

What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of unfulfilled love - and a passion that can't be denied. 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. When Beatrix learns of Pru's disappointment, she decides to help by concocting Pru's letters to Christopher for her. Top rated funny books set in historical times tagged as victorian, military, tortured hero, virgin heroine, cold hero, alpha male, cheerful heroine. But life on the battlefield has darkened his soul - and it's becoming clear that he won't return the same as when he left. Christopher Phelan is a handsome, daring soldier who plans to marry Beatrix's friend, the vivacious Prudence Mercer, when he returns from fighting abroad. Even though she participated in the London season in the past, the free-spirited beauty has never been swept away or seriously courted and is resigned to never finding love. What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of unfulfilled love-and a passion that can't be denied.As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. 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. When Beatrix learns of Pru's disappointment, she decides to help by concocting Pru's letters to Christopher for her. 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.

Mark Nolan's happy-go-lucky bachelorhood is interrupted by the death of his sister and his subsequent. Has the time come for the most unconventional of the Hathaway sisters to settle for an ordinary man-just to avoid spinsterhood?Ĭaptain 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. Kleypas (Love in the Afternoon) finds a little romantic magic in this spritely charmer.

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.

Love in the Afternoon continues the Hathaways series by Victorian romance author Lisa Kleypas.Īs a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom.
