The Conquest of Lady Cassandra
*Starred Review* In retrospect, Cassandra Vernham realizes she should have listened to her aunt Sophie and never put anything in writing. Unfortunately, it was because of Sophie that Cassandra sent her scalding letter to Yates Elliston, Viscount Ambury, in the first place. Cassandra desperately needs the money she counted on from auctioning her jewels to keep Sophie safe. Ambury successfully bid on a pair of Cassandra’s most valuable earrings, but weeks after the auction he has yet to pay Cassandra the money he owes her. What Cassandra doesn’t know is that Ambury has his own reasons for withholding payment. Not only does Ambury believe the earrings are hot property, he is almost certain they were stolen from his family. RITA Award–winning Hunter follows The Surrender of Miss Fairbourne (2012) with another stellar Regency-set historical romance that hits all the literary marks. Hunter’s effortlessly elegant writing exudes a wicked sense of wit; her characterization is superbly subtle, and the sexual chemistry she cooks up between her deliciously independent heroine and delightfully sexy hero is pure passion. --John Charles