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  1. Public Bookmark 47

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    At twenty-three Francesca Bridgerton has never had a single orgasm in her life. Not for lack of trying.

    Enter Michaela Stirling: John’s cousin, annoyingly confident, impossible to ignore, and the last person Francesca wants help from. She’s not gay. She doesn’t even like Michaela.

    She accepts her help anyway, because it’s not like this is actually going to work.

    Franchaela Modern AU

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    25 Apr 2026

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    Francesca has a hunch, silence is not an option when Michaela Stirling is around. "Have you seen Miss Stirling tonight? Has she gone to bed already?"

    "Did Miss Stirling not inform you?" The maid wondered.

    "Of what?" She mumbles.

    "She has packed her belongings and left." For a moment, the world stills. The candlelight, the soft rustle of the maid’s apron—everything suspends. Francesca cannot move. She cannot think. She can only feel the now familiar, suffocating sense of loss settle over her again. Michael too, must think something is broken in her.

    On the far edge of the ton, Michaela sits rigidly in her carriage, watching the night sky blur past the window. She wonders whether John is there watching over her. Grieving is certainly draining, but Michaela cannot help but be consumed by guilt. Guilt for leaving Francesca alone despite her promise to stay in Mayfair. But deeper still, guilt for the quiet flutter she felt when Francesca’s hand touched hers in the parlor. If fleeing to the farthest corner of the earth is what it takes to silence her own wicked mind, then she will flee. Even if it means breaking her promise.

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    25 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 88

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    When John's best friend Francesca confesses she's never reached her pinnacle. He does what any rational bff would do in this situation and suggest his gorgeous, emotionally intelligent neurosurgeon cousin as a ... consultant.

    "Can I ask you something? And you have to promise not to get weird about it."

    "I'm seconds away from crying in a bar. How much weirder can it get?"

    "Fair point." He takes a breath. "Have you ever thought about … I don't know. Sleeping with a woman?"

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    03 Apr 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.

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    29 Mar 2026

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    Nat realises what she’s about to say a second before it comes out, a week’s worth of build-up tumbling out unbidden. “I think I want to try it. You know, with a girl. Just so I can stop fucking wondering. Just so I can finally know.”

    Somehow that feels even more exposing than anything else she’s said so far. God. She wants to try it out. Did she really have to word it like that? Like something she can just try on for size and then put back on the rack if she doesn’t like it or it doesn’t fit right? She wonders if Lottie will tell her to fuck off, or grow up, or—

    “I could do it.”

    Nat blinks. “What?”

    “If you want to try a girl,” Lottie says. “If you would rather try with someone you know rather than a total stranger, I’ll do it.”

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    04 Jan 2026