Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas {review}

Love in the Afternoon
(The Hathaways #5)

by Lisa Kleypas
Mass Market Paperback, 332 pages

Published June 29th 2010 by St. Martin'

As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. Even though she participated in the London season in the past, the classic beauty and free-spirited Beatrix has never been swept away or seriously courted...and she has resigned herself to the fate of never finding love. Has the time come for the most unconventional of the Hathaway sisters to settle for an ordinary man--just to avoid spinsterhood?

Captain Christopher Phelan is a handsome, daring soldier who plans to marry Beatrix's friend, the vivacious flirt Prudence Mercer, when he returns from fighting abroad. But, as he explains in his letters to Pru, life on the battlefield has darkened his soul--and it's becoming clear that Christopher won't come back as the same man. When Beatrix learns of Pru's disappointment, she decides to help by concocting Pru's letters to Christopher for her. Soon the correspondence between Beatrix and Christopher develops into something fulfilling and deep...and when Christopher comes home, he's determined to claim the woman he loves. What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of unfulfilled love--and a passion that can't be denied...

Favorite Line(s): He took a ragged breath. "You should know that I've always wanted you, Cat. I've had fantasies so wicked, it would send us both straight to hell if I told them to you. And the way I want you has nothing to do with the color of your hair, or the appalling fashions you wear." His hand passed gently over her head. " Catherine Marks, or whoever you are... I have the most profane desire to be in bed with you for...oh, weeks, at least...committing every mortal sin known to man. I'd like to do more than sketch you naked. I want to draw directly on you with feather and ink...flowers around your breasts, trails of stars down your thighs." He let his warm lips brush the edge of her ear. "I want to map your body, chart the north, south, east and west of you. I would-"

My Review: A solid ending to an amazing series!
Great job Lisa Kleypas

My Rating:

**My catch up reviews are going to be short and sweet if it is a book I picked up on my own free will. The end of the year will be here before we I know it and I don't want to start it behind in reviews.

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas {Review}

Married By Morning
(The Hathaways #4)

by Lisa Kleypas

Mass Market Paperback, 341 pages

Published May 25th 2010
by St. Martin's Paperbacks

He is everything she wants to avoid...

For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters --- a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges' older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask a mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response --- and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.

She is not at all what she seems...

Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine's respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to love again. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever --- unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires ...

First Line(s): Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

Favorite Line(s): “You seem to think you have a choice," Cam said. "But you have it backwards. Love chooses you. The shadow moves as the sun commands.”

My Review: I think Leo ranks in my top 10 favorite H characters! Sure he was moody has hell but I found him very endearing. I loved finally reading his story!

I would recommend this series to anyone, it is that good... Leo is an added bonus and lucky us he is in every book!


My Rating:

** Playing catch up on all my old reviews. If I picked a book up on my own free will, the reviews are going to be short and sweet. The New Year will be here before we know it and I don't want to start off behind. All these reviews are stressing me out so I plan on hammering them out the only way I know how!

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas {Review}

Tempt Me at Twilight

(The Hathaways #3)
by Lisa Kleypas

Mass Market Paperback, 373 pages
Published September 22nd 2009 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life. When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposal—only to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust.

Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppy—except to open his heart. All his life, he has held the world at arm’s length…but the sharp, beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters. Still, as desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. Now if Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul, once and for all...

First Line(s): Her chances of a decent marriage were about to be dashed- and all because of a ferret.

Favorite Line(s): It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability.

My Review: This book was fantastic!!
The Hathaway siblings just might be the most enduring family I have read about in a very long time. They are so real! The accept their lot in life and don't try to change for others... it's a breath of fresh air. I love how Lisa Klyepas wrote Poppy and Harry's first encounter, it was suspenseful and dreamlike all tied together with a nice red bow.

My favorite part of this book had to be Leo ( I believe I said this in the last book as well). Lisa Kleypas has big plans for Leo when it is his turn to have the book all about him. He is a miserable, insuffable male with an ego so big I am suprise it fits in the house, but it works! I love him!

While I believe each of these books could stand alone you would be missing out on so much if you didn't start at the beginning, especially when it comes to Leo!

My Rating:

Stay tuned for the next two books in the series. I have read them just need to find the time to get the reviews up and running!

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas {Review}

Seduce Me at Sunrise

(The Hathaways #2)
by Lisa Kleypas

Mass Market Paperback, 360 pages
Published October 1st 2008 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins—and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation…and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate.

Then, Win returns to England…only to find that Kev has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his sights on Win. It’s now or never for Kev to make his move. But first, he must confront a dangerous secret about his destiny—or risk losing the only woman he has lived for…

First Line: Win had always thought Kev Merripen was beautiful, in the way that an austere landscape pr a wintry day could be beautiful.
Favorite Line(s): Kev loved her. Not in the way that novelists and poets described. Nothing so tame. He loved her beyond earth, Heaven or hell. Every moment out of her company was agony; every moment with her was the only peace he had known. Every touch of her hands left an imprint that ate down to his soul. He would have killed himself before admitting it to anyone. The truth was buried deep in his heart.

and

I love you, he thought, looking at Win. I love every part of you, every thought and word...the entire complex fascinating bundle of all things you are. I want you with 10 different kinds of need at once. I love all the season of you, the way you are now, the thought of how much more beautiful you'll be in the decades to come. I love you for being the answer to every question my heart could ask.

My Review: Seduce Me at Sunrise was a tad predictable, but if we are being honest with ourselves most romance novels are. In Seduce Me at Sunrise you will get tenderness, sweetness, rawness all tied neatly together in one heart warming story that will pull at your heart strings.

Kev "Merripen" has words that can melt a woman's panties off her in 10 seconds flat! Did you not see the above section entitled "Favorite Line(s). I mean Dr. Harrow, who?!?! HA! Merripen is almost to go to be true... Win is one lucky lady!

Added bonus we got to re-visit the rest of The Hathaway siblings. The sisters are so endearing and kind and dare I say we even got to see a new side to brother, Leo!

This book is smokin perfection!

My Rating:

Stay tuned... the rest of the Hathaway Series is coming up for review(s)

Until next time...Happy Reading!

Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas {Review}

Mine Till Midnight

(The Hathaways #1)
by Lisa Kleypas

360 pages
Published October 2nd 2007 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the ton. Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan.

Wealthy beyond most men's dreams, Cam has tired of society's petty restrictions and longs to return to his "uncivilized" Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship--but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter….

First Line(s) Finding one person ina city of nearly two million was a formidable task.

Favorite Line(s) “I'm not the marrying kind -"
St. Vincent snorted. "No man is. Marriage is a female invention.”
and
“The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await." ... "So we're going to take this road," he murmured, "and see where it leads.”
and
“She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope."
"Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the
only way to begin."

Seriously I could keep going!

My Review: Where oh where do I find megypsy lover like Mr. Cam? Sign me up and I will travel the world to find him!

I loved, Loved, LOVED this book! Mine Till Midnight was pure entertainment, sexy as hell and beautifully descriptive ( I really felt like I took a trip via a time machine). . Cam and Amelia were what 5 star couple's are made of, they had a amazing chemisty.

I always do the happy dance when I finally start a serious that has so much hype and is complete ( means I don't have to wait), and more importantly a series that lives up to the hype!

Mine Till Midnight was my first book read by Lisa Kleypas! Next up is The Wallflowers. I am reading backwards but that is okay, I will live.

My Rating:

Do you see that my loves... a 5!! I can't even remember the last book I gave a 5 to. Wit woo!!

Until next time...Happy Reading!