As detailed above, a trailer dropped on Valentine's Day (14th February 2022), giving fans a first glimpse at the much-anticipated romance between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and newcomer Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), which will be the main focus of the season.

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. Eloise shows up at his doorstep purely because she's suddenly desperate to have some guy---any guy---in her life. There are multiple books in Julia Quinn's series of Bridgerton novels, and season one only really covers the first novel: The Duke and I. Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand.It all kicks off as Kate (her sister's gatekeeper against potential suitors) tries to prevent Edwina's courtship with Anthony, believing him to be nothing more than a rake with a capital "R". Thankfully, his new wife (Mary Sheffield) raised her stepdaughter with just as much love as if she were her own.

Her perfect husband wouldn't be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. And I loved that even in romantic, escapist fiction of this ilk, Eloise has to come to terms with the consequences of her choices.The author also wrote a couple more novellas featuring the character Lady Whistledown: '36 Valentines' and 'The First Kiss' were published in the anthology collections The Further Observations of Lady Whistledownand Lady Whistledown Strikes Back.