Dearest gentle readers, it is with the greatest delight that I pen this missive: Bridgerton Season 4 shall soon grace our screens, setting our hearts aflutter once more! With its return comes the Ton — and, naturally, the slow-burn romances we adore, full of stolen glances, forbidden touches, and whispered promises that make even the most composed of us clutch our pearls.

As a professional fangirl of the Ton, allow me to confess: I am positively Swooning in anticipation. For as our beloved characters continue to mingle, scheme, and seduce, we readers, once so gentle, find ourselves anything but.

And now, before the next season sweeps us away in a new flurry of drama and desire, a pressing matter demands our attention: the curious case of the Featheringtons. Why is Lady Featherington so singularly obsessed with producing a male heir? And who, exactly, is Cousin Jack Featherington, and what devilry has he wrought?...