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  1. Public Bookmark 76

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    “But when am I getting married? And who am I getting married to?” 

     

    “More like who would want to marry you?” Prudence mumbles as Philippa snickers along unkindly. 

     

    Penelope frowns, for a moment she wonders if her mum will tell Prudence to stop, that being mean also isn’t ladylike, but she doesn’t do that, she just ignores it. “Well, you’re a little too young to be getting married right now, that will have to wait until you’re a bit older, but as for who you’re going to marry… I suppose we’ll have to wait and see.”

     

    Two days after the wedding, Penelope knocks a boy off his bike by accident with her yellow hat. He laughs with her about it instead of yelling at like she’d assumed he would, and the moment she hears his laugh she knows that she’s met the love of her life, and the minute she opens the door she tells her mum that she knows exactly who she’s going to marry one day.

     

    She’s going to marry Colin Bridgerton, the flowers said so.

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    At nearly every single wedding she goes to, Penelope catches the bouquet. These are the various times it happens, and a couple of times when it doesn't.

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    16 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 30

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    Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton are no longer boyfriend-girlfriend.

    Unfortunately, no one believes them. Not when their families keep stumbling upon increasingly contradictory evidence that suggests these two have a very different understanding of what a breakup is supposed to look like.

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    15 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 61

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    "Pen and Alfie are having their third date on Friday night!" Hyacinth explained with the kind of giddy smile only a teenage girl could credibly muster, while simultaneously leaning over the table and attempting to steal Eloise’s wine glass. Penelope, meanwhile, looked directly up at the ceiling, mortified that once again the entire table was weighing in on her love life. Could she not have any peace?

    "Hmmm." Colin pretended to consider the point, but he was mostly trying to stop his lip from curling. He did not like Alfie Debling. What kind of stupid name was that anyway? What grown man went by “Alfie”? He sounded like someone’s pet dachshund. “Ooo Alfie come here for belly rubs”, “Don’t shit on the rug, Alfie”.
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    Colin Bridgerton finds himself in the unenviable position of having offered to help Penelope Featherington cook a seduction dinner for her plant-loving paramour. It just happens to be the same dinner that was prepared for Colin before he lost his virginity, and it is bringing back regrets and all kinds of feelings for his best friend that he thought he had buried away for good.
    Aka the NYT Pizza Interview we all wanted, featuring the Great Auk, Alfie x Alfie and the Contessa.

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    15 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 89

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    Years after they faded from each other's lives, Colin Bridgerton finds himself thinking, once again, about the first and only girl he's ever loved; Penelope Featherington. She is supposedly happily married, and a successful author, and it is embarrassing how much he still pines for her.

    On the other side of the world, he finds himself desperate for any small taste of her, resorting to stalking her Spotify account of all things. But what he finds there raises more questions than answers...

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    15 Jun 2026

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    148 bpm. Who knew this would be the number that broke him?

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    Moments after Colin realizes he's in love with his best friend, he learns from his sister, Eloise, that Pen is in her room with her muscular new beau, Professor Debling, getting a 'vigorous exercise’ per their synced-up workout app.

    Tormented and heartbroken, Colin’s control shatters after a fateful run-in with a half-naked Alfred at midnight, when he shares his plans to whisk Pen away.

    He only meant to talk, but she answers the door in just a silk robe and Colin sees things he should not have, starting a relentless, agonizing game of truth and touch, designed to push Pen to the brink and force a confession Colin is terrified to hear: that he might be too late.

    They play dirty, hearts on edge.

    And the winner? The winner gets it all…

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    12 Jun 2026