Seduce ME at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas (English) Paperback Book

Description: Seduce ME at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas Kev Merripen has secretly longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death. Now a charming, ruthless suitor has his sights set on Win, and Kev must confront a grave secret about his past--or lose the only woman hes ever lived for. Original. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Seduce Me at Sunrise, the second book in the Hathaways series by beloved author Lisa Kleypas. Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins--and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation...and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate. Then, Win returns to England...only to find that Kev has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his sights on Win. Its now or never for Kev to make his move. But first, he must confront a dangerous secret about his destiny--or risk losing the only woman he has lived for. Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins--and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation...and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate. Then, Win returns to England...only to find that Kev has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his sights on Win. Its now or never for Kev to make his move. But first, he must confront a dangerous secret about his destiny--or risk losing the only woman he has lived for. Back Cover From the New York Times bestselling author of Mine Till Midnight * comes a dazzling novel about forbidden love and long-denied desire--the kind of passion that happens once in a lifetime... SEDUCE ME AT SUNRISE He has tried hard to forget her. Kev Merripen has longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death when he was just a boy. But this handsome Gypsy is a man of mysterious origins--and he fears that the darkness of his past could crush delicate, luminous Win. So Kev refuses to submit to temptation...and before long Win is torn from him by a devastating twist of fate. Can she remember the man he once was? Then, Win returns to England...only to find that Kev has hardened into a man who will deny love at all costs. Meantime, an attractive, seductive suitor has set his sights on Win. Its now or never for Kev to make his move. But first, he must confront a dangerous secret about his destiny--or risk losing the only woman he has lived for... "Will leave you breathless."-- Romantic Times BOOKreviews * Author Biography Lisa Kleypas is the RITA Award-winning author of many contemporary and historical romance novels, including the Hathaways series, A Wallflower Christmas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, and Love in the Afternoon. Her books are published in fourteen languages and are bestsellers all over the world. Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College and published her first novel at the age of 21. In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts in the Miss America competition. She lives in Washington with her husband and two children. Review "Vintage Kleypas...An unforgettable story peopled with remarkable characters and a depth of emotion that will leave you breathless with the wonderment of knowing what falling in love is really like." --Romantic Times BOOKreviews on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "Kleypass effortless style makes for another sexy exploration of 19th-century passion and peccadilloes, riveting from start to finish." --Publishers Weekly on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "Will steal the hearts of readesr." --The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "Captivating...The love story brims with humor and touches of pathos as the characters struggle with lost love and relinquishing grief to embrace life anew." --Fresh Fiction on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "Strong characters, compelling romance, an intriguing story, and steamy passion." --The State (Columbia, South Carolina) on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "Aside from creating wonderfully alluring characters in Cam and Amelia, Kleypas shows sexual tension, sensitively handles prejudice, and expertly weaves in a bit of the supernatural to round out a tale that is pure delight. Cam and Amelias romance is well-paced and is a pleasing balance of wit and passion. Their relationship is...riveting from beginning to end." --Romance Reviews Today on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT "RITA Award-winner Kleypas presents another wonderfully entertaining, lusciously sensual historical romance." --Booklist on MINE TILL MIDNIGHT Review Quote Will steal the hearts of readesr. Excerpt from Book Chapter One London, 1848 Winter Win had always thought Kev Merripen was beautiful, in the way that an austere landscape or a wintry day could be beautiful. He was a large, striking man, uncompromising in every angle. The exotic boldness