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    "May I have you tonight," he plainly asked, standing in the doorway and offering no solicitations. She did not understand why the question was posed, when she had no recourse to reject him. Even if she could deny him, she was well aware her only chance of surviving this marriage depended on offering him a child.

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    Married in haste after a compromise forces them together, Elizabeth attempts to survive an unwelcome marriage--one night at a time.

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    29 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 82

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    "Welcome home," she said, and heard the brittleness in her own voice, the mockery of the sentiment.

    "This has not been home for some time, madam. For either of us."

    Then he was gone, and Elizabeth was left in her carefully claimed sitting room, staring at a book she could not read, wondering how they had arrived at this--two people bound together by law and circumstance, which neither could escape, circling each other like wounded animals in a house too small for their shared misery.

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    Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Elizabeth learns how to love her husband.

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    29 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 88

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    He looked out toward the sea. "I thought it better not to intrude by presuming your notice after--" he faltered, then said with effort, "after all that has passed between us. I believed it would be unwelcome."

    "Is it your habit," she asked with the faintest smile, "to determine a lady's preferences without consultation?"

    This was not the right thing to say, bringing up those things they would both rather forget. His expression shifted--perhaps embarrassment, perhaps frustration. "I did not mean to offend."

    "No?" She arched an eyebrow. "Then you do it quite by accident, sir."

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    The summer after Mr. Darcy's disasturous proposal, Elizabeth encounters him at the seaside instead of at his home after her travel plans change unexpectedly. There, she discovers the pleasures of both the seaside and the man she unexpectedly shares it with.

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    29 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 68

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    She'd hired a secretary and gotten... what, exactly? Someone who moved like a soldier but spoke like a professor, who treated office supplies like tactical gear and wore pressed, tailored suits. Every day brought new questions: why did he test her coffee before bringing it to her? Why did he always position himself facing exits? Was he... kinda hot?

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    The story in which ex-hitman Solas tries to build a new life under witness protection as... a secretary. For a fashion company.

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    21 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 64

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    Hank MacLean’s gaze darted back to Lucy where she shifted uncomfortably. “You’ll be safe here. You’ll be happy here, I promise you, Lucy…. Will she be staying another night in medical?”

    “No, I believe they’re all done seeing to her. I’ve sent for my husband— he can help her to her room after the doctors clear her. She’ll be perfectly fine with him. Perfectly happy, I bet.” The smile Barb sent Lucy’s way then looked the closest to genuine any had yet, and it was worryingly sharp and calculating.

    (Lucy wakes up in a vault. Things go even worse than the last time this happened.)

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    19 Jan 2026