Tempt Me at Twilight (The Hathaways, #3)

by Lisa Kleypas

“You should know,” came a low, chilling voice close to her ear, “that with just a bit more pressure than this, I could snap your neck.

first words out of his mouth 😩🙏🏻😍

“Let me help.”

This line used to read, "If you try to run from me, I'll only catch you again." And naturally, I highlighted it. MISS KLEYPAS STOP CHANGING THINGS I BEG

There was no need to explain more. But it was one of Poppy’s failings that she loved conversation,

ugh she's so me!!

“I’m not finished with you yet,” he said with stunning casualness. As if no one ever refused him anything. As if he planned to keep her with him for as long as he wished.

oh here we GO

“I have nothing to fear.” “You might.” A flirtatious glint had entered his eye. “You could be kissed by a stranger.”

This used to be, "I have nothing to fear." "Of course you do," he murmured. "You're looking right at it." LIKE HELLO???!?!?! MISS KLEYPAS WE DON'T WANT NORMAL WE WANT PSYCHOOOO

She had radiated a kind of cheery astuteness that should have been annoying, but instead it had given him unexpected pleasure.

him expecting to be annoyed by her lmao

Dearest love, As I reflected on our last conversation, I kissed the place on my wrist where your tears fell. How can you not believe that I weep the same tears every day and night that we’re apart? You have made it impossible for me to think of anyone or anything but you. I am mad with ardor for you, don’t doubt it in the least.

We NEED to bring back men yearning. Like HELLO??? How am I meant to be normal after reading this???????!?!!?

Bayning wanted Poppy to wait? Unfathomable, when every cell in Harry’s body was charged with impatient desire.

They just met??? Oh he is down BAAAAD

“The truth is, Miss Hathaway . . . Poppy . . . every minute I spend in your company gives me such pleasure that I can scarcely bear to be apart from you.”

Why don't we still talk like this????

“Poppy Hathaway, it is impossible not to love you.”

imagine a man--

Harry was shocked by the force of his own reaction to her, the tidal wave of protectiveness.

😛😛😛

Harry didn’t want her to stop. He found everything about her endlessly interesting, although he couldn’t explain why. She simply was.

oh i am down BAD

“Forgive me. I talk excessively. I shouldn’t—” “No,” Harry said, overwhelmed by a baffling and unfamiliar emotion, white-knuckled with it. “I could listen to you all day.”

need this fr

She was worth anything, he thought, even giving up the last remnants of his soul.

LISAAAAA HOW AM I MEANT TO ACCEPT A REAL MAN WHEN YOU WRITE STUFF LIKE THIS?!?!?!

He watches you like one of those ambushing sort of predators. The kind that lie in wait before they spring.”

LMAO my type!!!!!!

“He can have her heart,” came Harry’s casual reply. “As long as I have the rest of her.”

why would this work on me help

“I intend to be busy. As soon as you come here. Monisha, don’t make me chase you this early.”

Ugh Cam is still so hot

Cam kissed her tender throat, while one of his knees nudged between hers. “It’s either now,” he murmured, “or behind the rhododendrons at the flower show. Your choice.”

✨OKAAAAYY✨

Leo sat and reached for Poppy, gathering her close. He held her, patting her back, until he heard her sniffle. “That bastard,” he said quietly. “Shall I kill him for you?”

I LOVE HIM

“Don’t ever trust men with good intentions. They’ll always disappoint you.”

Leo gets it

“How can I help?” he asked gently.

A MAN

“Why did you ask me to dance?” Harry hesitated as if torn between the necessity of tact and the inclination toward honesty. He settled on the latter. “Because I wanted to hold you.”

AKJGDAJFG:AJFALKADJLF

“You were courted by a boy, who had to do as he was told.” His hot breath feathered against her lips as he whispered, “You should try it with a man, who needs no one’s permission.”

BARK BARK BARK

“Give me a penance,” Harry urged. “I’ll do whatever you ask.”

He's so OBSESSED WITH HER?!??! AJDKAgaJS

She never missed an opportunity to disdain Leo and treat him as if he had all the intellectual prowess of an oyster.

their book is gonna go nuts and I can't wait

Suddenly nothing at the ball seemed quite so interesting as his sisters’ companion. Leo decided to go bother her.

this energy, your honor

“You’re not my master,” she had the nerve to say, glaring insolently at him. Oh, I’d like to be, Leo thought in a quick, flush of arousal,

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

“I’m everything they told you and worse,” Harry said without hesitation.

WeeEEEEEEEeEeeEEeeeeeEEeee!!!

“Yes,” Poppy said, her voice a bit suffocated. “Yes, I will marry you.”

MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE BABY!!! HERE WE GOOOO!!!!

Nothing. Except that watching his wife eating breakfast was the most erotic act he had ever seen.

this man is starving

“You always have at least ten things planned.” “Nothing’s more important than you.”

he is down so unbelievably bad. and frankly, so am i.

“You won’t kiss me for diamonds,” he said, his voice slightly raspy, “but you will for chocolates?” Poppy nodded.

LMAO meeeee

With annoyance, Harry realized that Poppy would have to stay in his bedroom.

ONE BED BABY LET'S GOOOOOO

He wanted to ravish her.

😇😇😇

And somewhere in the depths of his soul, a fracture began as he experienced something entirely new . . . the desire to please another person.

Dear god this man is BROKEN 😍🙏🏻🤩

She thought him a monster . . . well, he would prove her right. He would be everything she thought him and worse.

thank the LORD

Harry dropped it to the floor. He stared at her with equal parts hunger and reverence.

help

Because the last thing he wanted on earth was to cause his wife even a moment’s pain. He would die before hurting her, no matter what the consequences to himself.

🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

“Of course he does. Men love to be forgiven. It makes us feel better about our inability to learn from our mistakes.”

LMAO BYE i love him

“The ladies’ periodicals advise to let one’s husband have his way most of the time.” “Oh, lies, lies. Only let your husband think he’s having his way. That’s the secret to a happy marriage.”

I love them 😭

All he knew was that he was worried about Poppy, and if he had to fight to be able to see her, so be it. He would fight until he bloody well dropped.

OKAYY!!!!!!!

One thing was clear to Harry: His in-laws were not normal people.

LMAOOO

“I have no idea,” she replied. “The only way to find out is to take a bite.” His hands went to her waist, and he turned her gently to face him. “I think I’ll start with you.”

EEEEEEEEEP

“I’m going to make love to you all night, Poppy. And the first time, you’re going to feel very safe. But the second time, I’m going to be a little bit wicked . . . and you’ll like that even more. And the third time . . .” He paused with a smile as he heard her breath catch. “The third time, I’m going to do things that will mortify you when you remember them tomorrow.” He kissed her gently. “And you’ll love that most of all.”

hello 911? Me again--

“We won’t have to tell the rest of the family until you’re ready,” Harry said. “But I would rather not hide our relationship when we’re in private. You’re my only family.”

stop this is so cute??? 😭

“Let me be your big brother,” he whispered.

i'm a SAP

Perhaps, she mused, it wasn’t so much that Harry was being altered as he was being revealed . . . layer by layer, the defenses coming off. Perhaps Harry was becoming—or would become in time—the man he had always been meant to be. Because he had finally found someone who mattered.

no because I eat this up 😭😭

love wasn’t about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark.

“Say it,” he urged, tender and predatory. “I want to hear what it sounds like.”

on my knees

“I wonder if I might steal you away for just a few minutes? There’s a . . . ” His voice faded as he stared into his wife’s face. She had looked up at him with a flirting little grin that had apparently disrupted his train of thought.

AJKDADLKGJ AAAAAHHHHH!!!