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Secrets of a Summer Night

Wallflower Quartet #1

  • 2004 first published
  • 368 pages
  • 7 editions

Secrets of a Summer Night is a 2004 historical romance and Victorian-set fiction novel by Lisa Kleypas. The story is set in London and England, in Victorian (1837–1901). It features Annabelle Peyton, Simon Hunt and Lillian Bowman. Readers will find themes of man-woman relationships and wallflowers series.

47 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions across 3 languages.

At about 368 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About Secrets of a Summer Night

Wallflowers #1 Four young ladies enter London society with one common goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband.So a daring husband-hunting scheme is born.Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle's most intriguing -- and persistent -- admirer, wealthy, powerful Simon Hunt, has made it clear that while he will introduce her to irresistible pleasure he will not offer marriage. Annabelle is determined to resist his unthinkable proposition ... but it is impossible in the face of such skillful seduction. Her friends, looking to help, conspire to entice a more suitable gentleman to offer for Annabelle, for only then will she be safe from Simon -- and her own longings. But on one summer night, Annabelle succumbs to Simon's passionate embrace and tempting kisses ... and she discovers that love is the most dangerous game of all. Wallflowers Series: Again the Magic (Wallflowers, #0) Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1) It Happened One Autumn (Wallflowers, #2) Devil in Winter (Wallflowers, #3) Scandal in Spring (Wallflowers, #4) A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers, #4.5)
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Annabelle Peyton
  • Simon Hunt
  • Lillian Bowman
  • Daisy Bowman
  • Evangeline Jenner
  • Wallflowers
  • Marcus Earl of Westcliff

Subjects

  • Historical Romance
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Wallflowers series

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Secrets of a Summer Night?

Secrets of a Summer Night was written by Lisa Kleypas and first published in 2004.

What genre is Secrets of a Summer Night?

It is usually shelved as Historical Romance and Victorian-Era Fiction.

How long is Secrets of a Summer Night?

The median edition has 368 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Secrets of a Summer Night?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Wicked Ways of a Duke, Never Dare a Duke and The River Knows.

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