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    A story of fear, loss, friendship, family, and love during the second World War.

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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Periodically, Penelope did look back and recognize the daring of her actions. She had been convinced she was never going to get what she wanted by the rules of the Marriage Mart, so she went outside it. She had seduced Colin in the garden outside, and had she just a little more confidence she would have seen she could ask for more. But the past was how she had gained the present. They were together, and none could doubt his love. If they chuckled over her pregnant belly so soon after the wedding, they also noted that Colin could hardly bear to split his focus between looking at her and looking at Elliot.

    “Colin loves me more than anything,” she said simply. He loved other people as well, but Penelope first and best and most enduringly. He was for her, and she would have to share. They would have to share their son.

    “He has so much love to give,” Mrs. Varley said, and Mama stood up abruptly, patting her cheeks.

    Penelope could not read that tone, but could tell Mama was out of sorts from the way she plunked flowers into the vase in a hurry and took the housekeeper away to count dry goods.

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    28 Aug 2026

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    "He does not see you as a woman," her cousin had said to her, voice laced with disgust. Pen knew it might be true, that he only saw her as an inexperienced child. However, she also knew he did not see Marina as she truly was: calculating, at times conniving, a person who would look out for herself no matter what. A worrying list which made Penelope decide she would have to become the same if she wanted to put an end to the lies.
    And she did, on the morning before Daphne’s engagement ball when she joined the Bridgertons for tea.

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    Penelope wished she could change her actions but it is too late, Colin is gone, she ruined her family for nothing, and heartbreak must be an illness because she really doesn’t feel well.

    (Inspired by the album Cleopatra by the Lumineers)

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  3. Public Bookmark 34

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    Newly married and eager to begin their life beyond the scrutiny of the ton, Colin and Penelope travel to Paris for a long-awaited honeymoon filled with romance, exploration, and the joy of finally belonging entirely to one another. But when an unexpected revelation changes the course of their journey, they must return home sooner than planned, carrying with them a deeper understanding of love, marriage, and the new life they have created together.

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    08 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 16

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    Penelope and Colin wait with bated breath for Elliot’s first word.

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    23 Jul 2026

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    She's the albatross
    She is here to destroy you

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    Exiled Penelope

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    15 Jul 2026