Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas

Yeah, I know this came out last year and that the sequel is out this month. It's been sitting on my shelf for almost that long, too.

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.

You know, I think this is actually my first Lisa Kleypas book. Good thing I actually liked it since I've heard very good things about some of her other books and some meh things about others. Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed Secrets of a Summer Night. I liked Simon and even though he was determined to get Annabelle, I liked that he wasn't made out to be a complete alpha-ass. There were times when I thought he might be, but then he went and surprised me. I liked how things were done as far as how Annabelle and Simon got together. I truly thought that these two were in love and lately that doesn't seem to have happened in many of the books I've read. Can't wait to read the next one and don't think I'll wait quite a year to read it this time. But I think I need to not get too burned out on historicals and read a bit of other stuff before I jump into It Happened One Autumn.

Oh, another thing I liked was that although I believe we had glimpses of characters from previous books, I wouldn't have guessed that from reading the book. And I really liked feeling that I wasn't missing some inside information while reading it. Though I do think I'll be trying some more of her books in the future.