The 2nd novel from Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series, The Viscount Who Loved Me is set in the 1800s London and tells of Anthony Bridgerton, the eldest son of the Bridgerton family. He thinks that he is going to die young like his dad, who died from a bee sting. The burden of being the eldest and having to take care of his family made him a womanizer instead of finding the one woman to love.

When he decided that it was time to get married and have children to carry on the family line, he vowed that he is not going to fall in love with his future wife. She would be someone there just to be a proper and caring wife, to tend and care for the family, so that when he dies, there would not be too much grieved. But in time, he slowly realises his vow cannot be kept when he met Kate Sheffield, supposedly the elder sister of his "chosen" wife-to-be, Edwina Sheffield. Try as he might, the more Kate irritated him, the more he seemed to desire her.

He couldn't believe what was happening to him. How could he not just choose pretty blonde haired and blue-eyed Edwina who had all the good qualities of a wife, but let his mind always swayed to "plain" auburn haired and hazel eyes Kate, who was always arguing with him? And Kate didn't want her sister to marry the rake, whom she felt Anthony was, so she tried to stop him from getting near her. But was she doing that for her sister or was it because she wanted him for herself?

Yet another Julian Quinn novel which brings the story to life.