Cassandra Dean
“Good with words
and stuff.”
http://cassandradean.com
SILK & SCANDAL – book 1 of The Silk Series
Release Date:
May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013
Blurb:
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Eight years ago… Thomas Cartwright and Lady Nicola Fitzgibbons were friends. Over the wall separating their homes, Thomas and Nicola talked of all things – his studies to become a barrister, her frustrations with a lady’s limitations.
All
things end.
When her diplomat father gains a post in Hong Kong, Nicola must follow. Bored and alone, she falls into scandal. Mired in his studies of the law and aware of the need for circumspection, Thomas feels forced to sever their ties.
But now Lady Nicola is back…and she won’t let him
ignore her.
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Historical Early Victorian Romance
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Excerpt:
Thomas took a breath, knowing he
had to phrase this just right. “Lady Nicola, while I am cognizant of the honor
you do me, I don’t believe it appropriate you visit me in my chambers. Shall we
arrange a time that suits us both, perhaps for a walk about the park?”
China-blue eyes laughed at him.
“Oh, pish. Don’t be such a fuddy-duddy, Thomas. We never stood on such ceremony
before.”
Didn’t she know he couldn’t
be her friend? Not since their ways had parted and she’d become who she was,
while he had become who he was. “Our situations were different before, Lady
Nicola. It is not appropriate for a lady of your standing to visit a bachelor
in his chambers.”
“Who is going to comment? No one
knows I’m here.”
Was she serious? “My clerk knows
you’re here. By now, the senior clerk undoubtedly knows you’re here. Before ten
minutes have passed, everyone in the building will know you’re here.”
“Well, then, they are a bunch of
shocking gossips, and I should not like to know them any better.” She folded
her hands in her lap.
“Not the point, Nicola.” Bloody
hell, but she drove him mental. She tore at him and picked at him until he
didn’t know where he stood. Always she’d done this, taken what little sense he
had and driven it right out of his brain.
“I should say it is the point.
Our visit would not distress you, if it weren’t for them.”
“It should distress me in any
case. You should not be here.”
“Do you know what I’m hearing,
Thomas? I’m hearing a vast amount of negativity, when you’ve not even greeted
me properly. Why, you’ve yet to kiss my hand, or perhaps give me a h-hug.” Chin
up, she looked at him with eyes brimming, and he saw right through her facade.
She was truly hurt he’d not yet greeted her as he should.
Helpless, he stared at her. How
did she do it? How did she turn his brain to mush? She’d been here less than
five minutes, and already she had drawn him back in.
But she was right. He hadn’t
greeted her as he should.
Standing, he went to her and drew
her to her feet. “Welcome home, Nic.” And he hugged her.
Authors Bio:
Cassandra grew
up daydreaming, inventing fantastical worlds and marvelous adventures. Once she
learned to read (First phrase – To the Beach. True story), she was never
without a book, reading of other people’s fantastical worlds and marvelous
adventures.
Fairy tales, Famous Fives, fantasies and fancies; horror stories,
gumshoe detectives, science fiction; Cassandra read it all. Then she discovered
Romance and a true passion was born.
So, once upon a time, after making a slight detour into the world of
finance, Cassandra tried her hand at writing. After a brief foray into horror,
she couldn’t discount her true passion. She started to write Romance and fell
head over heels.
The love affair exists to this very day.
Cassandra lives in Adelaide, South Australia.
