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Set in Regency England, "Love in the Afternoon" follows the unorthodox Beatrix Hathaway, who prefers the outdoors to social salons. Having remained uncoupled despite previous courtship, she resolves to assist her friend Prudence by writing letters to Captain Christopher Phelan.
Phelan, a handsome soldier, plans to wed Prudence but is haunted by battlefield trauma. As his letters to Prudence become increasingly brooding, Beatrix’s interventions deepen into an intimate correspondence of their own.
When Phelan returns home, he is determined to claim the woman he loves—and the deceptive beginnings culminate in a passionate love that neither can deny.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Lisa Kleypas
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