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Love in the Afternoon
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The Hathaways #5

Love in the Afternoon

Lisa Kleypas
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She harbors a secret yearning.

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?

He's a world-weary cynic.

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 becom ...Read More

HistoricalVictorianMilitaryVirgin HeroineTortured HeroGrumpy Cold HeroCheerful Happy HeroineGrumpy SunshineIndependent HeroineSweet Gentle HeroineWarAngstAlpha MaleFunnyM F RomanceCruel Hero BullyPossessive HeroMen In UniformHurt ComfortOther Man WomanSassy HeroineEnemies to LoversCaretakingDisabilities & ScarsWarlord Commander HeroNeurodivergent McBetrayalRegencyHeight DifferenceTake Charge HeroineCompetent HeroineLove TriangleAristo Royal HeroineSecret RelationshipHistorical RomanceRomanceHumorSlow BurnAnimalsFriends to Lovers
Love in the Afternoon
Love in the Afternoon
The Hathaways #5

Love in the Afternoon

Lisa Kleypas
3.9
10 ratings
Published year: 2010
Pages: 332

She harbors a secret yearning.

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?

He's a world-weary cynic.

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 becom ...Read More

HistoricalVictorianMilitaryVirgin HeroineTortured HeroGrumpy Cold HeroCheerful Happy HeroineGrumpy SunshineIndependent HeroineSweet Gentle HeroineWarAngstAlpha MaleFunnyM F RomanceCruel Hero BullyPossessive HeroMen In UniformHurt ComfortOther Man WomanSassy HeroineEnemies to LoversCaretakingDisabilities & ScarsWarlord Commander HeroNeurodivergent McBetrayalRegencyHeight DifferenceTake Charge HeroineCompetent HeroineLove TriangleAristo Royal HeroineSecret RelationshipHistorical RomanceRomanceHumorSlow BurnAnimalsFriends to Lovers

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