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    Years after their divorce, Penelope Bridgerton is called to A&E as Colin Bridgerton’s emergency contact—only to learn that a benign brain tumour may explain the anger that destroyed their marriage.

    Staying means reopening old wounds. Leaving means abandoning the man she once planned a life with.

    Set in modern London, this is a slow, hard-earned reconciliation about illness, accountability, and choosing each other again—not out of obligation, but love.

    (I got this idea after watching S2 E2 of "The Pitt", went down a rabbit-hole, now here we are.)

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    26 Jul 2026

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    While giving Penelope a lift to her sister's house for Christmas, Colin gets snowed in with the Featheringtons and undergoes a Christmas Carol like experience where each of Penelope's sisters visits him in the night to show him the error of his ways.

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    16 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 58

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    The room seemed to tilt sideways, so much so that Colin felt the need to grip the doorframe until he thought the wood might splinter beneath his fingers. Anthony being left at the altar. That dreadful Whistledown article about Eloise. The Featherington Ball. All of those things had happened.

    They had happened months ago.

    He had danced through that night drunk on victory, had attended Anthony’s much more successful wedding to Kate in August, had gone on to his second tour. He had returned to London just days ago for the new season. He had attended the Danbury Ball. He had spoken to Penelope on the terrace. He had gone to Mondrich’s and gotten drunk and punched Fife in the face and given his father’s sleeve buttons to a beggar and—

    —and died.

    Or: Colin Bridgerton being an idiot...repeatedly

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    12 Jul 2026

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    Unfinished but brilliant

  4. Public Bookmark 52

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    It's the Trowbridge Ball. Lots of things are supposed to happen here; however, our Lady Whistledown heard something she can NOT write about, but she can't ignore it either.

    Enter our favorite hero, one Colin Bridgerton. While we are expecting fun banter and a barb (and a very friendly glance), everything changes.

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    What if Penelope stumbled into dangerous information that could harm the crown, the country, and herself if she printed it? And what if she had a very good friend willing to support her from the very first moment?
    What ripple effects will this have, and not just to our plot-busting duo, but to the wider group of characters?

    (This idea came fully formed during a rewatch this weekend, and I couldn't stop thinking about it!)

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    12 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Incredible detail on the title/peerage proceedings!

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    The Selkie was a rough old pub, only a stone's throw from east London's best brothels and the working men they both served. There wasn't anywhere quite like it though, not with Charlotte running the place and seizing every opportunity she could get - even if it meant making deals with a gangster and setting his favourite barmaid in his sights to keep him sweet.

    Penelope had always been taught the Devil would have a handsome face - what she wasn't prepared for is for him to be a gentleman as well.

    What does a poor working girl do when a dangerous man offers her what none ever has before: safety.

     

    aka 1890s Barmaid!Penelope x Gangster!Colin

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    10 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Barmaid pen and good gangsta colin