Review: Loved this Historical D/d Romance!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
This is another story in the Unconventional Marriages Series.  It is the second one, but it does not continue the story in the first.  It is also not an age-play story.  That being said, this story brought up a lot of emotions for me.  I really feel sorry for Cassandra.  She has been raised to expect to be presented in court and to have her season before finding a gentleman to marry.  Instead, after her first dance, her father tells her that she will be married tomorrow to a man she does not know.  She is, understandably, very upset and she tells her father that she won’t marry Frederic.  His response is to bare her bottom and birch her until he breaks the rod on her bottom and she, finally, submits.There is a lot of discipline in this story.  Cassandra is spanked, belted, strapped, caned, birched and various other things.  Even though the discipline is harsh, she feels that Frederic corrects her in love.  And she is correct.  There are also aspects of the book Amanda Von Steubing by April Hill.  Women in Frederic’s country get cleaned out once a week by a visiting nurse.  If you have read that story by April Hill, you know what I’m talking about.  I do enjoy reading about anal discipline.I felt sorry for Cassandra through this whole book.  She goes to the marriage thinking that her father sold her to someone of lower station than herself and that neither of her parents loves her.  Even though she and Frederic fall in love and she enjoys the bedroom side of marriage, she still can’t get past her feelings of abandonment.  I was in tears through the whole story!  That being said, it was a great story.  I like the ones that make me invest my emotions and this is definitely one of them.  And do not despair; there is a happy ending in store for Cassandra.  I hope that Victoria Winter writes more about Cassandra and Frederic.