Review: Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas
Submitted by Doll KittNLuv on July 5, 2010 – 4:00 am3 Comments
[Hathaways 4]
He is everything she wants to avoid…For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters – a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges’ older brother, Leo Hathaway, is thoroughly exasperating. Cat can hardly believe that their constant arguing could mask mutual attraction. But when one quarrel ends in a sudden kiss, Cat is shocked at her powerful response – and even more so when Leo proposes a dangerous liaison.She is not at all what she seems…Leo must marry and produce an heir within a year to save his family home. Catherine’s respectable demeanor hides a secret that would utterly destroy her. But to Leo, Cat is intriguing and infernally tempting, even to a man resolved never to love again. The danger Cat tried to outrun is about to separate them forever – unless two wary lovers can find a way to banish the shadows and give in to their desires…
I’ve been waiting (what seems like forever, but in fact, only several months) for Married by Morning – Lisa Kleypas fourth installment into her Hathaways series. My favorite character in this series, Leo Hathaway or Lord Ramsay and his story are the focal point of this book and my only complaint is to it being too short and to how fast I devoured it.
Leo Hathaway is the eldest of the eccentric Hathaway family. It’s only been a couple of years since inheriting the tittle of Viscount Ramsay due to a series of unfortunate events and Leo Hathaway, has only recently decided to embrace his position. He use to be an unbearable rake and completely self destructive until his trip to Paris with his younger sister, Win. Paris agreed with him incredibly well and allowed him the time and space he needed to come to terms with the loss of his first love, Laura, to Scarlett fever four years ago. Leo is a passionate man, loving and grieving with such ferociousness that it consumes him completely. Upon returning home from Paris, Leo learns of a new governess and companion for his sisters, Poppy and Beatrix, hired by the eldest sister, Amelia, to teach the unconventional Hathaways how to be have in polite society. Upon the first meeting of Catherine Marks, Leo takes away from the experience an unnerving need to throttle her. He dislikes her immediately, however, the feeling is quite mutual.
Catherine Marks thinks very little of Lord Ramsay. She finds him to be cynical, foolish, and self absorbed. Always on her guard around him, she fires just as many fiery comebacks to his every stinging quip. She’s a closemouthed woman with a damaging past. Spending most of her time in the Hathaway family on the outside, always looking in. Though she has fallen head over heels for the bizarre family, she knows it’s only a matter of time before her disguises no longer work and her most hated enemy recognizes her, spilling all her secrets, and forcing her to run once again.
Leo has always found Marks to be cantankerous, stubborn and … utterly fascinating. Try as he might not to, he can’t help wanting to find out all her guarded secrets. He launches a full out war upon her, completely unstoppable. And the more he learns, the more obsessed with her he becomes. He’s afraid of falling in love again, but Marks is proving to be an irresistible challenge in the form of slow seduction.
Married by Morning starts before the end of Tempt Me at Twilight. Lisa Kleypas fans of the Hathaways had to be all but dying to know what events took place to cause such of confrontation between Marks and Leo at the end of Poppy and Harry’s story. For such a scene to unfold could not have been anything short of scandalous to have the two even be in the same room alone together. Both frequently take full enjoyment in tormenting each other relentlessly and the resulting mixture of sharp barbs and witty dialogue is unbearably humorous. Married by Morning is clever and emotionally intense with scorching love scenes that heat up the pages and cause glasses to fog. The way Leo treats Marks is such a turn in character that not only is Mark’s seeing him in a new light, the reader is as well. He showed such tenderness with Marks, in and out of the bedroom, that it left me pleasantly surprised by how romantic he can truly be. It is undoubtedly my favorite edition to the Hathaways series.
Hathaways [H]
Mine Till Midnight-2007
Seduce Me at Sunrise-2008
Tempt Me at Twilight-2009
Married By Morning-May 25, 2010
Love in the Afternoon-June 29, 2010[FINAL]
Visit Lisa Kleypas’ Website
This book was bought by KittNLuv.
Kitt is an avid reader of Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Historical, Classics, Young Adult, and on the occasion she reads some Erotica to spice things up. Her entrance into the world of Paranormal started with Charlaine Harris's Stackhouse series. When not feeding her addiction she can be found slaving away cooking as a Sous Chef, watching movies and Anime, or out looking for trouble. She lives in Florida with her DB Deist and their two cats Salem and Dublin.
OMG, Kittn!! I haven't had a chance to read all the books in the series yet, but now I have a sudden urge to jump in over my head.
This looks like a fun read – I have been dipping my toes into the HR genre – It's not really my thing but I have read a few good ones that people have recommended. I just bought a Lisa Leypas book – it's a contemperary romance tho – my first by her. Total impulse buy – I don't even remember the name of it ;-))
@Lee – I love this series. It's sexy and funny.
@Karen – I haven't read any of her contemporary romances or any contemporary romances for that matter. I like historical if I'm to read a romance. For some reason, they seem to have more… magic.