Lady Bridget's Diary: Keeping Up With the Cavendishes

Written by Maya Rodale

Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

In the first novel of Maya Rodale's stunning new series, an American heiress must learn to navigate London society and an infuriatingly irresistible rake . . .

Lord Darcy is the quintessential Englishman: wealthy, titled, impossibly proper, and horrified that a pack of Americans has inherited one of England's most respected dukedoms. But his manners, his infamous self-restraint, and his better judgment fly out the window when he finds himself with the maddening American girl next door.

Lady Bridget Cavendish has grand—but thwarted—plans to become a Perfect Lady and take the haute ton by storm. In her diary, Bridget records her disastrous attempts to assimilate into London high society, her adoration of the handsome rogue next door, her disdain for the Dreadful Lord Darcy, and some truly scandalous secrets that could ruin them all.

It was loathing at first sight for Lady Bridget and Lord Darcy. But their paths keep crossing . . . and somehow involve kissing. When Lady Bridget's diary goes missing, both Darcy and Bridget must decide what matters most of all—a sterling reputation or a perfectly imperfect love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Feb 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9780062448804

Maya Rodale

Maya Rodale began reading romance novels in college at her mother's insistence. She is now the bestselling and award-winning author of smart and sassy romances. She lives in New York City with her darling dog and a rogue of her own.

Reviews for Lady Bridget's Diary

[Melissa Burroughs · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very full of classics references, so much so it's like Pride and Prejudice meets Bridget Jones Diary, with a cute twist of the "Americas". While it didn't blow my mind with how awesome it was, it was still enjoyable. If you are exhausted and just looking for a bit of fun and love, than yeah man, this will do.

[jo · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I haven't finished reading this book yet, but I really dislike lady Bridget.
I know this should be a book about her growing as a person and finding love, but she is so naïve, mediocre and easy to manipulate that it annoys me.
I just wish she would grow up already, because I'm at chapter 3 and losing my patience.

[thelustyliterate-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

5 Stars Hot SteamAs a longtime fan of Maya Rodale’s signature splendidness, I knew, without a doubt, that I’d enjoy this book. However, not since Avery & Ashbrooke’s breathtakingly beautiful story in THE WICKED WALLFLOWER has Rodale’s delightful writing been more enchanting, affecting, and dreamily transportive! Inspired by Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and borrowing the best elements from its modern retelling, BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY, Maya Rodale has artfully and affectionately penned one of the most remarkably brilliant, blissfully entertaining, irresistibly sensual, and perfectly joyous mashups/homages/re-imaginings in Historical romance today with her latest keeper-shelf confection, LADY BRIDGET’S DIARY.From prologue to epilogue, Rodale deftly works her literary magic, transforming the charmingly familiar into something wonderfully unique, fresh, vital, and so impossibly endearing that I couldn’t contain my happy, I’m-in-heaven tears. Jane Austen would be so proud and Helen Fielding green with envy as Bridget and Darcy’s revelation of a romance lovingly honors the former and outshines the latter page after paradisal page.Darling Bridget is positively adorable and imperfectly perfect in all of her hilariously harried and ravenous glory! She is a marvelous heroine—witty, spirited, brave, open-hearted, and prone to wild romanticisms. I admired her ability to laugh at herself as well as her resilience in the face of adversity. I especially savored her axis-shifting effect on snobbish, stuffy, and divinely sexy Lord Darcy.Darcy may start as a stuck-up prig but, after one fateful, uproariously irregular encounter with Lady Bridget, “The Girl Who Fell,” his carefully regimented world is annihilated with feelings—intense, unwanted, and overpowering feelings that Darcy has been forcibly raised to not have or relinquish himself to. Scandalous Bridget shocks him, stands up to him, speaks her mind, and unbeknownst to her, dangerously tempts and awakens him like no other woman before her. Darcy becomes increasingly rattled, on edge, and maddened with inconvenient lust for her unconventional behavior, surprising mind, and luscious curves. His riveting anguish, frustration, and despair simply melted me. And, when he couldn’t fight his driving need for Bridget any longer and his passions broke free…Mercy, he was magnificent!Exquisitely satisfying and impossible to put down, LADY BRIDGET’S DIARY is the swoon of the season! You’re going to love it!Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review.

[ladypembroke · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fun, fluffy read. Combines elements of Bridget Jones's Diary with Pride and Prejudice. Remains true to the originals (so no huge surprises, really). Rodale writes both Darcy and Bridget well, and there are moments of breathlessness, both from joy and sorrow, throughout the book. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

[niaomiya · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Maya Rodale's books are always a delight to read. They are well-written, filled with humor and passion; strong, independent heroines; and stoic-but-underneath-it-all-passionate heroes. "Lady Bridget's Diary" is an homage to Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" but with an American family of Cavendishes instead of the British family of Bennetts. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next in the Cavendish series.