Love in the afternoon kleypas5/22/2023 ![]() Grocery shopping? That would require me to change out of sweatpants. I had things to do this weekend, but instead I mistakenly started this series and spent four days straight sitting on my couch. What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of unfulfilled love-and a passion that can't be denied. and when Christopher comes home, he's determined to claim the woman he loves. Soon the correspondence between Beatrix and Christopher develops into something fulfilling and deep. 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. 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. and she has resigned herself to the fate of never finding love. 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. ![]() As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. ![]()
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