It goes on to describe Fran as the “Countess of Kilmartin—reserved and contained, Francesca has long felt out of place in the world. As Michaela stirs up new feelings inside her, Fran will make discoveries about herself that could change everything.” Of her paramor, it adds: “Beneath Michaela’s charming and vivacious exterior hides a vulnerable young woman who is quick to run the second she feels discomfort. But, this season, Michaela must face her vulnerability head-on as she’s forced to navigate her relationship to her late cousin’s legacy—and to Francesca.”
The news prompts a number of questions: will Eloise finally have the spotlight in Season 6, then? (The show, it appears, is jumping ahead to the sixth book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, When He Was Wicked, while the fifth book, To Sir Phillip, With Love, focuses on Eloise.) What else will have happened in this two-year time jump? And how quickly will the identity of the new Lady Whistledown be revealed? It’s too early to say—but rest assured eight new glorious, scintillating, swoon-worthy episodes are now on their way.