The Hathaway Series by Lisa Kleypas
Mine Till Midnight
Seduce Me at Sunrise
Tempt Me at Twilight
Married by Morning
Love in the Afternoon (recently blogged here)
Oh I love love love this series. It really is very excellent. So excellent that I read it and the Wallflower series in about 4 days - yes, that is 10 books in 4 days. I am crazy, and very very tired. But the books are so goooood!
In order of love:
1. Seduce Me at Sunrise - Win and Merripen (which is a dumb name, I much prefer his secret name which is Kev. And since this is my blog and he is not a real person, I am going to refer to him as Kev from now on) Anyway, Win and KEV have known each other for ever, since KEV was rescued by the Hathaway family after he was injured and left for dead by his tribe. That is right, he is a Gypsy! Anyway, KEV has loved Win forever but she became very ill with scarlet fever and almost died, but he saved her with a gypsy remedy/medicine that is also a deadly poison. And (this is the best part) he loved her so much that if the medicine didn't work and she died, he was going to take the poison and die too!!! How very emo/Twilight/Romeo and Juliet of him. I love it! Anyway, she didn't die and eventually went off to France to a clinic to recover. And came back healthy but Kev thought because of his past (as a child barenuckle gypsy fighter - I like to think of him as Brad Pitt in Snatch, but a child) he wasn't worthy of her. But she loves him too and it ends up not mattering about his past or her scarlett fever residual potential weakness because of LOVE!
2. Mine Till Midnight - Amelia and Cam Rohan (which is a good name, MUCH better than Merripen) Anyway, she is the eldest Hawthorn sister and has decided never to marry because she previously had her heart broken by a faithless architect. Cam is the manager of a gambling club (owned by Evie and St. Vincent - see how it all comes together!) Cam is also a Gypsy - which makes him mysterious and slightly disreputable. He wears an earring! Anyway, Cam is awesome so Amelia falls in love with him after he saves her from a million bees and a ghost, and the faithless architect.
3. Tempt Me at Twilight - Poppy and Harry Rutledge. Poppy is the second Hathaway sister and Harry is the owner of the Rutledge Hotel, where the Hathaway family lives while in London. So Poppy is minding her own business, chasing a ferret who stole her love letter, when she stumbles into a secret passageway and meets the mysterious Harry Rutledge. Harry instantly decides he MUST have Poppy as his wife and sets out to systematically ensure that she is required to marry him or face ruin. He is very diabolical. So she reluctantly marries him and they eventually fall in love. I think the first chapter alone is what makes me like this book more than the MMC - although there is something kind of compelling about his passionate pursuit of Poppy.
4. Love in the Afternoon - I just blogged about this out of order. But it is gooooood!
5. Married by Morning - Leo Hathaway and Catherine Marks. Marks is the Hathaway sisters' companion/governess and has always had a hate/hate relationship with the brother Leo. They are generally quite nasty to each other and fight nonstop. But then, Leo (which is not a great name) sees Marks with her hair its regular color - blonde - and realizes that she is beautiful and finds himself unwillingly attracted to her. Now I recognize that blonde hair is fantastic, but I can't imagine a change in hair color is enough to make a person you despise suddenly attractive. That is why this is at the bottom of the list. I still quite like it though because Marks has an excellent tragic and mysterious past, and a familial connection to another character in this series. And Leo ends up being a good hero. But his name is Leo...so...
Anyway, I guess since there are only five Hathaway siblings that is the end of the series. Which is really too bad. But I suppose I can always re-read them!
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