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  1. Public Bookmark 77

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    Colin Bridgerton brews a love potion. Which he promptly spills on himself. Then, wouldn’t you know it, his neighbor comes knocking on the door of his workshop.

    It all gets a little… chaotic after that.

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    27 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 53

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    Penelope and Colin are overjoyed to be betrothed. So overjoyed they cannot quite keep their hands off of each other. So overjoyed, in fact, that Penelope learns she wishes to do little but swallow down her fiance's spend. One poorly-timed mention of their illicit encounters means the pair are forced to spend the weeks before their wedding apart and miserable.

    Eloise has longed for Penelope to pay attention to her once more. She learns of Penelope's new fixation and devises a plan that will give both her and her dearest friend just what they desire. Eloise learned of this possibility from her elder siblings, who have treated her (and each other) unnaturally indeed.

    Once Colin learns of Eloise's deceit, he feels he must prove Penelope will choose him over all others.

    (Dead dove. Do not eat.)

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    22 Sep 2025

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    Before the fights and the couples’ therapy and the slow, inevitable drift. Before the night he came home from work to find Marina on the sofa, pale and drawn, already knowing every word that was about to come out of her mouth (because the words were already on his tongue, weren’t they?). Before the thousands spent on divorce lawyers and moving into the sad flat Anthony found for him and having to tell the fucking kids (worst bit – Oliver had gotten so quiet and Amanda had cried silently; wouldn’t let either of them touch her).

    He could have gotten out of it. Ben had called him and said we can find someone else in a way that made it very clear they probably couldn’t, and Colin being Colin (reliable; helpful – a dope, maybe), had said no, no, I’ll do it.

    Which is how he ends up in Bari, parked in a service station in a cramped hire car; forty-five; divorced; and about to embark on a two-week trip across Italy he had booked in an attempt to save his marriage. Without, you know, his wife.
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    OR: post-divorce, Colin Bridgerton takes his friend Penelope on a road trip to Italy

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    07 Sep 2025

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    Sometimes, when a man is pissing you off with his relentless ranting, the only course of action is to confess your undying love. This is loosely inspired by the modiste scene, which somehow still hits so fucking hard an entire year (!) later.

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    02 Sep 2025

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    At thirty years old, Penelope Featherington is still:

    1. Living in the small town she grew up in;
    2. Working at her family's diner;
    3. Single;
    4. Hopelessly in love with Colin Bridgerton.

    When she becomes convinced that it's time to settle, Colin is happy to help her find a husband. The rest of her friends and family in Mayfair, however, have other plans.

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    27 Aug 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Knew this was gonna be a fave reread from the first chapter.