Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

Here’s another book that I’ve been waiting to read. Not because I didn’t want to, but I was saving it for the right moment.

Here’s the blurb for Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn:

There went the bride...

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!

Is it just me, or did I just stumble on a book that was a waste of my time. I knew before I started that this book was Thomas’s version of what happened, Jack‘s version is here. But I didn’t realize it would have been so repetitive. And I wanted more interaction between the hero and heroine. It just seemed to be lacking. I wanted to know more of what happened after the fact, of Thomas adjusting to his new status with Amelia’s help. But we didn’t get much of anything beyond that… oh well…

Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn (3/5) Historical Romance; Published: Avon (10/08); Series: # 2, The Two Dukes of Wyndham; 100 + reading Challenge (81); Keeper shelf (It’s here because, I can’t seem to get rid of any of the authors books, just on principle).