A Marriage Made In Duty

In 1810, Archibald Ashford is set to inherit Ashford Estate as Earl, but his cruel uncle alters the will just before he passes. The catch? He has two months to find a bride before he turns forty to receive the inheritance in full.

Anthony Bridgerton is determined to marry off his sister, Beatrice (twin to Benedict) who is crossing into "spinster" territory at age four-and-twenty.

Meanwhile, in Autumn 1814, after four years of a passionless marriage, indifference gives way to reconnection when Archibald is in a terrible accident and must rely on the wife he was determined not to fall in love with.

Told in parallel timelines, Archibald and Beatrice discover what true love is capable of and what lengths they must go to preserve their marriage.

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These are characters I have created and added alongside the narrative and original canon of the Bridgerton book series by Julia Quinn and Netflix's show.

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Love tropes: age-gap (15 years), marriage of convenience, she falls first, he falls harder, second chance after heartbreak

PG-13 rating - there will be spice🌶️ (such as innuendos, intimate touching, kissing, and fade to black intimacy scenes) but nothing graphic. Minor language throughout. Depictions of violent injury/surgery/childbirth.

TW❗️- physical and verbal abuse