of his features was a perfect setting for eyes so dark that the irises were barely distinguishable from the pupil. His hair was thick and as black as a ravens wing, his brows strong and straight. And his wide mouth was set with a perpetually brooding curve that Win found irresistible. Merripen. Her love, but never her lover. They had known each other since childhood, when he had been taken in by her family. Although the Hathaways had always treated him as one of their own, Merripen had acted in the capacity of a servant. A protector. An outsider. He came to Wins bedroom and stood at the threshold to watch as she packed a valise with a few personal articles from the top of her dresser. A hairbrush, a rack of pins, a handful of handkerchiefs that her sister Poppy had embroidered for her. As Win tucked the objects into the leather bag, she was intensely aware of Merripens motionless form. She knew what lurked beneath his stillness, because she felt the same undertow of yearning. The thought of leaving him was breaking her heart. And yet there was no choice. She had been an invalid ever since shed had scarlet fever two years earlier. She was thin and frail and given to fainting spells and fatigue. Weak lungs, all the doctors had said. Nothing to do but succumb. A lifetime of bed rest followed by an early death. Win would not accept such a fate. She longed to get well, to enjoy the things that most people took for granted. To dance, laugh, walk through the countryside. She wanted the freedom to love… to marry… to have her own family someday. With her health in such a poor state, there was no possibility of doing any of those things. But that was about to change. She was departing this day for a French clinic, where a dynamic young doctor, Julian Harrow, had achieved remarkable results for patients just like herself. His treatments were unorthodox, controversial, but Win didnt care. She would have done anything to be cured. Because until that day came, she could never have Mer-ripen. "Dont go," he said, so softly that she almost didnt hear him. Win struggled to remain outwardly calm, even as a hot- and- cold chill went down her spine. "Please close the door," she managed to say. They needed privacy for the conversation they were about to have. Merripen didnt move. Color had risen in his swarthy face, and his black eyes glittered with a ferocity that wasnt at all like him. He was all Rom at this moment, his emotions closer to the surface than he ever usually allowed. She went to close the door herself, while he moved away from her as if any contact between them would result in fatal harm. "Why dont you want me to go, Kev?" she asked gently. "You wont be safe there." "Ill be perfectly safe," she said. "I have faith in Dr. Harrow. His treatments sound sensible to me, and hes had a high success rate-" "Hes had as many failures as successes. There are better doctors here in London. You should try them first." "I think my best chances lie with Dr. Harrow." Win smiled into Merripens hard black eyes, understanding the things he couldnt say. "Ill come back to you. I promise." He ignored that. Any attempt she made to bring their feelings to light was always met with rock- hard resistance. He would never admit he cared for her, or treat her as anything other than a fragile invalid who needed his protection. A butterfly under glass. While he went on with his private pursuits. Despite Merripens discretion in personal matters, Win was certain there had been more than a few women who had given him their bodies, and used him for their own plea sure. Something bleak and angry rose from the depths of her soul at the thought of Mer-ripen lying with someone else. It would shock everyone who knew her, had they understood the power of her desire for him. It would probably shock Merripen most of all. Seeing his expressionless face, Win thought, Very well, Kev. If this is what you want, Ill be stoic. Well have a pleasant, bloodless good- bye. Later she would suffer in private, knowing it would be an eternity until she saw him again. But that was better than living like this, forever together and yet apart, her illness always between them. "Well," she said briskly, "Ill be off soon. And theres no need to worry, Kev. Leo will take care of me during the trip to France, and-" "Your brother cant even take care of himself," Mer-ripen said harshly. "Youre not going. Youll stay here, where I can-" He bit off the words. But Win had heard a note of something like fury, or anguish, buried in his deep voice. This was getting interesting. Her heart began to thump. "There…" She had to pause to catch her breath. "Theres only one thing that could stop me from leaving." He shot her an alert glance. "What is it?" It took her a long moment to summon the courage to speak. "Tell me you love me. Tell me, and Ill stay." The black eyes widened. The sound of his indrawn breath cut through the air like the downward arc of an ax stroke. He was silent, frozen. A curious mixture of amusement and