It Happened One Autumn

Four young ladies enter London society with one necessary goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband. So they band together, and a daring husband-hunting scheme is born.

It happened at the ball...

Where beautiful but bold Lillian Bowman quickly learned that her independent American ways weren't entirely "the thing." And the most disapproving of all was insufferable, snobbish, and impossible Marcus, Lord Westcliff, London's most eligible aristocrat.

It happened in the garden...

When Marcus shockingly—and dangerously—swept her into his arms. Lillian was overcome with a consuming passion for a man she didn't even like. Time stood still; it was as if no one else existed...thank goodness they weren't caught very nearly in the act!

It happened one autumn...

Marcus was a man in charge of his own emotions, a bedrock of stability. But with Lillian, every touch was ex

Tropes & themes

Wallflowers

More by Lisa Kleypas

• Scandal in Spring (2006)
• Tempt Me at Twilight (2009)
• When Strangers Marry (2002)
• Secrets of a Summer Night (2004)
• Suddenly You (2001)
• A Wallflower Christmas (2008)
• → Lisa Kleypas books in order (full reading guide)

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Where to read It Happened One Autumn

It Happened One Autumn is widely available in ebook and print — check your library, Kindle Unlimited, or your preferred retailer. Prefer to start a whole collection at once? The Margot St. James bundle gives you ten full-length Regency romances for less than the price of one paperback.