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Bridgerton Historical Romance Forced Proximity Fake Relationship Secret Identity

The
Pretence

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By the third night of Lady Featherington's country house party, Colin Bridgerton's visits to Penelope's room had ceased to be about strategy at all. What began as a carefully arranged sham — a public courtship to silence the whispers about her spinsterhood and his wandering eye — had become something far more dangerous. He took her with his hand pressed over her mouth, stifling her gasps against his palm while the rest of the house slept, and by the time dawn bled through the curtains the pretense had shattered into the most real thing either of them had ever touched.

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Length2 scenes · ~55 min

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BridgertonHistorical

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(01) — Who you'll be locked in with

Meet the cast

Viscount Bridgerton · the dutiful eldest

Anthony Bridgerton

The eldest Bridgerton and reluctant head of the family since his father's death — driven, controlled, determined to marry for duty and never for love because love is the one risk he watched cost everything. A viscount at war with his own heart.

The spinster who won't be managed

Kate Sharma

Sharp, independent, arrived from India to see her younger sister well married and no intention of marrying herself — the one woman immune to the viscount's charm and infuriatingly his equal at every turn. Fierce, loyal, guarding a heart she's decided she can't afford.

The artist · second Bridgerton son

Benedict Bridgerton

The second Bridgerton son, an aspiring artist adrift between the expectations of his class and the bohemian world that actually calls to him. Open-hearted, searching, more sensitive than his easy charm suggests; the sibling who wants a bigger life than the ton allows.

(02) — 2 scenes

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The Door That Wouldn't Stay Locked

Scene 1

Colin climbs the servants' stair to Penelope's room for their third night of secret strategy, but the plan is already beginning to fray at the edges.

At dawn in a country house, Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington must navigate the aftermath of their night together before the other guests wake up.

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(03) — The room, out loud

What readers said back

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@saltcrown Really enjoyed this one. You captured the Bridgerton atmosphere remarkably well — the weight of the ton’s eyes, the careful restraint, and the way desire still manages to burn underneath all those rules. The tension never felt artificial; it felt like something that could actually exist in that world. I especially liked how you handled the quieter moments. Looking forward to reading more of your work in this universe.

@thornfield Okay, this was genuinely lovely. It had that exact mix of polish and heat that makes Bridgerton stories addictive. You didn’t rush the attraction, and the payoff felt earned because of it. The way the characters navigated expectation versus private feeling felt true to the ton. I also appreciated the quieter observations — small gestures, held glances, the cost of wanting something you shouldn’t. You should definitely write more in this universe.

@veinofgold Truly enjoyed this. It had that distinct Bridgerton mix of longing, duty, and private hunger. The writing stayed refined even in the more explicit moments, which I appreciated. Already hoping you’ll do another story in this universe. Don’t stop.

@widowmaker Really enjoyed this one. The tension felt natural and the writing stayed clean the whole way through. Looking forward to more from you.

(04) — Marginalia from the dark

What readers whispered

1,371 reactions

“Slowest burn on the whole app and I would have waited twice as long.”

V@velvethours78

“Felt like eavesdropping on something I wasn't meant to hear. Couldn't stop.”

E@eavesdrop57

Forgot it was an engine by line two. Then forgot my own name.

L@linebyline44

the restraint. THE RESTRAINT. give whoever tuned this an award.

R@restraintstan37

“The kind of ache you don't actually want to get rid of.”

K@keptache37

Came for the plot. Stayed because chapter three left me on the floor.

F@floorbound26

I have read chapter one four times and I am not okay. The three-feet-of-floor line lives in me now.

N@nocturne20

the way he says her name. that's it. that's the review.

O@oneline18

(05) — If this one undid you

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