Chasing Cassandra
Railway magnate Tom Severin is wealthy and powerful enough to satisfy any desire the moment it arises — and from his first glimpse of Lady Cassandra Ravenel, he's determined to have her. Cassandra finds him the most compelling man she's ever met, but she has no interest in a marriage to a ruthless man with a frozen heart; she wants to marry for love, the one thing Severin swears he can't offer.
When a fortune-hunting rival nearly destroys Cassandra's reputation, Severin seizes the opening he's been waiting for and proposes the marriage that suits them both — a practical arrangement, in his telling. But Tom Severin has one lesson still to learn from his new bride: never underestimate a Ravenel.
The sixth novel in Lisa Kleypas's New York Times bestselling Ravenels series, Chasing Cassandra is a witty, steamy historical romance about a man who has never lost anything he set out to win, and the woman determined to be the exception.
A ruthless, self-made railway magnate convinced he's incapable of love, determined to win Cassandra as he wins everything else.
A quick-witted Ravenel who wants to marry for love and refuses to settle for Severin's ruthless world.
Cassandra's brother, recurring across the Ravenels series.
A young boy taken in by Tom Severin, recurring across the Ravenels series.
While the romance between the two main characters is self-contained, the story features many recurring family members and references events from earlier books in the series. Reading the series in order provides the most context for the evolving relationships and the history of the Ravenel family.
The Ravenels series is set in the same universe as the Wallflowers and The Hathaways series. Characters from those earlier works and their children make appearances throughout the Ravenels books, creating an interconnected timeline of families.