Hathaway sisters plus Romany Gypsies in the time of Queen Victoria? Yes, please!

Seduce Me at Sunrise tells the story of Winnifred, who has been in love with Merripen ever since she was a little girl. She leaves England to go to a spa in France in order to recover her health, and returns two years later (with her doctor in tow) to find that Merripen has become a competent property manager and a very hard man indeed. Merripen has always been in love with Win as well, but he feels he's not good enough to deserve her - not only because he's a Rom, but also because he was raised to be a brutal fighter - the human equivalent of a mistreated pit bull, really.

I quite liked the way the relationships between all the Hathaways were further developed in this book, and the way that Leo's true character started to creep in, even though he's not the focus of this title (his romance is book four in the series). Leo manages to get through to Merripen when nobody else can, and a sexy abduction results, followed by a really terrific scene in which Win has to deal with the doctor (no spoilers here, but that scene made me all kinds of happy) and secrets are disclosed and I was nearly inspired to dance the mamushka (okay - so that's the dance they did in The Addams Family; so sue me).

Incidentally, you should see the stepbacks on these books. They're delicious. Also, I've already read the other two books in the series, but they'll wait their turn for review. And now, I'm probably going to scare up the books in the Wallflower series, since some of the happily marrieds who drift into the Hathaway books come from there. *grins*