintance.

a"-from Eloise,Lady Crane, to her daughter Penelope, upon the occasion of her birth.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Julia Quinn started writing her first book one month after finishing college and has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. The New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels for Avon Books, she is a graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest.

Other Avon Romances by Julia Quinn.

Romancing Mister Bridgerton.

An Offer from a Gentleman

The Viscount Who Loved Me

The Duke and I

How to Marry a Marquis

To Catch an Heiress

Brighter Than the Sun

Everything and the Moon

Minx

Dancing at Midnight Splendid