She wasn't so sophisticated that she had a ready retort for that, a circumstance with which he found himself quite satisfied. 'I ought to kiss you again,' he said, lifting one brow into a practiced, arrogant arch. What changes? It starts when he finds her alone in the garden and they share a kiss. Now that she is of age, why isn't he taking the proper steps to making her his wife? How long will she have to wait for him?

And he obviously doesn't want to get to know her. How can she love a man who's practically a stranger to her? What frustrates her is that she wants to get to know him. (32)Thomas is indifferent to Amelia, and that infuriates Amelia. He almost never beckoned-what could he possibly require that she could provide? And she'd given up smiling when he entered a room because he was never looking in her direction, anyway. She was a lucky girl, because she got to agree with everything he said.Įxcept-and this had to be his greatest offense-he rarely spoke to her. He entered a room, and she smiled with delight.Īnd most importantly, she was glad for the opportunity. Her life, quite simply, and with no arguments accepted, revolved around his. Amelia was just an infant when her father contracted the marriage with the future Duke of Wyndham.Īs far back as her earliest memory, it had been impressed upon her that this man (boy that he was at the time) was in charge. Thomas and Amelia have been betrothed for twenty years. Cavendish, I Presume tells the story of Thomas Cavendish and Amelia Willoughby. (The only example I can think of is Ender's Game/ Ender's Shadow.) While The Lost Duke of Wyndham tells the story of Jack Audley and Grace Eversleigh, Mr. I can't remember reading two books tied so closely together-within the romance genre. Cavendish, I Presume is a companion novel to The Lost Duke of Wyndham. It was a crime that Amelia Willoughby was not married. Which is the cruelest joke of all, because this arrogant and illustrious duke has made the mistake of falling in love. And if Thomas is not the duke, then he's not engaged to Amelia. 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.

Thomas rather likes having a fiancee - all the better to keep the husband-hunters at bay - and he does intend to marry her. But as she watches him from afar, she has a sneaking suspicion that he never thinks about her at all. for Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty duke, to finally get around to marrying her. A mere six months old when the contracts were signed, she has spent the rest of her life waiting. Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember.

Julia quinn mr cavendish i presume