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The Beast Of Rosemere Hall by Polin_dreamscape for Mdilikewhoa
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Jul 2026
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When Penelope Featherington arrived at Rosemere Hall as a governess, she didn't expect that she'd get any attention from its cold, widowed master. But the Earl of Hawthorne has always gotten what he wants, and soon Penelope finds herself trapped in a dangerous arrangement that blurs the line between punishment and desire.
Beneath his ruthless control lies a man shaped by neglect and impossible expectations. He is a self-proclaimed beast, and Penelope may be the only person capable of seeing him for what he truly is.
A 'Beauty And The Beast' inspired gothic romance, but...the Polin edition
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- Part 3 of Reimagined Fairytales
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29 Jun 2026
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I adore you, Colin from Rosmere Hall!
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The Moment of Truth by Polin_dreamscape, preferringsleep (mellarkey)
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
15 Apr 2026
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When Colin doesn’t return home for the social season, Penelope decides to move on and accepts Lord Debling’s proposal. Days before she is to marry, she is offered the chance to learn the truth and go back in time to the night before Colin left London, with the caveat that nothing that happens will change the present.
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- 2/2
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11 Apr 2026
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Absolute cinema of a fic. A beautifully descriptive and profoundly emotional read. Every reason why we adore Polin is included in this wonderful slice of a time travel AU. Thank you for sharing the story with us ladies. 💛
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After a disastrous encounter with Colin at Lady Danbury’s reception wherein he assures her she does not count as a woman, Penelope stumbles across a doorway through time.
Every time she uses it, she awakens in her bed the morning of Lady Danbury’s reception determined to correct Colin’s misperception and win his heart.
Thirty attempts later, Penelope is tired, desperate, and ready to leave the past in the past once and for all.
[Polin Week 2026: Time Travel AU]
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- English
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11 Apr 2026
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Inject time travel AU into my bloodstream. This is such a great take on a much beloved AU I adore to (re)visit. Thank you for sharing it with us, Sam. 💛
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Colin Bridgerton has always felt untethered. When a careless question unravels the story of his beginnings, he is forced to confront the truth.
Fleeing to the water that has always steadied him, Colin uncovers a letter left behind by Edmund Bridgerton and the truth Violet could never quite bring herself to tell him.
But some truths are not his alone.{Thank you, Kate | Musings_at_random, for both the moodboard and for beta-ing the fic!!!}
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- English
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- 4/?
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06 Mar 2026
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Julia Quinn's kitchen by Polin_dreamscape
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
14 Aug 2025
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Colin the coffee machine can't stop filling Pen the porcelain teapot with his hot spend!
Julia wonders what's really going on in her kitchen.
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22 Feb 2026
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Written In Ink by BiscuitFiend
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Feb 2026
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Here it is!
Oh… What do you mean you never asked for this?... I am pretty sure you did. 🤔
Yes! You definitely said you wanted an insane story in which Colin is a Valentine’s card and Pen is.. well.. a pen.
You didn’t? … Really?
Well shit! Here it is anyway.
The Valentine’s themed, writing in a card as symbolism for sex fic that nobody asked for.
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21 Feb 2026
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The Unmasking of Mr. Colin Bridgerton by tartheyes
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
19 Jan 2026
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Colin Bridgerton attends his mother’s masquerade ball with his wife, Penelope, and finds the evening far more eventful than he expected.
A Regency-style retelling/tie-in of Season 4, Episode 1 through Colin’s eyes, written out of sheer affection for my most beloved Bridgerton.
Spoilers for Season 4 episode 1: The Walz
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- Part 1 of Bridgerton Season 4 Polin
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there's a moment you know by WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 Dec 2025
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After word spread that Colin had been helping Penelope find a husband, all he could think about was getting to see her again by any means necessary.
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Bookmarked by Musings_at_random
31 Dec 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Wonderful take on a crucial Polin moment! Episode 2 is where the true romancing of Mr. Bridgerton happens.
Happy ficiversery Wren, we are blessed to have you. 💛
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Penelope, My Darling by Mdilikewhoa for Polin_dreamscape, Snide_Piper, Indifly
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV)
05 Jan 2026
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When Penelope's cousin Eloise tells her a grand story about Colin B. Pan and his adventures, she thinks it's all fun and make-believe. Only, is it really? She soon finds out, as she is trust into an adventure of her own.
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28 Dec 2025
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Miss Featherington's Unexpected Suitor by StrawberryWhorecake for Kaitlin_With_a_K
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
07 Dec 2025
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Penelope retreats to a quiet country cottage to finish her latest novel, never expecting her new landlord to be so distracting.
Colin returns from two decades of wandering only to be handed an estate and told to put down roots.
The “prickly old hag” he was warned about turns out to be a sharp-tongued, flame-haired woman who unsettles him in ways he didn’t plan for.Both of them discover that you're never too old to be surprised.
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- English
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07 Dec 2025
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Hot water fills the tub, steam curling through the air, his gaze following the wisps and tendrils swirling around him that remind him of russet curls spilling over a porcelain shoulder. He takes a rattling breath and his navy eyes settle on the mirror in front of him, swiping his palm through the condensation, to his reflection. Who he sees is not Colin Bridgerton, the third born son of Violet and Edmund Bridgerton, but the purposeless, wandering bane of his brother Anthony's existence and the object of all his ire. “Goddamn it!” he roars, yanking his tie from his neck. “Alexa. Play Taylor Swift Christmases When You Were Mine." The lyrics soak into his soul as he softly starts singing along.
