Then Came You (1993) (edit title/settings)

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• Wilhelmina "Lily" Lawson: Spinster, independent and fierce
• Alex, Earl of Raiford: Fiance to Penny, Lilly's sister
• Derek Craven: Gambler and a club owner
• Penelope 'Penny' Lawson: Lilly's younger sister
• Zachary, Lord Stamford: Young man in love with Penny
• Caroline Whitmore: Alex's former fiancé
• George and Totty Lawson: Lily and Penny's parents.
• Henry Raiford: Alex's younger brother
• Roscoe "Ross," Lord Lyon: Alex's first cousin
• Giuseppe Gavazzi: Italian count
• Lady Lyon: Alex's aunt and Ross' mother

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• “Yes. Yes. I want other people to look at you and know you're mine. I want you to take my name and my money. I want you to live with me. I want to be inside you...part of your thoughts...your body...all of you. I want you to trust me. I want to give you whatever elusive, impossible, goddamned mysterious thing it is you need in order to be happy. Does that frighten you? Well, it frightens the hell out of me.”

  Alex

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• You may have heard the word ‘marry’ as a nautical term. It refers to the sailors’ practice of matching two ropes together to give them greater strength as one. I pray this will be true of your union.”

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• 8      Alex crossed the threshold of a tiny cove

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• “Yes. I want other people to look at you and know you’re mine. I want you to take my name and my money. I want you to live with me. I want to be inside you…part of your thoughts…your body…all of you. I want you to trust me. I want to give you whatever elusive, impossible, goddamned mysterious thing it is you need in order to be happy.

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• Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.

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• The guests had all been drinking heavily in order to attain the mild euphoria that would substitute for a real sense of enjoyment.

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• Her father had ignored her, her fiancé had jilted her, Giuseppe had abused her hard-won trust. Men had taken her child. Even her friendship with Derek, such as it was, had started as blackmail. Devil take the lot of them!

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• Contents: Chapters 1      “Damn,

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• “Worvy,” Derek muttered in a seething tirade, “you plants yourself on Miss Lawson, an’ don’t leave ’er.

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• “I believe in the love a mother has for her child. And the love between brothers and sisters. I believe in friendship. But I’ve never seen a romantic match that lasts. They’re all destined to end out of jealousy, anger, indifference…”

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• 14     Alex looked up from the newspaper

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• London
• Raiford Park
• England

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Dreaming of You.

Preceded by Ravished, and followed by To Die For.

Preceded by The Lion's Lady, and followed by Son of the Morning.

Preceded by Dream a Little Dream, and followed by After the Night.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lisa Kleypas (Author)

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• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• 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
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Lisa Kleypas: Author's website

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