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    Was this what he was reduced to now, so starved for her presence that he would invent any excuse to delay her departure, even if for merely seconds? He had asked for this, had wished for this - a courteous marriage, after all, was a safe marriage. And yet here he was, nothing but a lonely fool; Midas, weeping in a room of gold, beautiful, still, untouchable.

    or: Kate and Anthony get married for what they tell themselves is duty’s sake. They still manage to break their own hearts.

    (a marriage of convenience AU)

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    26 Nov 2025

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    this writer's voice and style is literally my favorite!

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    Fire Escape Neighbors AU

    “You’re not Colin.”

    “I’m not,” Anthony agrees, hardly sparing her a glance. “Indeed, many find that to be my most appealing attribute.”

    The fact that he has many obviously appealing attributes has never been lost on Kate

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    26 Jun 2023

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    When Kate's sister goes missing, she gets herself a waitress job at the Pebble Lounge to track her down, working under London’s seedy underbelly to find the only person she has left in this world to love. And Anthony Bridgerton? No matter how alluring and distracting he may be, he’s just a means to an end, his life defined by his family business built on corruption.

    Kate won’t dance to that tune. She’s just trying to find her sister.

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    27 Aug 2022

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    Kate opens her eyes, observing the change of light and shadow in the bedchamber. The air is cool against her bare skin. She is married, and her husband sleeps beside her, and she isn’t quite sure how to start the day.

     

     

    The honeymoon.

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    27 Feb 2025

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    Following a duel a few years previously, Anthony Bridgerton has been living a life of constant agony. He has not shown his face in society for years, and even his own family think him bitter and isolated. What he needs, he decides, is a distraction.

    And when he unwittingly propositions a fiercely independent Kate Sharma, a distraction is what he gets.

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    24 May 2022

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    one of my favorite fics, in any fandom (a million kudos given)