Bad fortune continuously plagues Amelia Hathaway and her siblings. The latest is a cursed title that Amelia's brother, Leo, inherits from a distant relative. Since the death of his beloved fiancée, Leo drinks to oblivion leaving Amelia to manage the family. Ignoring the curse, Amelia relocates the family to the dilapidated country estate hoping that their luck will change. Befriended by their neighbors, Amelia meets a fascinating half-Gypsy club owner who distracts her from her numerous problems. At 26, Amelia has given up on romance, especially after a disastrous engagement years ago.

Cam Rohan struggles with the duality of his half-Gypsy heritage. Since his Gypsy grandparents sent him to London, he has embraced the Gadjo life by becoming a very successful and rich man. Now the walls are closing in on him, and Cam feels restless and unsatisfied with his life. The slights and slurs of the aristocracy tire and bore him. As he visits friends in the country, Cam considers returning to a Gypsy life of wandering the countryside. There he encounters Amelia, a woman who intrigues him, even though she's everything he dislikes in English women. She's a managing woman with impeccable manners who never strays from the respectable path.

Neither wants to be attracted to each other, but fate keeps tossing them together. The heat between them burns and Cam gets caught up in Amelia's family's turbulent existence. He must choose between investigating his Gypsy ties or following his heart into the messy Hathaway lives.

Picking up from the Wallflower series, Ms. Kleypas does not miss a beat as she begins a new series starring a dangerous Gypsy with a mysterious past and a managing heroine who captivates him. The love story brims with humor and touches of pathos as the characters struggle with lost love and relinquishing grief to embrace life anew. The end begs for a sequel for Amelia's sister, Win, and Merripen, the Gypsy with a puzzling background.

Book Summary

From the blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes Mine Till Midnight, the first title in the beloved regency romance series The Hathaways

When an unexpected inheritance elevates her family to the ranks of the aristocracy, Amelia Hathaway discovers that tending to her younger sisters and wayward brother was easy compared to navigating the intricacies of the ton. Even more challenging: the attraction she feels for the tall, dark, and dangerously handsome Cam Rohan.

Wealthy beyond most men's dreams, Cam has tired of society's petty restrictions and longs to return to his "uncivilized" Gypsy roots. When the delectable Amelia appeals to him for help, he intends to offer only friendship—but intentions are no match for the desire that blindsides them both. But can a man who spurns tradition be tempted into that most time-honored arrangement: marriage? Life in London society is about to get a whole lot hotter.

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