Love in the Afternoon continues the Hallaways series by Victorian
romance author Lisa Kleypas.
As a lover of animals and nature, Beatrix Hathaway has always been more
comfortable outdoors than in the ballroom. 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...and she has
resigned herself to the fate of never finding love. Has the time come
for the most unconventional of the Hathaway sisters to settle for an
ordinary man--just to avoid spinsterhood?
Captain 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. 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. When Beatrix learns of
Pru's disappointment, she decides to help by concocting Pru's letters to
Christopher for her. Soon the correspondence between Beatrix and
Christopher develops into something fulfilling and deep...and when
Christopher comes home, he's determined to claim the woman he loves.
What began as Beatrix's innocent deception has resulted in the agony of
unfulfilled love--and a passion that can't be denied...