Lisa Kleypas

Seduce Me at Sunrise

Lisa Kleypas continues her Hathaway series with Seduce Me at Sunrise. Winifred Hathaway and Kev Merippin were introduced in Mine till Midnight.

Torn by a deep seeded desire to protect Win, Merippin rejects Win over and over again. After his nightmare of a childhood, he does not trust his instincts. He feels he has nothing to offer her. No wealth, no history, nothing. Deathly frail after a bout with scarlet fever, she wants him to admit that there is an undeniable bond between them.

Win leaves for a clinic to try to get stronger. When she returns, the tension between them is even stronger. Thrown into the mix is a potential suitor that triggers Merippin's jealousy.

Merippin is a dark, brooding hero. Win is delicate, but stubborn.

After reading Mine till Midnight, I was looking forward to this novel. Lisa Kleypas has written several heroes who struggle against love. Dreaming of You's Cockney hero, Derek Craven, is one of her best examples. Merippin is even worse off then Derek Craven. He's poor. He's a Gypsy. And he believes that she deserves much more.

Mine till Midnight

Lisa Kleypas launches a new romance novel series with Mine Till Midnight. The Hathaway siblings have been having a bad luck streak. They've lost their parents and now the head of the family, Leo Hathaway, Lord Ramsey, is driving himself to death. Amelia Hathaway is determined not to lose any more of her family. They are losing money fast.

Enter Cam Rohan, half-Gypsy and former factotum to one of the most successful game houses in London. And extremely lucky with money.

Cam and Amelia are drawn together, even through social taboo wrought by Victorian sensibilities that frown upon their relationship. Amelia is the sister of a lord (albeit a drunk/self-distructive one) and Cam's half-Gypsy heritage clearly marks him as no prince.

This book is a spin off of her Wallflower series and many readers were very curious about Cam Rohan's mysterious past.

Lisa Kleypas creates a loving and supportive family with the Hathaways. And though they do have their flaws, she takes time to build up several characters who will obviously be featured in their own stories in the future.

We are introduced to Merripen, a Gypsy man who also has a mysterious past. He grew up with the Hathaways after being left for dead. His love for Win, the most frail of the Hathaway children, is a little painful to read as he is filled with dark emotions and feelings of being inadequate.

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