My sole problem occurred within the book’s climax, when multiple events take place. She does do some things that are foolish and, in my opinion, done with very little reason, but overall she’s a likable character. Even if her loved ones don’t wholly appreciate her efforts, she has good intentions and really cares about her family and for Cam. She’s a bit managing, and a complete mother figure. Cam is a lot of opposites rolled into one package, and the dichotomy of his character gives him more substance than many heroes.Īmelia is a little less complex, but still charming in her own way.
This proves to be a major plot point, and one that is understandable in this time period.
Not only is he a man who has worked his way up from rags to riches, he faces prejudices against his race as well. Along the way, he faces the decision to continue living the life of the gadji with Amelia, or return to the life of the Roma.Ĭam is a typical Kleypas hero, in that he is not a peer, however, he is separated from that life in two ways. He is attracted to her wholesomeness, and steals a number of kisses from her, believing he will never see her again.īut when the Hathaways move into Ramsay house, near Stony Cross (the Westcliff home from It Happened One Autumn), they encounter each other again and Cam continues to aid Amelia in her never-ending quest to keep her family from falling into shambles. Cam is suffering from ennui when Amelia comes, with her slightly managing ways, looking for her brother. His “good luck curse” has given him riches beyond his needs or desires, despite all efforts to lose his material goods. Amelia is trying to keep her family together and her brother safe and unexpectedly finds aid from the half-gypsy factotum of Jenner’s Gambling Club, Cam Rohan.Ĭam is caught between two worlds – the world of the Roma, which he was forced to abandon as a child, and that of the decadent upper class. Once a talented architect, Ramsay has combined severe depression with the wastrel lifestyle of the ton – drinking, gambling, whoring – to such extremes that they will likely put him in an early grave. Our heroine, Amelia Hathaway, is the spinster sister of the new Lord Ramsay. Though not technically linked to her Wallflower series, this book includes visits from some of the characters featured in those books. While this book isn’t quite as fantastic as some of her older books, Mine Till Midnight is a solid contribution to Kleypas’ impressive backlist. A solid half of her books are on my DIK list, so when I got the chance to review her new historical, I was thrilled. Lisa Kleypas was one of the first romance authors I read and is one of the few from my early days I still read voraciously.
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