Cam sees Amelia for the woman she truly is fearful of marriage after being jilted by a former lover, protective of her brood, and straining at the pressure put upon her. As orphans, the Hathaways have no one to care for them and as Leo is so often drunk or despondent due to the death of his fiancee, it is up to Amelia to run the household and oversee the well-being of her three younger sisters, Win, Poppy, and Beatrix.

Amelia is fiercely independent and protective of her family. With the entry of Amelia into his life, however, he can't help but begin to fall for the beautiful woman. Although he longs to be part of the nomadic tribes, he fails to realize that the Irish part of him retains strong roots and that his time spent as a civilized man is bound to cause difficulties if he were to return to the gypsy lifestyle. As fate would have it, however, the Hathaway's new residence happens to be neighboring to the home of Cam's own friends and before long, he is caught up in Amelia's life yet again.Ĭam, a mixture of gypsy and Irish blood, is an outcast is both worlds. Cam, a gypsy himself, cannot help but find Amelia alluring and after helping her locate her brother, kisses her before residing to the fact that he will most likely never see her again. With the help of a childhood friend and gypsy, Merripen, she traces her older brother, Leo, to an establishment run by the dark and enigmatic Cam Rohan. When our story opens up, she is frantically searching for her elder brother who is squandering away the Hathaway's newly acquired wealth. If anything is certain, it is that I will certainly be reading more of Kleypas as soon as I possibly can.Īmelia Hathaway is a protagonist I liked even from the first page. As such, it was a novel that might as well have been written for me and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. While you would expect plenty of sensual encounters, dashing dukes, and drama resulting from a severe lack of communication from most historical fiction novels, Mine Till Midnight delivers with sweet and adoring love scenes, steady character growth, and inner issues that the characters must face opposed to your run-of-the-mill drama. It's a novel that defies most of the typical norms set on historical fiction, instead taking a less-trodden path and succeeding all the more for it. In reality, Lisa Kleypas' first Hathaways novel is a story of tender relationships, growing family, and understanding love. Although its cover just screams 'bodice ripper,' don't let that fool you.

Mine Till Midnight is a novel that completely took me by surprise.

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