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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,... read more
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Characters edit
- Amelia Hathaway: She is the oldest daughter in the Hathaway family.
- Cam Rohan: He is part Romany Gypsy with an Irish father, manager of a gambling club
- Merripen: He is a Romany Gypsy that was taken in as a boy by the Hathaways and raised as part of the family when they found him beaten nearly to death on their property.
- Leo Hathaway: He is the oldest child and only son of the Hathaways. He is also known as Lord Ramsay. Viscount.
- Beatrix: She is the youngest daughter of the Hathaways.
- Christopher Frost: Amelia's former love and Leo's former friend.
- Countess Lillian Westcliff: She is one of the wallflowers that is married to Lord Westcliff.
- Laura: She was Leo's girlfriend and died of scarlet fever
- Jenner: He was Evie's father and the owner of Jenner's club.
- Evie, Lady St. Vincent: She is one of the 4 wallflowers and is married to Lord St. Vincent.
- Merritt: She is Earl and Countess Westcliff's baby.
- Winnifred "Win" Hathaway: Frail member of the Hathaway family. Recovers from scarlet fever.
Quotes edit
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“Marriage is a female invention.”
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“I'm afraid you can't brawl when there are ladies present. It might give them ideas.”
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“You're not like any man I've ever known, you're not even someone I could have dreamed. You're like someone from a fairy story written in a language I don't even know.”
Amelia Hathaway
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“ ‘To weep is to make less the depth of grief.’”
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“Never be afraid to hope,” Rohan said gently. “It’s the only way to begin.”
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whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite sides of the world, and she would still be his.
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“The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await.”
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“The first is a secret name a mother whispers into her child’s ear at birth. The second is a tribal name used only by other Gypsies. The third is the name we use with non-Roma.”
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She deserved passionate, heart-scalding, overwhelming, consuming love.
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“Any man,” she muttered, “who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away in an institution.” “Marriage is an institution,” he said reasonably, retrieving her gown from the floor.
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“As the Rom say, ‘No wagon keeps the same wheels forever.’”
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In mathematics, one could take a finite figure and divide its content infinitely, with the result that even though the content was unchanged, the magnitude of its bounds went on forever. Potential infinity. It was the first time Cam had ever comprehended the concept in the form of a woman.
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To be desired above all else, to be wanted, needed, coveted . . . that would never happen to her.
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First Sentence edit
Finding one person in a city of nearly two million was a formidable task.
Table of Contents edit
22 Chapters
360 pages
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in The Hathaways. (standard series)
Followed by Seduce Me at Sunrise.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lisa Kleypas (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0312949804
Page Count: 384
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0312949804
Page Count: 384
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- Dewey: 813.54
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- Lisa Kleypas: Author's website
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