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    -set after season 3 episode 7

     

    When Penelope overhears a conversation between the Bridgertons, that they would cast Colin out should he choose marry her, she is left with no choice but to leave to Scotland with Rae. She plans to start a life under a fake name and pursue a double life as a widower. However, there is some excess baggage which she did not account for and Penelope soon has to realize that the past has a way of catching up to someone, no matter how far one tries to escape it.

    A second-chance Polin romance story set in Scotland :)

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    10 Apr 2025

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    Betrayed by someone she trusts, Senator Padmé Amidala, pregnant and vulnerable, vanishes without a trace. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker, freshly returned from saving the Chancellor from Count Dooku's clutches, unaware of Padmé’s pregnancy, leads a frantic galaxy-wide search to find her before it's too late. As dark forces close in and the Republic teeters on the brink of collapse, the hunt for the beloved senator becomes a race against time that could determine the fate of the galaxy - and the Skywalker family - forever.

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    10 Apr 2025

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    Colin Bridgerton works as a lumberjack in the family mill and has a steadfast determination with winning over Penelope Featherington, who works in the office.

    She is a friend of the Bridgertons, that he has known nearly all his life, and is close with everyone in his family...except him, for reasons he does not understand.

     

    They used be so close - as close as Penelope and Eloise were - more so at times. Now she was...civil…some of the time. The more distant and further she pushes herself away from him, the more he misses her and yearns for...something he didn't know he was lacking.

     

    Sweaty, flannelled Lumberjack Colin with a beard! Nuff’ said!

    Not enough said? Icy Pen, friends to enemies to lovers, sweet marshmallow Colin. Pining. Smut. Wayyyy more damn smut than intended thanks to Polin Week.

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    03 Apr 2025

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    Colin Bridgerton never intended to take another wife—not after losing Marina, the woman he truly loved. But when her favourite cousin, Penelope, arrives for her debut season, he is unprepared for the way she upends his carefully guarded world.

    The bookish little girl he met just once is now a stunning young woman, full of life, hope, and impossible temptation.

    Tasked with finding her a husband, Colin instead hoards her attention, sabotages her suitors, and crosses lines a guardian should never cross. But the more he fights his desire, the more he realises—he doesn’t want to protect her innocence… he wants to claim it.

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    29 Mar 2025

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    "I should sooner marry a dear friend like Penelope Featherington than any of the ladies you dunces might select for me.”

    When Colin Bridgerton inadvertently declares his intent to marry Penelope Featherington, he unwittingly alters both their fates. Wracked with guilt for ensnaring his dearest friend in a situation she never sought, he vows to set things right. But Penelope, ever-practical, refuses to let him sacrifice himself for a match devoid of love.

    Determined to make amends, Colin proposes a solution: A courtship of convenience to allow Penelope to garner the attention of other suitors. But, as Colin spends more time in her company, he finds himself increasingly unwilling to let her go.

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    What if Colin hadn't been caught saying he'd never court Penelope Featherington? What if, instead, he loudly claimed he wished to marry a friend, perhaps somebody like her, and sweet little Hyacinth kindly let the class know.

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    24 Mar 2025