An Offer From a Gentleman

An Offer from a Gentleman is the third Bridgertons novel, drawing on Cinderella to follow Sophie Beckett, an earl's illegitimate daughter reduced to servant status by a spiteful stepmother, and Benedict Bridgerton, the artist of the family who danced with a mysterious woman in silver at a masquerade and has been searching for her ever since. When fate places them in the same household under circumstances neither anticipated, the fairy tale's moral question sharpens: can love overcome the distance that class imposes.

Rosalyn Landor narrates the Bridgertons series with a Regency warmth that suits Quinn's light comic touch. Her Sophie is dignified without being rigid, and Benedict's bewilderment as he gradually recognizes the housemaid is rendered with charming obliviousness. Landor's fluency with the period setting makes the audiobook a comfortable listen for fans of the series.