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The Widow's Reckoning by multi_wlw
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Frichaela, michaela stirling - Fandom, francesca bridgerton - Fandom
19 Mar 2026
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When Francesca Bridgerton returns to Kilmartin House in the wake of her husband's sudden death, she finds the one complication she cannot manage: Michaela Stirling, John's cousin, still in residence, and still capable of unsettling Francesca with a single look.
Michaela was the first person to offer Francesca comfort in London, and the first to abandon her without explanation. Now, forced into uneasy proximity by estate politics and watchful eyes, the two women circle each other through icy silences, sharp arguments, and moments of tenderness neither is willing to name. Francesca insists she is only trying to restore order. Michaela insists she is only trying to keep Francesca safe. But beneath the rules of mourning and the ruthless scrutiny of society, something forbidden begins to breathe.
Francesca is forced to confront an unbearable truth: she may be losing herself to a love she never knew she was allowed to want. Michaela, torn between devotion and fear, must decide whether protecting Francesca means leaving her... or choosing her.
The Widow's Reckoning is a passionate continuation of Francesca's story, where love does not replace what was lost, but dares to exist beside it... even if it becomes scandal.- Language:
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02 Mar 2026
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After a lifetime of chasing women in dark corners, of smiling slyly as they chased her, of allowing herself to be caught and then turning the tables until she was the victor, of caressing and kissing and making love to them behind their husbands’ back but never actually allowing her heart to become engaged, she took one look at Francesca Bridgerton and fell so fast and so hard into love it was a wonder she managed to remain standing.
Unfortunately for Michaela, however, Francesca’s surname was to remain Bridgerton a mere thirty-six hours longer; the occasion of their meeting was, lamentably, a supper celebrating her imminent wedding to Michaela’s cousin.
Now Francesca is free, but still she thinks of Michaela as nothing other than her dear friend and confidant. Michaela dares not speak of her love until one dangerous night, when she steps innocently into Francesca's arms, and passion proves stronger than even the most wicked of secrets...
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'When He Was Wicked' by Julia Quinn (Francesca's book) rewritten as CANON to the show. For those, like me, who wanted to read the book itself but with Michaela and Francesca as they are in the Netflix adaptation. All rights go to Julia Quinn and Shondaland.
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01 Mar 2026
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In Another World by Julia_Crow
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu
04 Jan 2026
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Maomao is a med school drop out, working at the Verdigris strip club where she also runs a free illegal clinic to help those who can't afford medical care. One night she treats Gyokuyou - fiance to a rich business man and suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the upper class.
An alternate modern setting where Jinshi and Maomao meet under different - but slightly similar - circumstances and their feelings develop all the same.
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I don't normally write AUs but I could not for the life of me get this concept out of my head. Please enjoy another pointless fluff, slowburn for our favorite JinMao <3
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30 Dec 2025
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This Vicious Vow by Weirdstick
Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime)
28 Dec 2025
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In the sterile logic of the 21st century, there is no room for ghosts. A lesson learned through years of therapy and medication. The life he remembers - An imperial court, a forbidden love, a promise shattered by death - is not a memory. This grief, not a wound to be healed, but a symptom to be managed. The life he remembers is given a clinical name - his memories are the illness; the prescription is to forget.
For more than a decade, he tried to believe them.
But when a viral video captures the face of a bottle girl in a Shanghai night club, the lie comes undone. It is her - The same cynical eyes, the same untamable spirit - The ghost had made flesh.
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- Part 1 of This Vicious Vow
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29 Dec 2025
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Letters from Hertfordshire by Giddyup1234, Silly_and_sensible_heart (Giddyup1234)
Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms
23 Jan 2026
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After accidentally overhearing a conversation between Elizabeth Bennet and Charolette Lucas at the Netherfield ball, Darcy is forced to admit that he has made an embarrassing misjudgment. Elizabeth Bennet detests him. The trouble is, she might be the very person he needs most to help his sister out of her depression. Darcy must overcome his pride to ask a woman who does not even LIKE him to befriend his lonely sister, while Elizabeth must open her heart to a young woman in need.
Darcy and Elizabeth learn to know each other in broken pieces through letters sent to a mutually beloved girl.
Elizabeth Bennett and Georgiana Darcy become 'pen pals'.
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12 Dec 2025