The Most Frequently Asked Question
Q: What is the order of the Bridgerton books?

Book 1: The Duke and I
Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Book 3: An Offer From A Gentleman
Book 4: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton
Book 5: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Book 6: When He Was Wicked
Book 7: It’s In His Kiss
Book 8: On The Way to the Wedding
The Rokesby Series are the prequels to the Bridgerton Series, and the order of those books are as follows:
Book 1: Because of Miss Bridgerton
Book 2: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband
Book 3: The Other Miss Bridgerton
Book 4: First Comes Scandal
General Questions About JQ's Books
- What are the Bridgerton “prequels”?
- What is your next book and when can I buy it?
- Some of your books have new covers. Have the stories changed?
- How are your books connected and do I need to read them in any particular order?
- What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your books?
- Will you write books about the Bridgerton children?
- Hey, is that another author’s character in one of your books?
- Which Wyndham book comes first?
- Will you write a book about Lady Danbury? I’d love to read about her when she was younger.
- Will you ever write a story for Violet Bridgerton? How about the story of how Violet and Edmund met and fell in love?
Really Specific Questions About JQ's Books
- Will you write stories about Harriet, Elizabeth, and Frances Pleinsworth?
- Why do all your characters take tea the same way?
- What’s up with the Bridgerton Trade Paperback Books 6 & 7 Misprint?
- What is “A Strange Fascination”?
- Is Thomas Harcourt Dead?
- How are The Lady Most Likely and The Lady Most Willing connected?
- What happened to Posy Reiling (from An Offer from a Gentleman)?
- Do Francesca and Michael (from When He Was Wicked) ever have children?
- In Minx (published 1996), William Dunford falls in love with Henrietta Barrett and marries her, but in How To Marry A Marquis (published 1999) he’s a bachelor again. What gives?
- Why didn’t Robert and Victoria (from Everything And The Moon) appear in Brighter Than The Sun?
- Is Ned Blydon (from the Splendid trilogy) ever going to get his own story?
- I loved the Hotchkiss family in How to Marry a Marquis. Are you going to write stories for the younger siblings?
- I love the secondary characters in What Happens in London and Ten Things I Love About You. Will you ever write a book about Winston Bevelstoke, Edward Valentine, or Lady Louisa McCann?
- Are The Further Observations Of Lady Whistledown and Lady Whistedown Strikes Back Bridgerton books?
- Why does Hyacinth’s story come before Gregory’s?
- Why was there no mention of Lady Whistledown in To Sir Phillip, With Love? I thought for sure there would be a scene where Eloise learned the truth!
- Why are Colin and Eloise unmarried during so much of When He Was Wicked?
- What is the deal with the ending of It’s In His Kiss? Why did Isabella do what she did?
- Who is Billie Bridgerton?
Questions About JQ
- Who is Paul? You dedicate all of your books to him.
- How can readers chat with you online?
- Do you work at a treadmill desk?
- How old were you when you sold your first book?
- Can I see any of your speeches online?
- Are you ever going to write a contemporary romance?
- Have you ever written category romances for Silhouette?
- Who are your favorite authors?
- Where do you get your ideas?
Questions About Everything Else
- How do you decide where to hold your booksignings?
- Do you design your own cover art?
- How can I learn more about British titles of nobility?
- Can you name a character after me?
- Are any of your novels available as audio books?
- Are any of your works available in large print?
- How can I get your books in hardcover?