Gorgeous read!
Chasing Cassandra (The Ravenels #6) by Lisa Kleypas
I was enchanted by Cassandra and her relationship with railway magnate Tom Severin.
Tom it seems is restless. "Things that gave him pleasure now bored him." With that jaded mind set Tom accepts an invitation to Pandora Ravenel's wedding and finds himself even more adrift. The now married Revenel men are no longer as amusing as they once were. How to dispel his mood? "Maybe he should marry" After all he's made his fortune, and marrying into the right circles should help to advance him socially.
Retreating to the library whilst considering all this, he's quite startled when he overhears Pandora's twin Cassandra sobbing to West that she's now about to become an old maid, and proceeds to list her deficiencies.
Such a delicious moment when the distant Tom, apparently a man who only knows FIVE emotions, leapt out of an alcove in the library and declared himself ready to marry Cassandra even though they'd never met.
What propelled Tom to be so out of character? Well it appears "Tom Severin was smitten. Smitten and slain."
I just loved the journey Tom takes discovering emotions he either didn't know existed or had never had the experience of. This man is in love and that emotion is totally foreign! I loved the dance between Tom and Cassandra. There's some quite delicious moments of repartee.
And then there's the street urchin Bazzle. He's just a fabulous addition. Getting him cleaned up is even more hilarious.
When Cassandra is "slandered by a rejected suitor" Tom leaves no stone unturned to rectify the situation.
The tension mounts as their story unfolds towards the HEA they deserve. Such a satisfying read. Ah, the bliss of it all!
A HarperCollins ARC via NetGalley
*****
I was enchanted by Cassandra and her relationship with railway magnate Tom Severin.
Tom it seems is restless. "Things that gave him pleasure now bored him." With that jaded mind set Tom accepts an invitation to Pandora Ravenel's wedding and finds himself even more adrift. The now married Revenel men are no longer as amusing as they once were. How to dispel his mood? "Maybe he should marry" After all he's made his fortune, and marrying into the right circles should help to advance him socially.
Retreating to the library whilst considering all this, he's quite startled when he overhears Pandora's twin Cassandra sobbing to West that she's now about to become an old maid, and proceeds to list her deficiencies.
Such a delicious moment when the distant Tom, apparently a man who only knows FIVE emotions, leapt out of an alcove in the library and declared himself ready to marry Cassandra even though they'd never met.
What propelled Tom to be so out of character? Well it appears "Tom Severin was smitten. Smitten and slain."
I just loved the journey Tom takes discovering emotions he either didn't know existed or had never had the experience of. This man is in love and that emotion is totally foreign! I loved the dance between Tom and Cassandra. There's some quite delicious moments of repartee.
And then there's the street urchin Bazzle. He's just a fabulous addition. Getting him cleaned up is even more hilarious.
When Cassandra is "slandered by a rejected suitor" Tom leaves no stone unturned to rectify the situation.
The tension mounts as their story unfolds towards the HEA they deserve. Such a satisfying read. Ah, the bliss of it all!
A HarperCollins ARC via NetGalley
*****
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