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  1. Public Bookmark 42

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    soulmates au where everyone sees in black and white until they meet their soulmate, then they see in color.

    francesca meets john and michaela at the same time, and is horribly mistaken about which one is her soulmate.

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    17 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 40

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    Francesca is ready for a relaxing summer vacation at Aubrey Hall, but when Eloise invites a friend, it royally screws up Francesca’s plans.

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    After two years away from home, Michaela returns to Kilmartin. She returns to Francesca.
    Sleep, therefore, logically decides to elude them both.
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    5 times Francesca and Michaela help each other sleep + 1 time they keep each other up.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    The balcony is empty. The air is thick with summer heat.

    Michaela steps closer than she should. Francesca's legs part, almost reflexively, for her husband’s cousin. Michaela slips between them and rests her hands on Francesca's thighs.

    She leans in. Francesca can smell the limoncello on her breath. Her nose brushes Francesca's cheek.

    "Tell me it's killing you like it's killing me," Michaela whispers against her skin.

    Francesca trembles. Her need pulses in her chest, her stomach, lower still.

    "Please, Fran."

    "We can't."

    "I know. I know."

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    Francesca Stirling is a high-powered Manhattan attorney on her eighth round of IVF. Her husband's cousin, Michaela, arrives for the summer and immediately upends Francesca's routines. When her husband leaves for a work trip to London, Francesca is forced to reckon with the woman she has spent years refusing to look at — and with the question of whether she can finally become herself without breaking the man who loves her.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    Francesca has a hunch, silence is not an option when Michaela Stirling is around. "Have you seen Miss Stirling tonight? Has she gone to bed already?"

    "Did Miss Stirling not inform you?" The maid wondered.

    "Of what?" She mumbles.

    "She has packed her belongings and left." For a moment, the world stills. The candlelight, the soft rustle of the maid’s apron—everything suspends. Francesca cannot move. She cannot think. She can only feel the now familiar, suffocating sense of loss settle over her again. Michael too, must think something is broken in her.

    On the far edge of the ton, Michaela sits rigidly in her carriage, watching the night sky blur past the window. She wonders whether John is there watching over her. Grieving is certainly draining, but Michaela cannot help but be consumed by guilt. Guilt for leaving Francesca alone despite her promise to stay in Mayfair. But deeper still, guilt for the quiet flutter she felt when Francesca’s hand touched hers in the parlor. If fleeing to the farthest corner of the earth is what it takes to silence her own wicked mind, then she will flee. Even if it means breaking her promise.

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    24 May 2026