For the confirmed bachelor and traveler has discovered the rarest of jewels in his very own backyard, one he's determined to make his own - a gorgeous, blossoming wallflower. But the unassuming Penelope harbors a secret of her own, one that Colin fears could destroy her in the eyes of the ton - a fate from which he's determined to save her. awareness of Penelope as an individual, a woman whose quick wit, intelligence, and compassion he finds himself craving like never before. Her passion for his writing - and his surprising passion for her approval - awakens within him an. As the third Bridgerton son, he finds himself well provided for but lacking purpose, a void he despairs of ever filling until his little sister's best friend stumbles upon his travel journals. A popular mainstay in Whistledown's columns, Colin is renowned for his easy-going nature and perpetual good humor, but he's desperate for something more substantial than the social regard of the ton. When she stumbles upon Colin's dearest secret, she begins to wonder if she's ever really known the man she's loved for nearly half her life - and if she can trust him with a secret of her own.Ĭolin Bridgerton leads a charmed life and he knows it - but that is precisely what irks him most. Never considered a social success (the infamous Lady Whistledown once memorably described a younger Penelope as resembling an "overripe citrus fruit"), and now rapidly approaching her twenty-eight birthday, Penelope has resigned herself to being considered firmly "on the shelf." She's embraced her impending, perpetual spinsterhood with a great deal of equanimity - or so she thinks, until Colin returns from his latest round of travels and the gossip begins to swirl once again around the Bridgerton family's most eligible - and determined to remain so - bachelor.
The shy, quiet, awkward, and plump Penelope fell and fell hard for the dashing, devil-may-care brother of her best friend Eloise - a love that was destined to remain unrequited (and undiminished) for the next twelve years. Romancing Mister Bridgerton(Bridgertons #4)Įxactly two days before her sixteenth birthday, Miss Penelope Featherington fell desperately, irrevocably in love with Colin Bridgerton.
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