THE author of the Bridgerton series wants sex-mad couple Daphne and the Duke of Hastings back for more bonking in season two after she sidelined them in her later books.
Julia Quinn, who is a consultant on the Netflix phenomenon, urged bosses to deviate from her best-selling novels after the couple, played by Phoebe Dynevor, 25, and Rege-Jean Page, 31, captivated viewers with their passionate love story.
Asked if Daphne and the Duke would return, despite her second book The Viscount Who Loved Me focusing on Jonathan Bailey's character Anthony, Julia, 51, said: "I hope so.
They do show up in the book. "The series doesn't follow the book word for word - and I don't think [it] should. "The story of each book plays out in a season, but it's not.
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