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  1. Public Bookmark 49

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    a character study of penelope featherington, patron saint of saying nothing and feeling everything. it's about mothers, invisibility, the magic of girlhood, and trying to unlearn the voice in your head that always says "not enough."

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    16 Jun 2025

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    My heart has been rendered devoid of feeling since your departure. I find myself utterly lost in your absence, bereft of the touch of your affectionate hands, left in desolation, consumed by a profound sense of longing, deeply enamored and yet so wretchedly unloved.

     

    What is to become of me now, without you at my side to give some meaning to this arduous existence?
    – excerpt from Mr. Colin Bridgerton’s personal journal, 20 of April, 1819

     

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    In an alternative universe in which Penelope never stopped Colin and Marina from eloping, after near a decade of repressed pain and a devastating loss, Colin is granted a second chance to start all over.

    (S1 Time Travel AU)

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    15 Jun 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 7

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    Venice isn’t their only first.

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    09 Jun 2025

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    "For god's sake, I cannot watch my wife dance with other men!"

    When the final ball of the season forces her family to take the next ship to America, Penelope finds herself in a marriage with the last man she can think of - the very man she loved since ten- Colin Bridgerton. With less than four weeks at hand, Penelope must find a way to escape before she loses not just her freedom, but her heart once more. And Colin must find a way not to be bothered when other men approach the lady he so boldly claimed to never court.

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    09 Jun 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 40

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    “You shall kneel before me,” Marina purred, eyes glowing faintly violet.

    Colin took a long sip of champagne and utterly unbothered by the crackling magic that surrounded him, replied, “I’d rather not.”

    Offended by both his rejection and the way he pronounced “rather” with a posh lilt, Marina cursed him on the spot. Her spell was oddly specific and oddly sticky.

    “You shall sleep until your True Omega arises,
    Her slick your only saviour, should she surprise us.
    No holy water, no spell, no sword nor flame,
    Only Omega nectar, directly from her nether lips shall restore thy name.”

    And then — poof. Colin collapsed into an aesthetically-pleasing heap, cravat askew, top two buttons of his waistcoat skillfully undone, jawline immaculate.

    The kingdom was plunged into mild panic.

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    07 Jun 2025