Tempt Me at Twilight

Tempt Me at Twilight, the third book in Lisa Kleypas's popular Victorian romance series. Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional family, though she longs for normalcy. Then fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life.

When their flirtation compromises her own reputation, Poppy shocks everyone by accepting his proposalonly to find that her new husband offers his passion, but not his trust. Harry was willing to do anything to win Poppyexcept to open his heart. All his life, he has held the world at arm's lengthbut the sharp, beguiling Poppy demands to be his wife in every way that matters.

Still, as desire grows between them, an enemy lurks in the shadows. Now if Harry wants to keep Poppy by his side, he must forge a true union of body and soul, once and for all.

Kleypas is the RITA Award-winning author of many contemporary and historical romance novels, including the Hathaways series, A Wallflower Christmas, Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, and Love in the Afternoon. Her books are published in fourteen languages and are bestsellers all over the world. Kleypas graduated from Wellesley College and published her first novel at the age of 21.

In 1985, she was named Miss Massachusetts in the Miss America competition. She lives in Washington with her husband and two children.