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    “I’m sorry,” he tested, pleased when she seemed to deflate a little in relief. “I don’t mean to upset you, Pen. It’s just—well, I feel very…it makes me a little crazy to see you with anybody else.”

    To Colin’s astonishment, fear didn’t come flooding back into her eyes at his admission. In fact, her eyes seemed to go a touch hazy, the last of her frown melting away as she looked all over his face, her gaze lingering for a few seconds on his mouth.

    “I’ve never made a guy crazy before,” she murmured, still staring at his mouth.

    Colin’s belly began fluttering and clenching, a nervous energy suddenly ricocheting all over his insides—she liked the fact she made him crazy. She liked that he was a little surly and snarly and mean. What’s more—she liked that she was the cause of it.

    “You make me crazy, Pen,” he whispered, dragging his eyes to her mouth. “Don’t make me hurt anybody else when all I want is you.”

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    18 Jul 2026

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    Colin Bridgerton is a rather popular travel influencer on Instagram and contributor to GQ magazine. He goes home for the holidays to visit his family after a particularly long stretch abroad. Somehow, he ends up going on an all-expenses paid trip to a little slice of heaven in the Caribbean with his best friend, Penelope Featherington. He’s not used to traveling with another person, but he finds himself rather looking forward to the time away with her even if he’s not sure what to expect. He expects it will all go according to plan. What could possibly go wrong when embarking on a trip with your best friend after all?

    Penelope works in a junior position at a publishing house in London, scraping her way financially through young adulthood. She’s also doing her best to get over her decade plus long infatuation with her best friend Eloise Bridgerton’s older brother Colin. Somehow, she finds herself agreeing to accompany him on a trip to Turks and Caicos after the Christmas holiday. She doesn’t know how she’ll manage it, but Penelope is determined to ensure this trip goes smoothly and that she doesn’t let her heart get ahead of her brain. She and Colin will never be together romantically. Not in a million years.

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    17 Jul 2026

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    Colin and Penelope have survived the arena twice now, but they have been torn apart. Penelope is being held captive in the Capitol, while Colin and his family have taken refuge in District 13.

    With all of Panem in the throes of war, all Colin is desperate for is to get Penelope back safe and sound.

    A Mockingjay AU

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    17 Jul 2026

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    After surviving and winning the 74th Hunger Games, Colin and Penelope must go on their Victory Tour together through the Districts.

    Even though they're out of the arena, the Games are only beginning.

    A Catching Fire AU

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    17 Jul 2026

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    Penelope didn’t like that persistent feeling, that doubt arising from deep within her and overshadowing the relief of being in her room, in her home, in a completely familiar place.

    What was wrong? What was happening? Why that feeling...?

    The door to the room opened with a long whisper, and a slender, delicate figure appeared in the doorway, illuminated only by the flickering candlelight. Penelope tensed. She had never liked people entering her room without knocking, and really, only her mother and sisters took that liberty in her house.

    But the silhouette didn’t belong to Philippa or Prudence or her mother.

    Marina.

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