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07 Dec 2025
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A Most Unexpected Announcement by bestmeghanever
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV)
23 Jan 2022
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This is the Penelope and Colin engagement reaction from the Bridgertons that we all needed and never got. You cannot expect me to think there was no drama when Colin announced that. I know there was.
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- Part 1 of Bridgerton Fics
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- English
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- 1/1
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02 Dec 2025
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In Which Colin Makes Everything Worse (and Somehow Better) by StrawberryWhorecake
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
25 Nov 2025
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Colin plans to elope with Marina, but one whiskey too many, a dizzy head, and a sea of identical windows might just lead him somewhere…unexpected.
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26 Nov 2025
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Shadows Gambit by gingerellaxxx
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
16 Jul 2025
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“Penelope,” he murmured, “there is nothing—nothing—that could ever make me hate you.”
Her resolve wavered. For a moment, she wanted to believe him. Wanted to pretend. But she knew better.
Her breath hitched as she gently pulled away, shaking her head. “But there is, Colin. There is.” She forced herself to take a step back, then another, ignoring the way her body screamed to stay. “And it would destroy me to see that look in your eyes.”
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Penelope rejects Colin's marriage proposal after their carriage ride, leaving him heartbroken and confused.
The truth comes to light in a shocking turn of events when Penelope is attacked at Kate's first ball as Viscountess. In the chaos, Eloise is forced to reveal Penelope’s secret: she is Lady Whistledown. Colin is stunned to realize that the woman he loves and the columnist he despises are one and the same.
And he cannot lose her.
With Penelope battling infection and the mystery of her attack unfolding, Colin is determined to keep her safe—despite a bounty placed on her head by the Queen. Which would be less of a challenge, if only she would just listen to him...
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04 Jul 2025
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“she will be a great wife, believe me.”
Benedict said nothing, even if it was so loud in his mind, he could not ask if he will be a good enough husband.
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- Part 1 of MOONFLOWER ✨️
- Language:
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- 24/?
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25 Jun 2025
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Just a few hours before the Bridgertons and Featheringtons were to meet for dinner to celebrate the engagement of Mr Colin Bridgerton and Miss Marina Thompson, thirteen kids appear claiming to be the children A-E
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- Part 4 of time travel fics
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19 Jun 2025
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Heartache to Heartache by kybridge26, WrensSymphony
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
01 Jun 2025
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Colin and Penelope both know what it means to be misunderstood, to feel unseen by the people who are meant to love them unconditionally. From the very beginning, though, they see each other and forge a bond that becomes a testament to finding comfort and safety in love and in the family we choose, not just the one we're born into.
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- Part 1 of His King to Her Queen
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19 Jun 2025
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Lookin' At You Got Me Thinkin' Nonsense by LillyWhitefield for Natattack95
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
30 May 2025
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“Do not mind your Auntie Eloise,” Colin said lightly, and Pen’s heart thrummed in her chest as he rushed in and scooped Augie from his sister’s inept grasp. “She’s too busy reading to notice anything else, as usual.”
Penelope’s breath caught as Colin’s voice shifted, softening, lifting a note as he spoke to the baby. She stood next to him as he arranged Augie’s bum to rest on his right arm, against his side, his back supported securely with his other hand.
It came to him so naturally.
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It's 1814, and instead of arriving with the rest of the ton before the Hearts and Flowers Ball, Penelope tags along with the Bridgertons and Sharmas a few days early. Before the Bridgertons' annual game of Pall Mall, Penelope meets little Augie Basset…and sees Colin hold a baby for the first time. Something inside of her ignites, and suddenly she desperately needs to know precisely how babies are made so she can acquire one of her own.
Colin, despite his recent visit to Marina and questioning of his own future plans for children, is more than happy to help.
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04 Jun 2025
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«Eternal loves», also called «soulmates». They are loves older than memory, loves that have lived a thousand lives, loves that, in their blessing and wonder, caused the fall of empires, death and sorrow. Then, as punishment and so as not to forget the power of love, they were separated and condemned to seek each other out until pain reunited them, and they could finally hold hands and be together again.
That's what the legend said because, in reality, they didn't happen.
For Colin Bridgerton, soulmates were a myth to justify why single people couldn't hold hands or call each other by name if they weren't family. For Penelope Featherington, soulmates were just an interesting subject to read about, romantic tales of people destined to feel the pain of their other half and silver marks on their wrists.
Neither of them believed in the existence of eternal loves, soulmates or whatever the books called them.
Until the day Colin started coughing up yellow petals...
- Language:
- English
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- 30,587
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- 4/4
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03 Jun 2025
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I've known it from the very start (we're a shot in the darkest dark) by lixabiz
Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn
13 Feb 2024
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When Penelope's ability to keep up with her suppressants lapses due to her families' misfortunes, she goes into painful monthly heats that leave her feeling weak and helpless.
Colin, the alpha who said he would never mate her, offers his assistance.