Silk and Scorn The Silk Series #2 edition by Cassandra Dean Romance eBooks
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No matter how much their mothers wanted Sarah and Arthur to wed, Sarah had loathed him. However, circumstance and her late husband’s father conspire against her, and she is forced to turn to Arthur for help. Perhaps she needs his legal expertise, but she refuses to acknowledge how handsome her oldest foe has become…or her reaction to him.
His childhood nemesis is the last person Arthur Davenport expected to require his services. When a spurious claim against her late husband’s estate brings Sarah Wetherall to his door, he can’t refuse the pretty widow, no matter how much he wants to.
Thrown together by fate, will they discover there is a fine line between scorn and passion?
Silk and Scorn The Silk Series #2 edition by Cassandra Dean Romance eBooks
In a time when arranged marriages are the norm, two young people, Sarah Wetherall and Arthur Davenport, are forced into a distasteful correspondence not of their choosing. Trading quips and barbs, they suffer with being forced to write one another until Sarah finds relief through marriage to another man, and their correspondence blessedly comes to an end.But Fate has more in store for these two...
Fast forward eleven years. Sarah's husband is now deceased, and his family is disputing the widow's rights to his estate. The solicitor she turns to in her time of need is none other than Arthur Davenport. It's just business, surely, on both their parts, and sheer necessity, as Arthur helps her defend her late husband's will. Or is it?
Silk and Scorn is a Regency novella, and it is actually second in a series, but I had no problem in reading it as a standalone. Brought together by necessity, and with the memory of their shared dislike of one another uppermost in their minds, it's hard for Sarah and Arthur not to snipe at one another. But as this is a romance, the inevitable happens...
Watching them shed their bad first impressions and actually get to know each other is what this story is about. They learn each other's strengths and weaknesses, and come to appreciate the actual person each has become, not the child that was.
My only complaint is its length. I think this could have been the beginning to a very lovely novel, and I would have enjoyed seeing more of them. As it is, it's a short, sweet read, one I do recommend. Having read this one, I'd like to see more of what this author can do.
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Silk and Scorn The Silk Series #2 edition by Cassandra Dean Romance eBooks Reviews
In the second installment in Cassandra Dean's Silk series, we peek into the lives and letters of Sarah and Arthur, whose mothers are very good friends and have grand hopes of seeing their children married. Unfortunately, Sarah and Arthur don't like each other not as children's and certainly not as adults. The enmity runs so deeply between the two that, when Sarah discovers their mothers plans of seeing them wed, she makes the drastic (and rash) decision of marrying someone else.
That last letter that Sarah sends Arthur after she informed him of her marriage really resonated with me
"You still don't know anything."
And she's right. Arthur didn't know anything and neither do we. When we read about Sarah's decision to marry, we think it's impetuous and a bit selfish, but it is actually her ultimate act of sacrifice to preserve Arthur's happiness and hers. Arthur has lived free of worrying about marriage and was able to focus on building a successful career because Sarah did what she did and married someone else. But, now Sarah is a widow who is being hounded by her late husband's family to relinquish her rightful claim to her late husband's estate and she needs Arthur's help. Arthur still doesn't understand and treats Sarah's worries lightly and I felt Sarah's frustrations because I felt them too. I think this has been Arthur's problem ever since they were small he seemed to have a blind spot where Sarah was concerned and wasn't able to see her and appreciate her.
Dislike, sudden and intense, flooded him. Why hadn't he investigated her before accepting her appointment? It would have been the work of minutes, and he wouldn't now have to sit here in her presence.
She hadn't changed, appearing exactly as she had the last time he'd seen her, and that must have been at least ten years prior.
- loc 137
What I like about this series of shorts by Cassandra Dean is the exploration on relationships, and it's amazing how many variations there are -- but, as this is a romance, the end is inevitable and it is love. The journey that Arthur and Sarah take is compelling -- how do you change the heart that has felt the same way for one's entire life? Considering the length of this story, I thought Dean wrote a convincing change of heart for Arthur. ^_^
Slowly, she covered his hand with hers. The air between them thickened, as if a hundred thousand expectations rode the space.
She didn't know if it were she or him who swayed first, but their lips brushed. Soft, gentle, his lips clung to hers, and she could not remember ever feeling such sweetness in her life.
They parted. Opening her eyes, she found a hesitant gaze regarding her. She couldn't describe how she felt. She felt warm and comforted and happy and hopeful. She felt ... possibility.
- loc 497
Beyond the love story, Dean also touches on gender inequality and the question of a woman's ability during the Victorian period. This is actually the reason why Sarah's father in-law is contesting her right to inherit her husband's estate because he doesn't see Sarah is being capable of handling such a responsibility.
"She's foolish, always has been. A ninny hammer like her should not be in control of her own address book, much less wealth and property."
Keep calm. "A woman should not be allowed to control wealth. She is silly and flighty and will lose it all before the year is out," he said, though it took all his will to utter such repellant words. Bloody hell, had the man met Sarah She would maintain whatever funds she had and probably increase them by a comfortable percent each year.
"Exactly." Wetherall glared at Sarah. "Did you really think you could steal from me, girl? First my son, and then his money?"
- loc 640 - 654
I wasn't entirely satisfied with how this was resolved, because Arthur outwardly agreed to Mr. Wetherall's perception of Sarah -- and, when he was eventually confronted by Sarah about it, his only justification was that he wanted to win the case.
Ignoring her, he said, "Did you wish this matter resolved?"
"That doesn't --"
"Did you wish the matter resolved?"
Silence fell. "Yes," she finally said.
"I agreed with him to get him on-side. I agreed with him to resolve the matter." And he hadn't agreed, he merely hadn't disagreed, but he refused to split hairs on such a baseless accusation.
- loc 698
There's a big part of me that wished for Arthur to defend Sarah (and maybe punched Wetherall) -- but, given that this series is about the law, Arthur took the best legal option available to him.
In a time when arranged marriages are the norm, two young people, Sarah Wetherall and Arthur Davenport, are forced into a distasteful correspondence not of their choosing. Trading quips and barbs, they suffer with being forced to write one another until Sarah finds relief through marriage to another man, and their correspondence blessedly comes to an end.
But Fate has more in store for these two...
Fast forward eleven years. Sarah's husband is now deceased, and his family is disputing the widow's rights to his estate. The solicitor she turns to in her time of need is none other than Arthur Davenport. It's just business, surely, on both their parts, and sheer necessity, as Arthur helps her defend her late husband's will. Or is it?
Silk and Scorn is a Regency novella, and it is actually second in a series, but I had no problem in reading it as a standalone. Brought together by necessity, and with the memory of their shared dislike of one another uppermost in their minds, it's hard for Sarah and Arthur not to snipe at one another. But as this is a romance, the inevitable happens...
Watching them shed their bad first impressions and actually get to know each other is what this story is about. They learn each other's strengths and weaknesses, and come to appreciate the actual person each has become, not the child that was.
My only complaint is its length. I think this could have been the beginning to a very lovely novel, and I would have enjoyed seeing more of them. As it is, it's a short, sweet read, one I do recommend. Having read this one, I'd like to see more of what this author can do.
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