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The heavens and the earth collide  by bethlong33
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Heaven and Earths Collide Princess Eleanor is the youngest daughter of Queen Charlotte and King George III-a princess raised among crowns, expectations, and carefully kept secrets. While her brothers and sisters leave the palace to begin lives of their own, Eleanor remains within its walls, watched closely by a mother who fears the truth she cannot change. Because Eleanor carries the one thing her parents prayed none of their children would inherit. A mind that does not always obey her. At times the world becomes too loud, too bright, too alive with whispers she cannot silence. Yet beyond those moments, Eleanor is curious, intelligent, and determined to understand the world around her-even if that world was never meant to understand her. In a society that demands perfection from its princesses, Eleanor must learn how to live with a mind that refuses to follow the rules. Because some battles cannot be seen. And some secrets, once revealed, could change everything. 🐝🐝🐝
Love Me Until Dawn | Eloise Bridgerton by eloiseistopdawg
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Everyone in the ton knows the stories, whispers of pale creatures haunting the woods beyond Mayfair. Vampires, they call them. Beautiful, dangerous, and smart enough to keep their fangs far from polite society. No one dares to wander into the trees after dark. No one, except Eloise Bridgerton. Fed up with her family's endless talk of marriage and propriety, Eloise flees a tedious ball one moonlit night, desperate for a breath of freedom. But what she finds instead is a nightmare come to life-and a secret that could upend the delicate world of the ton. In the shadows of the woods, she sees him: Alaric Sinclair, the Duke of Ravenshire. Admired, wealthy, impossibly charming... and very much not human. Now that she's seen what he truly is, Alaric has no choice but to ensure she keeps his secret, even if it means binding her to him in ways neither of them can resist. Eloise Bridgerton has always been drawn to trouble. But this time, trouble might want to taste her.
Enchanted - Penelope Featherington by maiseraebooksIn
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The 1814 season ended in ruins for Miss Penelope Featherington. Within the span of a single night, she lost her best friend to a devastating secret and overheard the man she loved crush her heart with a careless remark. Fleeing into the shadows of the garden, she expected to find only tears. Instead, she found him. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the elusive heir to a northern dukedom, has no taste for the glittering insincerity of London. He prefers the rugged moors of Chester and the truth of classical poetry. But in the dark of a Mayfair garden, he is captivated by a weeping wallflower with a razor-sharp wit-a woman who sees the world as clearly as he does. After a year of secret letters, they reunite in 1815. Penelope is desperate to escape her mother's house, and Nathaniel is desperate to escape the marriage-minded mamas of the Ton. The solution is simple: a fake courtship. He will provide the social status to bring her suitors, and she will provide the shield to keep him solitary. But as the game begins, the lines between pretense and passion blur.
The Viscount and The Emerald Heiress by SmudgeJasmine3
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Amara Potter dies expecting darkness. Instead, she wakes in silk sheets, beneath a Regency ceiling, in the glittering chaos of Bridgerton's second season. Reborn as Lady Amara Gryffindor-niece to Queen Charlotte and heiress to a powerful Scottish dukedom-she is sent to London with one command: marry well. Marry wisely. Strengthen the Crown. But Amara remembers everything. She knows the rules of the ton. She knows how quickly scandal destroys. And she knows the Viscount is never meant to be hers. Anthony Bridgerton intends to marry without love. He seeks a diamond-perfect, accomplished, untouchable. A woman who will never disturb his carefully controlled heart. Amara is none of those things. She is sharp where society expects softness. Defiant where it demands obedience. And her impossible green eyes linger in his thoughts long after he looks away. What begins as irritation becomes fascination. Fascination becomes hunger. Anthony watches her across ballrooms. Follows her laughter through gardens. Stands too close beneath the excuse of courtesy. Each accidental touch feels deliberate. Each glance burns longer than it should. He tells himself it is strategy. He knows it is weakness. Amara understands the danger. If she changes the course of the season, she could unravel the future itself. If she chooses Anthony, she risks scandal-hers, his, perhaps even the Queen's favor. The Queen is watching. The ton is whispering. Lady Whistledown is waiting. One stolen glance. One reckless dance. One unguarded moment in the garden. That is all it will take. Because in a world where reputation is everything and love is a liability- Falling for the Viscount may be the greatest scandal of all. 💚
A Most Convenient Viscount | Eloise Bridegrton by eloiseistopdawg
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After the events of last season, the family returns to London with Benedict happily married-and Violet Bridgerton firmly resolved that Eloise will be next. Determined to escape a season filled with tiresome suitors, Eloise forms a practical plan. When she meets the impeccably respectable Lord Thomas Whitmore at the first ball of the year, she proposes a mutually beneficial arrangement: she will publicly encourage the rumor of his interest, and in return, he will enjoy a season free from fortune hunters and overambitious mamas. To her surprise, the viscount agrees. What begins as a simple understanding-shared dances, strategic promenades, carefully observed conversations-quickly becomes the most talked-about courtship of the season. Yet as their convincing performance deepens, Eloise discovers that pretending to be interested in a perfectly respectable viscount may be far more complicated than avoiding one altogether.
A Bet Worth Losing | Eloise Bridgerton by eloiseistopdawg
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When the fiercely independent Eloise Bridgerton finally makes her long-delayed debut into society, the ton waits with bated breath to see which suitor will dare attempt to win her heart. But Eloise has made one thing abundantly clear-she has no interest in marriage, courtship, or any of the pomp that comes with it. Enter Viscount Cedric Lancaster: a charming, scandalous rake with a reputation as dazzling as his smile. Bored by the Season's predictability, Cedric and his equally rakish friends make a wager-he must accomplish the impossible: swoon Miss Bridgerton. But what begins as a game quickly becomes far more complicated. Cedric didn't count on Eloise's wit, her fire, or the way she sees through his carefully crafted mask. And to make matters worse, her fiercely protective brother Anthony Bridgerton will stop at nothing to keep men like Cedric far from his sister. As Cedric finds himself tangled in a web of banter, desire, and unexpected affection, he must decide if he's still playing the game-or if he's already lost his heart. Because the greatest scandal of all? Falling truly, deeply in love.
Blue and Scarlet ( A Reynolds x Brimsley story) by DaringDamsel55555
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When Brimsley first entered the castle, two months before Queen Charlottes arrival, he was told that his entire life, every moment, every breath and every step he takes is for the queen. And there he meets Reynolds the stubborn kings man with a hidden secret . . . Reynolds and Brimsley haven't had the smoothest of starts, at first they were rivals, with hidden secrets, but, there seems to be more than what meets the eye.