the madness of lord ian mackenzie by jennifer ashley

It's a real shame, because there are moving moments of sincerity and lovely gentle conversations that are delightful. Softly -sawhftly gone - ghawn Once you notice it's really hard to ignore. Examples grande pronounced 'grawnd' arms - alwms. Intonations in sentences overly heavy, stresses on broad vowels, long when they should be short and vice versa - but not consistently. It was like someone putting on what they think someone from the tonne might sound like, but the vowels are all wrong. The issue came in the recitation of the prose - the RP was fake and not well done. If you want to know what the issue was, scroll down. If you liked the sample you should give this a go, I don't want to spoil it for you. The narrator did a wonderful job with the male characters and the Scottish burr (not always easy) and Beth's voice was well paced and it was a good tone. Performance - it took me a while to figure out what I didn't like about this. She ends the engagement and travels to Paris, and Ian follows. To save her from an awful marriage to a penniless scoundrel with twisted tastes, Ian warns her about his numerous kept women and offers to save her through marriage. Beth is a young widow with an impoverished and background who unexpectedly inherited a fortune. In his younger years he was locked away in an insane asylum and subjected to horrific treatments. Lord Ian is a Scottish laird who has something akin to autism. A wonderful story about two imperfect people finding home in each other.

I was also left intrigued enough to read the next book in the series. There were bits of the book that droned on and a good editor would have been of benefit, but having said this, he was a great hero and if you are after romance, this book has it in spades. I loved his slow seduction and the way that Beth was undaunted by everything that was thrown at her. I loved the hero and his love and devotion for the Beth was very touching. Added to the mix is Ian' family that to say the least are rather eccentric. In the meantime, however, there has been a murder for which a police officer is convinced that our hero did it. This can be seen very clearly early on by his love of Ming porcelain and his love of the widow, Beth Ackerley, who he saves from a disastrous marriage. The hero is the third son who has spent a deal of time in an asylum, with what I would suggest is autism, but in those days was considered mad. This is a new author to me and she does have a different style insofar as there is mystery and suspense as well as romance.

The madness of lord ian mackenzie by jennifer ashley