despair surged through Win as she waited for his reply. "I … care for everyone in your family…." "No. You know thats not what Im asking for." Win moved toward him and lifted her pale hands to his chest, resting her palms on a surface of tough, unyielding muscle. She felt the response that jolted through him. "Please," she said, hating the desperate edge in her own voice, "I wouldnt care if I died tomorrow, if I could just hear it once-" "Dont," he growled, backing away. Casting aside all caution, Win followed. She reached out to grasp the loose folds of his shirt. "Tell me. Lets finally bring the truth out into the open-" "Hush; youll make yourself ill." It infuriated Win that he was right. She could feel the familiar weakness, the dizziness that came along with her pounding heart and laboring lungs. She cursed her failing body. "I love you," she said wretchedly. "And if I were well, no power on earth could keep me away from you. If I were well, I would take you into my bed, and I would show you as much passion as any woman could-" "No." His hand lifted to her mouth as if to muffle her, then snatched back as he felt the warmth of her lips. "If Im not afraid to admit it, why should you be?" Her plea sure at being near him, touching him, was a kind of madness. Recklessly she molded herself against him. He tried to push her away without hurting her, but she clung with all her remaining strength. "What if this were the last moment you ever had with me? Wouldnt you have been sorry not to tell me how you felt? Wouldnt you-" Merripen covered her mouth with his, desperate for a way to make her quiet. They both gasped and went still, absorbing the feel of it. Each strike of his breath on her cheek was a shock of heat. His arms went around her, wrapping her in his vast strength, holding her against the hardness of his body. And then everything ignited, and they were both lost in a furor of need. She could taste the sweetness of apples on his breath, the bitter hint of coffee, but most of all the rich essence of him. Wanting more, craving him, she pressed upward. He took the innocent offering with a low, savage sound. She felt the touch of his tongue. Opening to him, she drew him deeper, hesitantly using her own tongue in a slide of silk- on- silk, and he shivered and gasped and held her more tightly. A new weakness flooded her, her senses starving for his hands and mouth and body… his powerful weight over and between and inside her…. Oh, she wanted him, wanted… Merripen kissed her with savage hunger, his mouth moving over hers with rough, luscious strokes. Her nerves blazed with plea sure, and she squirmed and clutched at him, wanting him closer. Even through the layers of her skirts, she felt the way he urged his hips against hers, the tight subtle rhythm. Instinctively she reached down to feel him, to soothe him, and her trembling fingers encountered the hard shape of his arousal. He buried an agonized groan in her mouth. For one scalding moment he reached down and gripped her hand tightly over himself. Her eyes flew open as she felt the pulsing charge, the heat and tension that seemed ready to explode. "Kev… the bed…," she whispered, going crimson from head to toe. She had wanted him so desperately, for so long, and now it was finally going to happen. "Take me-" Merripen cursed and shoved her away from him, turning to the side. He was gasping uncontrollably. Win moved toward him. "Kev-" "Stay back," he said with such force that she jumped in fright. For at least a minute, there was no sound or movement save the angry friction of their breaths. Merripen was the first to speak. His voice was weighted with rage and disgust, though whether it was directed against her or himself was impossible to fathom. "That will never happen again." "Because youre afraid you might hurt me?" "Because I dont want you that way." She stiffened with indignation, and gave a disbelieving laugh. "You responded to me just now. I felt it." His color deepened. "That would have happened with any woman." "You… youre trying to make me believe that you have no particular feeling for me?" "Nothing other than a desire to protect one of your family." She knew it was a lie; she knew it. But his callous rejection made leaving a bit easier. "I …" It was Details ISBN0312949812 Author Lisa Kleypas Short Title SEDUCE ME AT SUNRISE Publisher St. Martins Press Language English ISBN-10 0312949812 ISBN-13 9780312949815 Media Book Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-09-30 DEWEY FIC Residence San Antonio, TX, US Series St. Martins Press Imprint St. Martins Press DOI 10.1604/9780312949815 Series Number 2 Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2008-09-30 NZ Release Date 2008-09-30 UK Release Date 2008-09-30 Pages 336 Format Paperback Illustrations Illustrations, color Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:16786892;

Price: 26.63 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2025-01-12T05:07:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 AUD