MR. CAVENDISH, I PRESUME

Author: Julia Quinn ISBN: 9780749908874 10/2008 HISTORICAL Publisher: AVON
Time Period: Regency

Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Literally. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. And waiting. And waiting . . . for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all . . . It's true. He doesn't. Thomas rather likes having a fiancée—all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay—and he does intend to marry her . . . eventually. But just when he begins to realize that his bride might be something more than convenient, Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of his long-lost cousin, who may or may not be the true Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love . . . with his own fiancée!

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I can only say that I'm very disappointed in MR. CAVENDISH, I PRESUME by Julia Quinn. I'm a huge fan of hers and can't think of a book she's written that I had such a hard time getting through. Talk about skipping paragraphs and passages! All I could think of was, I've been here, read this before and it's not much better the second time around. The two main characters didn't connect, the love scenes and romance were basically non-existent, there was nothing new about plot or storyline and that overwhelming sense of déjà vu just never left the building. This is NOT the Julia Quinn I've come to enjoy, admire and adore.

My grandma always told me that if you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all. In this case it's a book that I can't say anything nice about, so I'll heed to my grandma's advice and leave this review just the way it is—with more than enough said.

Nancy Davis