I loved that change and loved the relationship between these characters. To see how she guides the events in this book even if she isn’t as prominent in this book as other Kleypas heroines. But on my second time through the book, I began to notice her more.

Tom’s character is so compelling that Cassandra seems to be lost. Tom doesn’t know if when he meets Cassandra, but he is going to be completely willing to change for her. Neither of those characteristics are things that Cassandra can accept. Readers of the series will know that he also has a flexible version of right and wrong. Tom is a man who doesn’t know how to process feelings. I really loved how the gentle and kind Cassandra really shakes up Tom’s life and expectations of himself. That was perfectly fine with me because he is such an interesting and damaged character that his journey was compelling to me. OPINION: Tom is definitely the star in this book.

There is a compelled by circumstances marriage and Tom and Cassandra try and manage their expectations of one another. But Cassandra wants to marry for love and Tom knows that he cannot love. THE STORY: The first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel is enough for railroad magnate Tom Severin to know that she was exactly what he wanted. Cassandra is a kind person and the way she gentles Tom is wonderful, but Tom is the compelling character in this one. FINAL DECISION: Fabulous ending for the Ravenels series although I admit to being much more interested in Tom than in Cassandra.

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