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Cassandra
Unrestrained passions and a fiery temper involve Cassandra Farrington in volatile liaisons with a highwayman and a viscount during the turbulent era following the Napoleonic Wars
448 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1979
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Claudette Williams
52 books22 followersAuthor now writes (and has re-issued some of her older books) as Claudy Conn.
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March 1, 2013
Loved it from the start. Cassandra thinks her guardian would never do anything to hurt her. Little does she know he has lost everything and the Viscount goes in for the kill. He wants him to wager Cassandra, and naturally the Viscount wins. Cassandra is horrified when he tells her. And then the "dance" starts as she leads him all across the county trying to get away from him. Naturally he falls in love with her.
September 14, 2025
The last book I read by this author I gave five stars, but this one doesn't even earn half as much. Sad to say, it started out really well, especially an entertaining episode with rum smugglers, in which the h, Cassandra, participated. (Jack, both captain and King of smugglers, was such an appealing character I wish more of the story had been about him.) There was also mystery, intrigue, drug addiction, mistaken identity, workers' rights, rioting, criminals, spies, and the usual love/hate banter between the h and H, but alas, the story did not live up to its potential, as all these incidents got too bogged down and drawn out. And the same goes for the romantic misunderstandings, that went from entertaining to annoying by the middle of the book.
The biggest problem was the h, who was too self-centered and annoying, despite her sympathy for the poor and downtrodden, and her "adopting" a hunchback orphan boy. She could also be TSTL, like when she trusts a strange gypsy man enough to go into the woods with him to water their horses by a stream, and almost gets raped. She also has the annoying habit of running away from the H when things get tough, missing him like crazy, then acting bitchy when he finds her, despite wanting to get naked with him. She acts cold and snarky, does the opposite of what he wants her to every time, just to show him up, keeps threatening to cheat on him, and then wonders why he doesn't love her? I can give you a few hundred reasons! Not to mention how jealous and angry she gets when he kisses another woman, yet she kisses another man, but that's okay. Hypocrite, thy name's Cassandra!
As for the H, Viscount Kirkby, for someone who's supposed to be sophisticated, he sure can act like a bumpkin! He suspects Cassandra of being responsible for his stepbrother Peter's death without any real proof, seduces her anyway, despite his not trusting her and wanting to keep distance, ends up marrying her (in one of the best scenes in the book, too bad it slid downhill right after) and lusting after her, yet can't trust her, though she seems good, but must be bad, on and on ad nauseum. It never occurred to this jackass to be honest with her about his background and talk about Peter and then take it from there? Instead, he's often aloof and evasive, which makes Cassandra angry and rebellious, and it never occurs to him that she'll run away yet again? Well. DUH!!!
When you get to the point when you couldn't care less if the couple drops dead, then you know it's time to read another book.
It's time to read another book!
The biggest problem was the h, who was too self-centered and annoying, despite her sympathy for the poor and downtrodden, and her "adopting" a hunchback orphan boy. She could also be TSTL, like when she trusts a strange gypsy man enough to go into the woods with him to water their horses by a stream, and almost gets raped. She also has the annoying habit of running away from the H when things get tough, missing him like crazy, then acting bitchy when he finds her, despite wanting to get naked with him. She acts cold and snarky, does the opposite of what he wants her to every time, just to show him up, keeps threatening to cheat on him, and then wonders why he doesn't love her? I can give you a few hundred reasons! Not to mention how jealous and angry she gets when he kisses another woman, yet she kisses another man, but that's okay. Hypocrite, thy name's Cassandra!
As for the H, Viscount Kirkby, for someone who's supposed to be sophisticated, he sure can act like a bumpkin! He suspects Cassandra of being responsible for his stepbrother Peter's death without any real proof, seduces her anyway, despite his not trusting her and wanting to keep distance, ends up marrying her (in one of the best scenes in the book, too bad it slid downhill right after) and lusting after her, yet can't trust her, though she seems good, but must be bad, on and on ad nauseum. It never occurred to this jackass to be honest with her about his background and talk about Peter and then take it from there? Instead, he's often aloof and evasive, which makes Cassandra angry and rebellious, and it never occurs to him that she'll run away yet again? Well. DUH!!!
When you get to the point when you couldn't care less if the couple drops dead, then you know it's time to read another book.
It's time to read another book!
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August 28, 2025
It’s average. I skimmed a lot.
The MCs were stubborn, stupid but cute.
The H’s quest about finding about his stepbrother was boring af. I skipped these part.
Lots of ow and om dramas.
I don’t mind ow dramas as long the H is loyal. The H is loyal here but he did try. He tried kissing the tavern waitress, tried to fondle her to forget the h. He tried. Too bad his blood was not stirring. But he did try. And I don’t like it. It’s an almost cheating for me. Good thing that the h let om kiss her. Good.
The MCs were stubborn, stupid but cute.
The H’s quest about finding about his stepbrother was boring af. I skipped these part.
Lots of ow and om dramas.
I don’t mind ow dramas as long the H is loyal. The H is loyal here but he did try. He tried kissing the tavern waitress, tried to fondle her to forget the h. He tried. Too bad his blood was not stirring. But he did try. And I don’t like it. It’s an almost cheating for me. Good thing that the h let om kiss her. Good.
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