What happens to Eloise in the Bridgerton books?

Fans of the Netflix adaptation will already be familiar with the ins and outs of this first novel, which follows the eldest Bridgerton daughter, Daphne. After making her community debut, Daphne enters into a mutually beneficial false relationship with the mysterious Duke of Hastings – but inevitably the facade of love soon begins to feel very real.

The second book focuses on the eldest of Bridgerton’s siblings, Anthony, who is engaged to be married. There’s just one problem – he can not help but think of his future bride’s mixed big sister, Kate.

This Cinderella-inspired story follows Benedict Bridgerton, who falls for a mysterious young woman at a masquerade ball, and then makes it his mission to find her again. The object of his love, Sophie, is a humble earl’s daughter who is treated like a servant by her cold stepmother.

The fourth book in the series centers on Colin Bridgerton, who returns to London after many years of galivating around Europe and quickly becomes the most qualified bachelor in the city. But he is unexpectedly attracted to Penelope Featherington, whom he has known since childhood, but whom he has never before seen as anything other than a friend.

Eloise Bridgerton has been christened a spinster for being single as a 28-year-old (the Regency era had its drawbacks), and she’s fine with that. She wants more out of life than getting married – but after her best friend Penelope has found love, she begins to doubt her own choice to remain single. Enter Sir Phillip Crane, a moody widower and single father whose unexpected courtship changes her life from one day to the next.

Michael Stirling falls for Francesca Bridgerton, the very first time he meets her. Unfortunately for Michael, he’s too late – Francesca is already engaged to her cousin, the Earl of Kilmartin. Resigned to the fact that he can never have Francesca, he settles for being her friend instead. But like anyone Bridgerton the tab knows, things are rarely that simple …

The penultimate novel in the series focuses on Hyacinth Bridgerton, who falls for Lady Danbury’s beautiful granddaughter Gareth St. Clair, just as he is involved in a messy family battle over a disputed inheritance.

In Quinn’s eighth and final novel in the series, the youngest Bridgerton son, Gregory, falls deeply in love with the inaccessible Hermione Watson. When Hermione’s best friend Lucy offers to help him win her heart, Gregory quickly begins to fall for her instead. Unfortunately, Lucy, like Hermione, is engaged to someone else.