SIR PHILLIP KNEW THAT ELOISE BRIDGERTON WAS A SPINSTER, AND SO HE’D PROPOSED, FIGURING THAT SHE’D BE HOMELY AND UNASSUMING, AND MORE THAN A LITTLE DESPERATE FOR AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE. EXCEPT . . . SHE WASN’T. THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ON HIS DOORSTEP WAS ANYTHING BUT QUIET, AND WHEN SHE STOPPED TALKING LONG ENOUGH TO CLOSE HER MOUTH, ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS KISS HER . . . AND MORE.