Mr. Cavendish, I Presume (Two Dukes of Wyndham, Book 2) (edit title)

• Rated 5 stars

“Amelia Willoughly has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as long as she can remember. Thomas Cavendish, the oh-so-lofty Duke, is in no hurry to marry. Then Thomas's world is rocked by the arrival of a long-lost cousin, who just may or may not be the real Duke of Wyndham. And if Thomas is not the Duke, then he is not engaged to Amelia. Unfortunately for Thomas, he has fallen in love with his fiancee.

This book is the retelling of The Lost Duke of Wyndham, but from Thomas & Amelia's point of view. Some people were bored with the retelling, but I found it very interesting. Thomas and Amelia are very likeable characters and the end of the book was very romantic. I highly recommend this book. My rating: 4.5 Stars.”

• Rated 3 stars

“Julia Quinn has long been one of my favourite authors. Her hallmark humour and heroines with modern-day feminist ideals, who get to spout witty repartees, has endeared me to her from the very first time I picked up her book. So, it should come as no surprise that I enjoyed both The Lost Duke of Wyndham and Mr. Cavendish, I Presume. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“It was kind of odd reading basically the same story of The Lost Duke of Wyndham from a different point of view. I am surprised that I actually enjoyed this book quite a bit especially since I thought The Lost Duke of Wyndham was pretty bad. I did not expect the two books to pretty much cover the exact same story. If anything else I thought this one would start a little bit after The Lost Duke of Wyndham as we see what Thomas Cavendish do with his life. I enjoyed seeing the developing attraction between Amelia and Thomas since this wasn’t one of those books where Thomas was immediately smitten with Amelia or entranced by her looks. In fact, he does not even realize how beautiful Amelia is and in fact is pretty oblivious to her existence for a good while. I was very happy with the way the book ended and this restored my faith in Quinn’s writing after The Lost Duke book.”

• Rated 3 stars

“It was a good read. I liked that I got to see the other side of the Wyndham story because Thomas did not get much credit. And he just nicely handed over his title to Jack. I liked it :]”

• Rated 5 stars

“Thomas Cavendish, the Duke of Wyndham, has been engaged to Lady Amelia Willoughby since they both were children, babies actually. He has always known his duties and responsibilities since inheriting his title - one of which is Amelia. He knows he is going to marry her but he wants to do it on his own time and on his own terms. However, with the arrival of Jack Audley, Thomas' life turns upside down in more way than one. His most perplexing thought revolves around Amelia because while she is expecting to marry the Duke of Wyndham, she is also expecting the Duke of Wyndham to be him. And, since Jack's arrival, things aren't looking so good in that direction.

Amelia has always known she would marry Thomas, the Duke of Wyndham. She doesn't understand why he is taking his time in setting a date. After all, she isn't getting any younger and if his grandmother is to be believed, she is not getting any prettier either. Amelia knows that Thomas doesn't think about her all that often, if at all. Besides the fact that he has yet to set a wedding date, Amelia has to contend with being on the outside of his life looking in. When his grandmother kidnaps the highwayman that held them up and claims he is a long lost cousin, a cousin that could be the true heir to Wyndham, Amelia's world turns upside down. She might be engaged to the Duke of Wyndham but it is Thomas that she wants.

I often wonder how many times in our history that something like this has happened to an heir or supposed heir or royalty. Thomas never thought he would become a duke, especially since his father was a third son. When he was made the Duke of Wyndham, he accepted his lot and life and went about being the best that he could. And this is where MR. CAVENDISH, I PRESUME caught my attention the most and held me spellbound. Thomas was thrust out of his norm and suddenly the life that he had lived his entire existence became a lie of mass proportions. Thomas took it in stride and while my heart broke into tiny pieces for what he lost, I had to smile more than once at the attitude and fortitude that Thomas showed in the face of adversity. If I had one thing I didn't like about him it was his ability to hurt Amelia's feelings, or rather, his manner of speaking without thinking. More than once he made her upset and while he didn't mean to, I wanted him to guard his words just a bit more so as to respect her feelings. Amelia's life was turned around just as much as Thomas' and I found her to be a real trouper. She loved Thomas no matter what and that unconditional love is exactly what he needed.

MR. CAVENDISH, I PRESUME is the second installment of the Two Dukes of Wyndham series. It is, however, completely standalone but I do recommend reading The Lost Duke of Wyndham to get the full effect of this wonderful series. Julia Quinn has written a delightful oftentimes emotional historical romance I couldn't put down. MR. CAVENDISH, I PRESUME is a must-read for lovers of historical romance. I wildly recommend it!

***Natalie S. for Wild on Books***
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• Rated 0 stars

“So many people seem not to like the "second perspective" of these 2 books, but I truly enjoyed both of them. I was concerned that book 2 would overly re-hash the story - it didn't. Amelia's personality showed up in a way I didn't get at all from book 1. I loved hearing from Lady Whistledown again!”

• Rated 3 stars

“A good conclusion to this story. I liked it a lot better than the first book, actually, because Thomas Cavendish is the sex.”

• Rated 4 stars

“much better than the first one, like it!”

• Rated 3 stars

“This book, as has been said before, covers the same events as the Lost Duke of Wyndham (or whatever the first title is) from a different point of view. I've read other books that did this, and some of those have annoyed me, but this one didn't. I don't know if it was the mood I was in, or that I needed the familiarity, or what, but I enjoyed it. In this book, the hero has been raised all his life as the Duke of Wyndham, engaged since infancy to the neighbor's daughter, who is, now I think about it, one of the reasons I enjoyed the book. She's getting tired of waiting, and she's tired of being perfect, and she's going to be herself, and she's going to insist the Duke DO something--like marry her, or at least set a definite date. And then this cousin turns up who just might be the real duke, just when the hero and heroine are realizing their arranged marriage might be fun after all. I liked the hero, I liked the heroine, and the addition of the heroine's personality saved this book from being merely a rehash--for me at least. I enjoyed it a lot.”

• Rated 4 stars

“I loved it! The author's voice is amazing. Amelia was much more interesting in this book than the first one. And Thomas remained somewhat enigmatic even though much of his motivations were explained and even more likeable, I had hoped that this book would breeze over the parts already covered by the first one, and spend more time on how he picks up his life and starts over, thus giving us a new story, but I found myself not really very disappointed that it didn't.
I give it 4 and half stars.”