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    A broken engagement.
    A shattered heart.
    A secret carried far from London’s unforgiving gaze.

    When Penelope Featherington abandons society, she believes she leaves Colin Bridgerton behind forever. Yet fate binds them still — in the form of a daughter he never knew existed. Years later, when paths cross once more, buried love and old wounds rise again… and silence may prove the cruelest betrayal of all.

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    28 Mar 2026

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    Chp20

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    Penelope Featherington is bound and determined to get over Colin Bridgerton after overhearing him laughing about her with her cousin. She thinks she’s done a pretty great job thus far. She has a job she loves, friends she adores and a respectable boyfriend – all whilst keeping Colin at arm’s length.

    It isn’t until Debling’s dark secret is exposed for the world (and the tabloids) to see that she begins to realise that maybe her resistance is futile. Especially when Colin is so set on supporting her through the worst time in her life. Will she be able to get through this whilst also keeping her already battered heart protected?

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    21 Jun 2026

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    Chp21

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    It's Penelope Featherington's first season out. She was hoping to remain mostly ignored by the ton, not quite ready for the marriage mart, despite her later than average debut. Only, she doesn't anticipate her beauty and family's prestige to make her this season's diamond. She remains unaware until it's too late, that more than just the gentleman of the ton are watching her every move.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Chp2

  4. Public Bookmark 66

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    Penelope wakes in her gilded cage of a bedroom to the sounds of gunshots and intruders and learns that her unwanted husband of three months is dead. Her parents taught her to never trust the Bridgertons, a wealthy and powerful family among the notorious crime families of Mayfair, and now she is under Colin Bridgerton's protection, trusting him with her life and, possibly, her heart.

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    01 May 2026

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    Chp6

  5. Public Bookmark 73

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    “Georgie,” she whispered. He crouched down by her chair and took her hands in his. They were cool, small and fragile in his. He had loved her almost his entire life. Sweet, compassionate, kind, Marci, with her bright smile and ability to get along with everybody, her inability to see the worst in people. He struggled not to squeeze her hands too hard. He looked into her eyes, and he forgot how to breathe. He loved her. He loved her so very much. He didn't think he could survive without her. Her voice was suddenly very hoarse, and her eyes filled with tears. “I want a divorce.”

    He stared at her, not processing what she just said. He looked deep into her eyes. Kneeling there, he remembered looking down into her eyes on their wedding day, holding her tiny, trembling hands in his, returning her brilliant, beaming smile with one far too small of his own. His heart had been pounding in his chest, he’d hardly heard the pastor’s words over the swishing of blood circulating through his ears, and to this day, it was the happiest moments of his entire life. His eyes darted back and forth between hers.

    His chest ached knowing it wouldn’t be enough to make him stop. 

    “No,” he said simply and then stood.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Chp 4