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  Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper  

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  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  16 Jun 2026

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  • Basil "Bas" Baddingham/Taggie O'Hara
  • Taggie O'Hara
  • Basil "Bas" Baddingham
  • Gertrude | Taggie O'Hara's Dog
  • Rupert Campbell-Black
  • Declan O'Hara
  • Maud O'Hara
  • Caitlin O'Hara
  • Patrick O'Hara (Rivals)
  • Cameron Cook
  • Tony Baddingham
  • Monica Baddingham
  • Fluff
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship
  • Age Difference
  • Sexual Tension
  • Sexual Content
  • Smut
  • Idiots in Love
  • Falling In Love
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Dyslexic Taggie O'Hara
  • Parentified Taggie O'Hara
  • Jealousy
  • Light Angst
  • Love Confessions
  • Older Man/Younger Woman
  • How Do I Tag
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Friends with Benefits
  • Canon Divergence

  Summary

  Fake dating Rutshire's most charismatic rake to keep the man who broke her heart away? Taggie thought she had nothing to lose. But she quickly learns that pretending to be in love with Basil Baddingham is dangerously easy.

  Language:

  English

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  15,093

  Chapters:

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