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    Colin to Pen
    9 Dec
    [07:03]

    Colin: I need a favour
    Colin: also hi
    Colin: good morning

    The phone vibrates against the bathroom counter, and Penelope hates the way her heart does this little flip in her chest at the sight of his name flickering at the top of her notifications. She stills, eyeliner poised in her hand, and contemplates answering. He never texts this early, so it is likely whatever he needs is important.

    But she is running late.

    And, more importantly, she is trying to be better about these sorts of things.

    OR: A Hallmark Move Christmas Special featuring two idiots in love and ALLLLLLLL the tropes.

    UPDATE 2/6/26 WITH AN EPILOGUE THAT NOBODY ASKED FOR.

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    07 Jan 2026

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    Since her friendship with Eloise was put to the test, Pen is making every effort to keep El (and co) in her life. But is the price she is paying too high? When Colin finds out, he is not impressed.

    And his Colin 'My Wife' Bridgerton mode kicks in.

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    30 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    Queen Charlotte might one day want to award Mr. Percy Iqor a title of some sort, like Esquire or Queen’s Counsel, and she would find he was registered but deceptively hard to find. His surname was hard to understand, fictional as it was and indistinctly foreign. His real law degree did not resemble his work in the publishing milieu. And even more difficult would be to find how he might be a male relation of Lady Whistledown without being part of the ton. He was not an ambitious man. He was happier to be making commissions than he was to be contacted by high-profile clientele.

    “Your paper boys will not need me,” Penelope’s solicitor said certainly. “Their small ages are a blessing in that way. They are grown men as much as it goes to do a day of work, but they are also good at standing up to a threat of a drubbing.”

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    30 Oct 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 66

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    Stories of great love do not end with “happily ever after”. That is just the beginning.

    A series of unfortunate events gave Penelope and Colin a second chance at a life together and they grabbed the opportunity with both hands. However, navigating their happily ever after while tending to the wounds inflicted by their past, and the chaos of their present, is proving more challenging, rewarding, heartbreaking and joyous than they ever expected.

    This is a sequel to The Second Chance, but can be read independently.

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    31 Aug 2025

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    Colin and Penelope return to Mayfair ready to court properly before announcing their engagement.

    However, their plans for a scandal free season culminating in a perfect wedding are interrupted at every turn. Will our favorite couple rise to the challenges presented by society or will they trip before ever making it down the aisle?

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    27 Aug 2025