Mine Till Midnight (Hathaways Book 1)

“Merripen said the sky should always be blue for her,” Beatrix said.

“I like her,” she heard Poppy whisper to Beatrix as the two of them walked behind her. “Do you think all American women are so dashing?” Dashing … yes, that was an appropriate word for Lady Westcliff.

Poppy frowned. “I’ve been waiting my entire life for Amelia to stray from the straight and narrow. Now that it’s happened, I’m going to enjoy it.” “I’d enjoy it too,” Beatrix said plaintively, “if I only knew what we’re talking about.”

“You might consider a less dangerous hobby,” Lady Westcliff suggested. “Bird-watching. Butterfly-collecting. Something a bit more dignified than setting off explosions.” Amelia expected the earl to frown at this irreverence, but he only looked amused. And as his wife’s attention moved to the rest of the Hathaways, he stared at her with covert fasci

“A man who wants trouble can find it anywhere.”

Merripen eased his front to the mattress and said something in Romany that sounded extremely foul. “You too,” Cam said equably.

“I’ll lie to him, if necessary,” Win said, shocking the other three into speechlessness. “He trusts me. He’ll believe whatever I say.” To their knowledge, Win had never told a lie in her life, not even as a child. “Do you really think you could?” Beatrix asked, rather awed by the notion. “To save his life, yes.”

The women he had slept with in the past had never worn this kind of prim white nightgown, which struck Cam as the most erotic garment he had ever seen.

“You may not be able to avoid our involvement,” Lady Westcliff said with a grin. “You’re in Westcliff’s sphere now, which means you’ll get advice whether or not you asked for it. And the worst part is, he’s almost always right.” She sent a fond glance in her husband’s direction. Westcliff was standing in a group at the side of the room. Becoming aw