5. Eloise is Enough

Sir Phillip Crane [m30] just wanted to hang out with his plants, but his brother’s death in France landed him the title, the estate, the responsibility, and a wife he married for duty and not love. Now a widow with two demons *cough* children in his care, he just wants someone to help make his life easier. Enter Eloise Bridgerton [f28] who is on the shelf and therefore should be desperate enough to marry just about anyone. Desperate enough to show up on his doorstep unannounced anyway. But she seems to have plans and ideas of her own? WWDD?

To Sir Phillip, With Love takes us out of London and into the wilds of Gloucester, an ancient estate, a modern greenhouse, and some apparently engrossing trials with pea plants. It’s the regency equivalent of a tinder romance, and we have thoughts. 

Please note: this episode comes with a content note for depictions of mental illness and suicide. 

Featuring:

• Eloise Bridgerton, who doesn’t know who Lady Whistledown is

• Phillip Crane, who is really bad at relationships

• Twins 

• Pranks

• Eels

• The unexpected arrival of four Bridgerton men

• An unexpected drinking sesh with four Bridgerton men and one Crane man

• Practical advice from a sister-in-law

• Another patented Violet Bridgerton ‘birds and the bees’ talk

• A dry spell, broken

• A match made in an archery competition

What Would Danbury Do this week addresses a letter from Rafe, the titular character from the romance novel by Rebekah Weatherspoon, book one of the Loose Ends series. For one of the most soothing, grown-up, mature, low-stakes, low-conflict competency porn romance novels we’ve read in a long time, please click here. 

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.