Lisa kleypas

Monika · Joined: 03 Apr 2012 Posts: 44

Hi everyone Smile

I know..i know...All of you must have read all of her books by now...*feels sheepish*...and I have read just one...yup just one book of hers...Dreaming of you...and I loved it...but later my obsession with virgin heroes began and I forgot all about her..but I realised that i was missing great books by being too selective....so I need your recommendation,suggestions as to what book I should read of hers...
But since I am making a transition from virgin heroes....i dont want the heroes to be like rogues or rakes,man slut or such...i hope you get what I mean...

Yulie · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1045 Location: Elsewhere

Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270

I really enjoyed her Wallflower series:

Secrets of Summer Night
It Happened One Autum (my fave in the series)
Devil in Winter

And my favorite series from Lisa Klepyas The Hathaways.

Simply for the couple Leo and Marks, but the series is good as well with the family interactions that you will adore. But my favorite couple are shown from the second book to their own Married by Morning. You really should read the series in order because if you don't you miss out on the build of Lord Ramsey and Marks.

In order is:
Mine til Midnight
Seduce me at Sunrise (This is where you meet Marks as well)
Tempt me at Twighlight
Married by Mourning (Leo and Marks)
Love in the Afternoon

Enjoy them all.
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Nicole · Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:51 pm Post subject:

I love Lisa Kleypas's books, almost to the point of squeeing fangirl status. I have really enjoyed all her books, so I'd recommend any of them. My favorite historical of hers is Suddenly You.

Also if you are open to it, her contemporaries are good as well. I particularly enjoyed Sugar Daddy, which I think gets more of a mixed reaction than her other books in the Travis series. That book resonated for me for some reason, and I just love it.
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Ash · Joined: 11 Jul 2011 Posts: 160

My personal Favourites are:

Tempt Me At Twilight
Love In The Afternoon
Devil In Winter.

cdnreader · Joined: 16 Feb 2009 Posts: 133

LK is one of my favorite authors. I look forward to both her contemps and historicals. I don't think you can go wrong any of them. I love both the Hathaway series and Wallflower series.

THE HATHAWAYS SERIES
Love in the Afternoon (Book 5)
Married by Morning (Book 4)
Tempt Me at Twilight (Book 3)
Seduce Me at Sunrise (Book 2)
Mine Till Midnight (Book 1)
WALLFLOWER SERIES
A Wallflower Christmas (Book 5)
Scandal in Spring (Book 4)
The Devil in Winter (Book 3)
It Happened One Autumn (Book 2)
Secrets of a Summer Night (Book 1)
BOW STREET SERIES
Again the Magic (Book 4)
Worth Any Price (Book 3)
Lady Sophia's Lover (Book 1)
Where's My Hero (novella)
STAND ALONE BOOKS *
When Strangers Marry
Suddenly You
Dreaming of You
Where Dreams Begin
Someone To Watch Over Me
Stranger In My Arms
Only With Your Love
Because You're Mine
Prince of Dreams
Midnight Angel
I Will - Wish List Anthology
Somewhere I'll Find You

Eliza · Joined: 21 Aug 2011 Posts: 713

Monika · Joined: 03 Apr 2012 Posts: 44

Wow...so many to choose...thank you all for so many wonderful suggestions:)

Jean Wan AAR · Joined: 13 Apr 2009 Posts: 383 Location: Toronto, Canada

Sorry, but I'm going to have to chip in on a dissenting note. If the original poster is asking for heroes who are not rogues, rakes, or man sluts, then I think that most books are off the list. Not that they're not good, but chaste or restrained these heroes are not. St. Vincent (Devil in Winter) is a man slut (and for the record, this is my #1 favourite book by LK). Leo Ramsey (Married by Morning) is another. And while not all are promiscuous, the vast, vast majority have a hefty dose of experience.

My list for non-rakish/less-experienced Kleypas heroes:

Lady Sophia's Lover
Worth Any Price
Seduce Me at Sunrise (not my favourite, but the best of the Hathaway series)
Then Came You

There may be others, but they don't stand out at the moment. I have to say, full disclosure, that the Hathaway series more or less put me off the author for a while.

Also, I haven't read them, but it sounds like her new contemporary series starting with Rainshadow Road has some "normally" experienced heroes. Additionally, they seem to represent quite a departure from her usual 1% heroes.
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Islandgirl2 · Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 270

Sorry Jean AAR I disagree that Leo Ramsey is a man slut etc.

I think that while he was a flirt he was never shown bed hopping or being a true rake in that sense. It was talked about but never shown and most of the series he's hurt by losing his first love.

I don't think he's quite of that category in the sense that the OP will be offended to read about him.

Even in Devil in Winter once they are in their own book they aren't the man slut they once were and it's about the heroine so it's not something you will have to contend with in their story. There is a difference with having a dark/wild past and being a current rake/rouge etc.
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Eliza · Joined: 21 Aug 2011 Posts: 713

FWIW, Devil in Winter is my favorite Kleypas book too, but St. Vincent has to be redeemed from some serious "stuff" even more than being a rogue, so I didn't think he met the OP request either.

It's always interesting to see which Kleypas books folks favor since they're all good in different ways IMO; and while many do list the Hathaway books, they're my least favorite too.

And for my full disclosure, the Bow Street Runners is my favorite series, which includes Lady Sophia and Worth Any Price.

KataO · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 67 Location: Finland

Sorry if this is off topic, but I would like to know in which LK book heroine hires a maleprostitute? And secondly, is it a standalone?

Natalie · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 1566

KataO · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 67 Location: Finland

Thanks!

Monika · Joined: 03 Apr 2012 Posts: 44