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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    Simon Basset once made a vow in anger.

    Then Daphne Bridgerton walked into his life, carrying pain she should never have known, and Sarah Agatha Basset arrived in the world to prove that love was stronger than blood, fear, cruelty, and every old wound Simon had carried.

    Now Simon and Daphne are married, exhausted, besotted new parents, trying to build a quiet life at Clyvedon with their daughter. Daphne wants to finish her childcare course, Simon wants to keep his girls safe, and Sarah Agatha has already wrapped every Bridgerton, Basset, and royal heart around her tiny finger.

    But Ellen Berbrooke has not gone away.

    When Nigel’s mother begins fighting for access to Sarah, Simon and Daphne are forced to protect the family they have built. With Kate Sharma hired to fight their case, Sophie Beckett arriving as unexpected help, and Penelope Featherington quietly uncovering the truth behind Ellen’s press games, the Bridgertons come together once again.

    Because Sarah Agatha Basset is not a scandal.

    She is not a headline.

    She is not Nigel Berbrooke’s legacy.

    She is Simon and Daphne’s daughter.

    And this time, every promise Simon made will be kept.

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    09 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 5

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    The Bridgertons return to Cornwall for another summer near Nampara, bringing with them cars full of luggage, children, snacks, beach bags, and familiar memories. Ross and Demelza prepare for the happy chaos, while Simon and Daphne settle into Nampara with Amelia. Penelope finds comfort in returning to a place that already knows her; Francesca is gently pulled into the family noise; and Agatha notices Archie Featherington looking lonelier than he wants anyone to see. But as summer begins, the peace of Nampara already carries the faint shadow of George and Ruth Warleggan.

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    29 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    After a disastrous ball leaves Demelza humiliated and Ross drunk, reckless, and gambling with more than he can afford to lose, their marriage reaches its first true breaking point.

    Demelza has survived hunger, cruelty, and the judgment of people who will never see her as anything more than a miner’s daughter turned kitchen maid. But she will not be made small in her own marriage. Ross, grieving Jim, raging against the world, and still learning how to love the woman who has become the heart of Nampara, must face the damage pride can do when it is aimed at the person who loves him most.

    What begins as one night of anger, apology, and desire becomes the start of a much longer battle — for love, honour, family, forgiveness, and survival.

    From the early days of Ross and Demelza’s marriage through Verity’s choices, Trenwith’s fractures, Warleggan’s rise, devastating losses, children, betrayal, reconciliation, and the final years of the Poldark saga, this is the story of a marriage tested again and again — and the woman who refuses to be anyone’s afterthought.

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    07 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 23

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    After three years of drifting apart, Benedict Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington have a chance encounter at St. Pancras station. Benedict picks up on a total sense of bleakness in her—a look in her eyes that feels like a final "goodbye." It rattles him so much that, a few hours later, he follows his gut and heads to her flat in Bloomsbury, certain that something is dead wrong.

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    21 Feb 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 19

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    What if the youngest Featherington girl vanished and was never heard from for 2 decades?

    What if the Queen's relatives arrived in time for the first ball of the season and the fifth O'Connor heir… looks familiar?

    This short story follows parts of the first episode and is now separated into five chapters. I felt that it would be easier to read.

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    21 Feb 2026