1813. London. ❝There are many more enjoyable pleasures that surpass the importance of marriage to a man.❞ Ruby Bainbridge insists that she will 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 marry; until an unexpected forbidden romance sparks between herself and Eloise Bridgerton, and their families begin to suspect something unusual threatens to ruin their reputations forever.