Booklog 29/2020: Sophie Barnes: Her Seafaring Scoundrel – Crawfords #3

[jacey]

Lady Cassandra has no desire to marry. She's still wedded to the idea of her one true love, Timothy, who died on the morning of their wedding before the ceremony but after the night of passion that left her pregnant. That means she's outcast from the Ton. When Devlin defends her reputation publicly, they end up more or less having to marry, but Cassandra's stipulation is that there will be no sex as she remains faithful to her first (dead) love. Dev thinks he'll be able to change her mind and this is more or less what the book's all about. It's lightweight but readable – and, of course, predictable. Devlin is a seafarer, but he isn't really a scoundrel, so it's a pity about the title.