Their bickering is highly entertaining and their enemies-to-lovers chemistry is sublime.
Unfortunately for him, Annabelle has scruples-and she hates his guts. He has no desire to marry, but he has held a torch for Annabelle and wants to make her his mistress. Simon Hunt is an arrogant commoner who has made a fortune for himself in industry and, therefore, has been accepted into aristocratic circles. She manages to avoid a woe is me attitude, always holding her head high, using ingenuity, and maintaining a sense of humor despite her desperate circumstances. I admired Annabelle’s spine of steel and her spunk. Although she is beautiful and has no shortage of offers to be a kept woman, no nobleman has proposed due to her lack of a dowry. Their burgeoning friendship is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the story.Ģ4-year-old Annabelle Peyton has no dowry, and in order to lift her family from poverty, she must find an aristocrat to marry before the fast-approaching end of the season.
I liked the fact that each woman is unique and has a different approach to solving their mutual problem. I enjoyed Secrets of a Summer Night immensely anyway and read it in one sitting.įour rejected and desperate “wallflowers” make a pact to assist each other in finding husbands before their courting season ends. I read the third book in the series before reading this first book. But fate may have other plans-and it will take all of Annabelle's courage to face a peril that could destroy everything she holds dear. As they try to outmaneuver each other, they find themselves surrendering to a love more powerful than they could have ever imagined.
Unfortunately her most persistent admirer is the brash Simon Hunt, a handsome and ambitious entrepreneur who wants her as his mistress.Īnnabelle is determined to resist Simon's wicked propositions, but she can't deny her attraction to the boldly seductive rogue, any more than he can resist the challenge she presents. Her family is on the brink of disaster, and the only way Annabelle can save them is to marry a wealthy man. Proud and beautiful Annabelle Peyton could have her pick of suitors-if only she had a dowry. Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypasįour young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands.
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