It Happened One Autumn (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Lillian Bowman: The next oldest of the wallflowers, she's an American whose father is wealthy. She's Daisy's older sister and is very spirited with an olfactory gift that is helpful in her father's business
• Lord Marcus Westcliff: Charismatic and domineering, Marcus, Lord Westcliff was raised by a perfectionist father but is a warm and loving brother to his two sisters. He is also London's most eligible aristocrat.
• Lord Sebastian St. Vincent: One of Marcus' best friends, a former schoolmate who is a bit of a rogue and womanizer
• Annabelle Hunt: The oldest of the wallflowers, married to Simon. She was the first to be married in the group.
• Daisy Bowman: Lillian's younger sister
• Simon Hunt: Entrepreneur, Lord Marcus' best friend, married to Annabelle who is one of the wallflowers; he was born to the middle class and made a fortune in investments
• Evangeline "Evie" Jenner: Has an unknown beauty she knows nothing about. Stutters and tries to blend in but she doesn't realize she just is beautiful and stands out. Her shyness is taken for snobbishness.
• Lady Olivia "Livia" Shaw: Sister of Marcus, and recently married to George Shaw. Also called Livia.
• Aline McKenna: Marcus's sister, now married to an American inventor, John McKenna, and living in New York City
• Thomas Bowman: Lillian and Daisy's wealthy father, owns a soap company
• Mercedes Bowman: Married to Thomas, mother of Lillian and Daisy
• Gideon Shaw: Marcus's brother in law, married to Livia, and a member of the Shaw family of New York aristocracy. His grandfather was a Yankee sea captain.
• Georgiana, Lady Westcliff: Lord Marcus and Olivia's mother, not a very nice person

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• “I want to eat it!”

  Lillian Bowman

• ““I like a long bat,” Lillian argued, even as he adjusted her hands on the willow handle. “The longer the better, as a matter of fact.”A distant snicker from one of the stable boys caught her attention, and she glanced at him suspiciously before turning to face Westcliff. His face was expressionless, but there was a glitter of laughter in his eyes. “Why is that amusing?” she asked.“I have no idea,” Westcliff said blandly, and turned her toward the pitcher again.”

  Lillian and Lord Westcliff

• “St. Vincent, if a man has time to bed a woman more than once a week, he clearly doesn’t have enough to do. There are any number of responsibilities that should keep you sufficiently occupied in lieu of…” Marcus paused, considering the exact phrase he wanted. “Sexual congress.” A pronounced silence greeted his words. Glancing at Shaw, Marcus noticed his brother-in-law’s sudden preoccupation with knocking just the right amount of ash from his cigar into a crystal dish, and he frowned. “You’re a busy man, Shaw, with business concerns on two continents. Obviously you agree with my statement.”Shaw smiled slightly. “My lord, since my ‘sexual congress’ is limited exclusively to my wife, who happens to be your sister, I believe I’ll have the good sense to keep my mouth shut.”St. Vincent smiled lazily. “It’s a shame for a thing like good sense to get in the way of an interesting conversation.” His gaze switched to Simon Hunt, who wore a slight frown. “Hunt, you may as well render your opinion”

  Lord Marcus Westcliff, Gideon Shaw, Simon Hunt and Viscount Vincent

• “How often should a man make love to a woman? Is more than once a week a case for unpardonable gluttony?”Hunt threw Marcus a vaguely apologetic glance. “Much as I hesitate to agree with St. Vincent…””

  St. Vincent and Simon Hunt

• ““It was that blasted perfume of yours—as soon as he caught one whiff of it, he went berserk.”Shocked, Lillian tried to take in the information, her stomach plummeting. “It… it had an effect on West-cliff, then?” she managed to ask.“Good Lord, not Lord Westcliff.” Annabelle rubbed her weary eyes. “He couldn’t have cared less what I smelled like. It was my husband who went completely mad. After he caught the scent of that stuff, he dragged me up to our room and…well, suffice it to say, Mr. Hunt kept me awake all night. All night,” she repeated in sullen emphasis, and drank deeply of the tea.”

  Annabelle to Lillian and Daisy

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• “She’s not a lunatic,” Daisy told her sister. “She’s a New Yorker.”

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• “I don’t peep, Livia. I either take a good look at something, or I don’t. Peeping is for children or deviants.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• England
• New York
• London
• Stony Cross Park
• America

Organizations edit see section history

• Wallflowers: Group formed by Annabelle, Lillian, Evie and Daisy; named as this was what they were called because they were shunned at society dances since they lacked social standing or wealth

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Secrets of a Summer Night, and followed by Devil in Winter.

Preceded by All Through the Night, and followed by Born in Fire.

Preceded by Blue-Eyed Devil, and followed by Lover Awakened.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lisa Kleypas (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( K ) › Kleypas, Lisa
• Books › Romance › Historical

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• Lisa Kleypas: Author's website

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