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    They started the dance silently. She wondered why he had bothered to ask her to dance at all if he didn’t want to talk. There was so much left to say, but none of it in polite company. And, most importantly, none of what she had to say mattered now. They were both married.

    “I almost forgot to congratulate you-”
    “You do not need to.”
    “But I must-” She insisted.

    “I’d really rather you didn’t.” He said sternly. Colin’s face was unreadable as he couldn’t meet her eyes. Instead she stared at his clenched jaw. She supposed she wouldn’t have wanted his congratulations either after her own wedding, not that he tried to offer any.
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    1814: Colin Bridgerton realizes he is in love. It should be a joyful time, but with competition for Pen's hand and secrets that threaten to ruin them, the pair's far from a happily ever after.

    1816: Penelope Debling is trying to make peace with her new life as a Countess running an estate for an absent husband. She is determined to feel content, but when she has to host Colin Bridgerton, old feelings threaten to unravel her.

    This story will be told in 2 alternating timelines (complete with double ch drops!) until the first timeline catches up to 1816.

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    19 Feb 2025

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    Ever since the days where he would fight Eloise to play mamas and papas rather than hide and seek, Colin knew Penelope was the one for him. It's only that no-one else will let it be so!
    Penelope has long harboured feelings for Colin, but her mother is right: what he feels for her is nothing more than a long-held sensation of safety, right? He cannot truly want her as a wife.

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    06 Jan 2025

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    Between accidental pecks and tipsy makeouts, Colin Bridgerton has amassed over a decade of amusingly awkward moments with Penelope Featherington. Looking back on these ill-fated kisses, he reaches a pivotal conclusion: this next one needs to be epic. Even legendary—because, clearly, his track record could use a win.

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    Five kisses that were meaningless, and one that wasn't.

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    20 Aug 2024

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    Four months after Colin and Penelope’s three year relationship came to a very icy end, the holiday in Greece that had been booked prior, has finally come around.

    Not wanting to dampen the mood on Benedict and Sophie’s engagement, Colin and Penelope decide to pretend they’re still very much in love for the three weeks they’re stuck abroad.

    With no one apart from Eloise in the know, the pair will have to face some feelings, obstacles and situations they never thought they would have to when they broke up all those weeks before.

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    18 Jul 2024

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    It was one of those situations.

    The kind where it was going to be a one time thing, and then every time after the first time was just one more time until they’d lost track of how many one times it had been.

    They’d broken up for a good reason. They’d thought that then, and they still thought so now. At least most of the time. It only slipped out of her head when Penelope was two gin and tonics in and she was once again ready to convince herself that she could hook up with Colin and not be in love with him (she couldn’t, but, oh, how she tried).

    Or, a second chance modern Polin romance

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    21 Feb 2024