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    The Perfect Match by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

    27 Nov 2025

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    Colin Bridgerton was a rising British tennis star, who disappointed in his professional debut and struggled to find his footing amongst the ATP Tour for years.

    His dreams of winning Wimbledon seemed further and further away when a knee injury sidelined him during his eighth season. The only bright side was re-connecting with his sister's best friend he hadn't seen in years, who reminded him to focus on what inspired him to play from the beginning.

    Penelope tried to keep her distance from Colin, remaining as guarded as possible, but relented when circumstances kept bringing them together, preparing herself for the inevitable heartbreak that would consume her when he re-joined the tour and moved on with his life.

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    “What if I can’t?” Colin asked, voicing his actual biggest fear out loud. The dark cloud looming overhead. “What if I try and give it everything I’ve got and I can’t get it back?” Shame trickled throughout his body.

    Penelope paused again, not rushing her response. She spoke quietly, cradling his insecurities with her soft spoken understanding. “Then at least you’ll know for sure. And you won’t look back with regrets.”

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Everything But by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

    14 Jun 2026

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    "What are you all so excited about?" Penelope asks.
    Philippa is nearly bouncing in her seat when she says, "Lord Whistledown!"
    Penelope shakes her head. "I thought you read Lady Whistledown the other day?”
    "No, you dimwit," Prudence says. "LORD Whistledown."
    "Lord…what?" Penelope snatches the pamphlet out of Portia's hand - a gasp of surprise that Penelope barely hears coming from her mother - and begins to read what it right in front of her.

    LORD WHISTLEDOWN
    A gentleman's pamphlet and attempt to woo
    Published alarmingly and biweekly for the ton

    The image in the center top is an outline of a man’s profile, top hat sitting jauntily on his head.
    It must be a joke.

    -OR-

    Colin has a plan to uncover Lady Whistledown’s identity. Penelope becomes intrigued by a mystery writer aiming to court her alter ego. In the process, both learn more than they bargained for about the identities they have shown the ton all along. Can the true versions of Colin and Penelope find their way to love together, or will they only make it so far as everything but?

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    22 May 2026

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    turn around, bright eyes by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

    13 Feb 2024

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    "She misses her son with everything in her, but she hopes that he still thinks the woman he chose over his family worth the loss of them. Marriage cannot be undone and she would rather continue suffering his absence and his silence than know him to be suffering unalterable unhappiness with an unworthy wife."

    Or, a universe where the other Bridgertons don't react so well when they learn the truth about Lady Whistledown and everything that means for Colin, Penelope, and the entire family. Post-S2 AU.

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    16 Mar 2026

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    dissolved into water by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

    23 Nov 2025

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    Penelope has been taught very little about the change that will take place upon her coming of age.

    But that should not matter. The Featheringtons have always been betas, unaffected by the fate-altering pheremones that draw alphas and omegas to each other. Penelope shall be no exception.

    After crossing paths with Colin Bridgerton, she finds that truth harder to bear.

    A thought occurs to her: what harm could come of delaying the change for a while?

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    15 Mar 2026

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    The Reluctant Damsel by

    Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn  

    04 Mar 2024

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    After a rather dramatic encounter at the end of the year, Colin Bridgerton rushes home from Greece to face his friend (and his feelings) as he fights to protect her from herself.

    Penelope Featherington, however, will do everything in her power to let her saviour know that she does not, in fact, need saving and would quite like for him to stop his meddling.

    The two come together through the 1814 Season to navigate business, a saviour complex, and the terrifying notion of telling your friend you are in love with them.

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    14 Mar 2026