The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 15 books · 2004 to 2020 · Mostly set in London

Lisa Kleypas

RomanceHistorical romance

Lisa Kleypas writes Victorian romance. Four wallflowers make a pact to find husbands for one another; the Hathaway siblings are rescued from ruin; and the Ravenels, a generation later, include the children of the wallflowers.

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Lisa Kleypas books in order

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Wallflowers

4 books · Set in LondonHistorical romance
  1. 1Secrets of a Summer Night2004Buy on Amazon
  2. 2It Happened One Autumn2005Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Devil in Winter2006With Sebastian, Lord St VincentBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Scandal in Spring2006Buy on Amazon

The Hathaways

5 books · Set in HampshireHistorical romance
  1. 1Mine Till Midnight2007Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Seduce Me at Sunrise2008With Win HathawayBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Tempt Me at Twilight2009With Poppy HathawayBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Married by Morning2010Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Love in the Afternoon2010With Beatrix HathawayBuy on Amazon

The Ravenels

6 books · Set in LondonHistorical romance
  1. 1Cold-Hearted Rake2015With Kathleen RavenelBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Marrying Winterborne2016With Rhys Winterborne and Helen RavenelBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Devil in Spring2017With Pandora Ravenel and Gabriel, Lord St VincentBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Hello Stranger2018With Dr Garrett Gibson and Ethan RansomBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Devil's Daughter2019With Phoebe RavenelBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Chasing Cassandra2020With Cassandra RavenelBuy on Amazon

Characters

26 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

The Wallflowers

The Hathaways

The Ravenels