Bridgerton author Julia Quinn says the Netflix adaptation all happened by accident.

You’ve probably seen the show Bridgerton on Netflix, if not you’ve definitely at least heard about it. We don’t stop talking about it. It’s SO good.

Well, apparently Shonda Rhimes fell in love with it by accident.

Shonda Rhimes was apparently on vacation and ran out of books to read, so she ran to the book store and was recommended the Bridgerton series by chance, and the rest is history. She couldn’t stop reading the series and knew it had to be adapted for TV. She contacted everyone she knew to get ahold of author Julia Quinn, who had no idea Shonda was a fan, and once they talked she knew her life was about to change forever.