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Die zwanzigjährige Cassie Jones lebt mit ihrem Onkel, einem eigenbrötlerischen Flugzeugkonstrukteur, in einer Kleinstadt in Virginia, wo die beiden ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Flugvorführungen bestreiten. Als eine der ersten Pilotinnen in Amerika muß sich die impulsive Cassie ständig gegen die Vorurteile in der Gesellschaft zur Wehr setzen. Außerdem engagiert sie sich vehement für die Gleichberechtigung und das Wahlrecht der Frauen. Eingedenk der unglücklichen Ehe ihrer Mutter ist Cassie entschlossen, sich niemals einem Mann zu unterwerfen. Bis sie auf einem Übungsflug den attraktiven Piloten Linc Cameron kennenlernt, ein Flieger-As des Ersten Weltkriegs. Er ist zu Besuch bei seinem ehemaligen Staffelkameraden Edward Farrell, einem Jugendfreund Cassies. In seiner Rolle in der Öffentlichkeit als bejubelter Fliegerheld fühlt sich Linc Cameron spürbar unwohl. Vom ersten Augenblick an sind Linc und Cassie voneinander fasziniert, aber beide sind stolz und verletzbar. Als Cassie von einem Flugwettbewerb quer durch die USA hört, dessen Gewinner 50.000 Dollar erhalten soll, beschließt sie, mit ihrem Onkel Quigly daran teilzunehmen. Die beiden benötigen dringend Geld, um einen von Quigly entwickelten Flugzeugmotor bauen zu lassen. Auch Linc und Edward wollen sich – als Konkurrenten – am Wettfliegen beteiligen. Es kommt zu einem halsbrecherischen Wettflug quer über den amerikanischen Kontinent...
349 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 1989
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Penelope Williamson
26 books237 followersPenelope Williamson is an internationally renowned author of historical romance and suspense. Penelope Williamson was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, and spent the first eleven years of her life as an US Air Force brat. She has a B.A. in history, an M.A. in broadcast journalism, and was in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years, where she reached the rank of Captain. She has more than 1.8 million books in print, including The Outsider, Heart of the West A Wild Yearning, Once in a Blue Moon, and Keeper of the Dream. Penny is a past winner of the Romantic Times' Best Historical Romance of the Year award and the Romance Writers of America's RITA awards. Penelope Williamson lives with her husband in Mill Valley, California.
pseudonyms: Elizabeth Lambert, Penn Williamson
pseudonyms: Elizabeth Lambert, Penn Williamson
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March 7, 2022
My least favorite by Penelope Williamson, but that's saying a lot! Compared to her later romances the romance, passion, and angst in this early offering isn't as intense—the tone could be compared to that of a YA book—but it's still well-written and enjoyable.
March 11, 2015
4 and ½ Stars! WINGS OF DESIRE – A Romantic Flight Across Early 20th Century America
I am a huge fan of Penelope Williamson and so after reading her amazing novels like KEEPER OF THE DREAM and THE PASSIONS OF EMMA, I had to get her whole back list. This romance is one of the early ones and I'd bet it was on her shelf of "first books" when it was published under another pen name in the same year as HEARTS BEGUILED. I say all this because this one, while a most worthy read, is not the sweeping, heart rending saga that she became known for.
It's set in Virginia (initially) in 1919 and tells the story of a young woman, Cassandra (Cassie) Jones, who at 19 is an accomplish pilot and a staunch advocate of a woman's right to vote. She is a heroine we can all identify with as she struggles against a past that tells her love is not to be trusted even while her heart wants to give itself to the handsome WWI war hero and ace pilot Linc Cameron.
Linc knows what he wants and he wants Cassie so he is happy to accommodate her with marriage when the race officials for the flight across America require her to be wed in order to be Linc's co-pilot. She agrees only to wed him for the duration of the race, but then she finds herself falling in love with the man--and someone is trying to sabotage their plane.
It's a wonderful look at America in the early 20th century and the spirit of a nation recovering from WWI and growing into its own. I loved this heartwarming love story and think you will, too. I give it 4 and 1/2 stars and not 5 only in comparison with her other novels.
I am a huge fan of Penelope Williamson and so after reading her amazing novels like KEEPER OF THE DREAM and THE PASSIONS OF EMMA, I had to get her whole back list. This romance is one of the early ones and I'd bet it was on her shelf of "first books" when it was published under another pen name in the same year as HEARTS BEGUILED. I say all this because this one, while a most worthy read, is not the sweeping, heart rending saga that she became known for.
It's set in Virginia (initially) in 1919 and tells the story of a young woman, Cassandra (Cassie) Jones, who at 19 is an accomplish pilot and a staunch advocate of a woman's right to vote. She is a heroine we can all identify with as she struggles against a past that tells her love is not to be trusted even while her heart wants to give itself to the handsome WWI war hero and ace pilot Linc Cameron.
Linc knows what he wants and he wants Cassie so he is happy to accommodate her with marriage when the race officials for the flight across America require her to be wed in order to be Linc's co-pilot. She agrees only to wed him for the duration of the race, but then she finds herself falling in love with the man--and someone is trying to sabotage their plane.
It's a wonderful look at America in the early 20th century and the spirit of a nation recovering from WWI and growing into its own. I loved this heartwarming love story and think you will, too. I give it 4 and 1/2 stars and not 5 only in comparison with her other novels.
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