Bridgerton Books Daphne And Simon Bassett

The first season of bridgerton is based in large part on julia quinn s first book the duke and i.

Bridgerton books daphne and simon bassett. Season 1 follows the story of noblewoman daphne bridgerton phoebe dynevor who strikes a mutually beneficial arrangement with duke of hastings simon bassett regé jean page they would pretend to be madly in love so that male suitors would be tripping over themselves to win daphne s favor meanwhile single women and their mamas would leave simon alone while he s visiting london. The fundamental drama of the simon daphne marriage is the same in the duke and i and on bridgerton. The very book that inspired the show the duke and i tells the love story of the fourth oldest sibling daphne bridgerton and the duke of hastings simon bassett in order for her to strike the interest of more suitors and for him to evade the interests of ambitious society mothers the two befriend one another and enter into a fake courtship.

Daphne wants children but simon promised his dying father their line would end with him out of. Daphne and simon the duke of hastings stage an elaborate plot then find themselves stuck.