![]() However, since she is wearing a mask and never tells him her name, she is able to disappear, leaving him wondering who she is and where he could find her. In that fateful night she meets Benedict Bridgerton who has almost given up on finding a suitable wife at all the balls he is forced to attend. Therefore, when the opportunity arises to attend a masquerade ball at the Bridgerton house she takes it, knowing that it might be the only thing in her life that will ever be meaningful, fulfilling one of her wildest dreams. It is a hard time for women to be individuals, standing on their own accomplishments means very little to the rest of the world. She’s an illegitimate child and so she doesn’t have much power to claim anything for herself or the credibility to seek a job on her own. Sophie is a young woman who is forced to stay as a servant (without pay) for her stepmother and stepsisters after her father passes away. ![]() ![]() I was surprised that this book was a bit of a Cinderella retelling. I finished “An Offer From A Gentleman” a couple of days ago and well, Benedict wasn’t much of a “gentleman” now was he? ![]()
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