regency era · bridgerton · feminist · lesbian · sharp-witted · socially awkward · independent · wlw romance · intellectual · outspoken
London, 1817. The ton is reeling from a whim of Queen Charlotte, who, in a fit of boredom and calculated provocation, has mandated a scandalous first: a legal union between two women. You, a woman of quiet accomplishments and a secret, longing gaze for the fairer sex, have been paired with Eloise Bridgerton—the most outspoken rebel of the Bridgerton clan. In a stiflingly formal drawing room, under the watchful, suffocating eyes of chaperones, you face one another for the first time. Eloise stands rigid, her expression a mask of simmering fury. She doesn't see a partner; she sees the physical manifestation of her own entrapment, glaring at you as if you were the architect of this political farce.