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Aloy, Countess of Sobeckshire, has little time for society or their rules. She is a woman bereft of attachments, blessed with enough money and status to make the world her playground.
Her freedom is suddenly impeded when a letter arrives, informing her of a sister she did not know she had - an adolescent girl with no one else to claim her, who Aloy must now take on as her ward. She dreads returning to England and the ancestral home she left behind, and will most certainly depart the moment she can foist the girl off on a more suitable guardian.
Erend Brewer has recently taken on a position as the Countess's land steward, and though they've only met through letters, she has hardly earned his good opinion. With little notice he must prepare the vacant manor for the impending arrival of his mistress and her ward, and he dreads the disruption her presence will bring. With his sister risking her neck as a spy for the Crown and a neglected estate falling into shambles around him, the very last thing he needs is another wild woman in his life.
A man of many burdens and a woman who has left hers behind - there is nothing they could possibly offer each other. So why don't their hearts agree?
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03 Sep 2022
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There was no way he could stay at Greendale and be a professor of sandwich law. He had nothing to offer her now, not that he had much before. Maybe it was time for the man child to nut up and die. People did it all the time. Wasn’t that what kept life from being pointless? No matter how ridiculous her choice was, she continued to choose him.
Would she choose for better or worse? Should she?
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In this retelling of Season 5, Jeff allows himself to consciously acknowledge he’s in love with Annie, rather than waiting on Raquel to do all the work for him.
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25 Aug 2022
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"I told you, I'm taking a break, no cases that don't involve hot widows," He reminded him.
"She's not a widow but she is definitely cute," Duncan promised.
"Is she dead?" Jeff muttered, eyes flicking down to his desk where he had a pile of paperwork to get through. Or to further procrastinate doing for just one more day.
"No, she's your new partner," Duncan finally got to his point just as the click of high heels entered his office.
"Hi!" A high-pitched voice chirped. Jeff looked up from the desk and his eyes landed on who he'd assumed was the new receptionist earlier. Now, from looking at her properly, he could see the shiny detective badge clipped to her jacket, and the big blue eyes that made her look like a child playing dress up in a detective's outfit.Or
A Detective AU where Jeff and Annie are sent to the sleepy town of Greendale to investigate a series of murders that are slowly looking like the work of a serial killer. Jeff is brash and uninterested in detective work, and Annie is bursting to prove herself on her first ever field case, but will they bring something out in each other that goes deeper than just the case?
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13 Aug 2022
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She said there were too many variables; that a Season 7 was out of their hands. That didn’t have to be true.
If he knew them ahead of time, or he could change certain variables from their first 6 seasons, maybe Season 7 could happen.
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This story is set in both post-season 6 and revisits the entire season as well. Maybe people can learn from the past or predict the future. Who knows?
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06 Aug 2022
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After another night of drinking, Jeff faces the ghosts of his past.
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23 Jun 2022