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Summary: I loved it!
Review: I picked this one off of the shelves in the library, it being my first Julie Garwood book to read and I sure am glad I did not look at reviews first. I might not have read it. But I did and loved it! Brenna MacAlister is fun and loving. Conner is so reserved and "proper" in his own way. But seeing them together makes for fun. The reading is fast paced. Parts are sad while others made me giggle out loud. I don't see Brenna as dwelling on her looks. She does mention that her older sister is the beauty in the family- but that is what she has been taught by her parents. I hope you'll give this book a chance. I loved it and am putting it in my library. Good reading, to you!
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Summary: Slap Connor? HE was great, story a little flawed.
Review: I LOVED this book! I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't! Sure, it has flaws, and yes, Brenna should have been ashamed for complaining about her looks when in fact in real life, she'd probably outshine most women. I don't think she was unhappy with herself at all, she just needed someone to confirm she was perfectly shaped, and whined doing it. This gal's got ego problems. She knows she looks great, but needs others to confirm it.
Now, Connor was great. Handsome, witty, and an all around great warrior.
I thought the prologue boring, and if they'd chased that pig a second longer, I'd have thrown the book out the window! Overall, the story was very good, in true Garwood fashion. Brenna and Connor's love story is a 5 star, but with that prologue, it loses a star. Is it just me, or are all JG's prologues too long and boring?
Alec & Jamie were great in this. Alec and his daughter Grace nearly stole the show, though. This book is certainly well worth reading.
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Summary: HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
Review: I read this book shortly after reading "The Bride" which I thoroughly enjoyed and read straight through until the wee hours of the morning. This one left me sorely disapointed. I must whole heartedly agree with the other reviewer who couldn't feel sorry for Brenna's looks. "She was entirely aware of her flaws. Her legs, were too long, her hips too narrow, and her breasts too large" Give me a break. She was the most unsympathetic heroine of any book I've ever read. I truly wanted to slap her through most of the book. Unlike the romance of Alec and Jamie in "the Bride", I never felt any love between Brenna and Connor. He was a jerk, who treated her like garbage throughout the book, on up to the very last scene where he still expects HER to come to HIM. Which she does, like the blond nit-wit that she is. Although, I was intrigued by the budding little romance between her sister and Quinlan, and could just picture him winking at her at the Church steps. That was probably my favorite scene in the book. I give it two stars instead of one because I did find myself reading it, and got some entertainment out of watching what a complete air-head Brenna was.
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Summary: Charming.....kept me up till the wee hours...
Review: This was really a delightful book...I adored Brenna...she was so much fun, and the sparks were flying off the page when she and Connor were together!! It was also nice to see Alec and Jamie back from " The Bride". I thoroughly enjoyed this book. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars was that I felt the end was wrapped up too quickly, but other than that..a gem... This was just another wonderful example of Julie Garwood's talent. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors...
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Summary: Wonderful naration - audio book
Review: I listened to this audio book and couldn't stop until it was done. Part of the charm was the wonderful naration, with the accent and differnt voices for different characters.The story starts when Brenna first is little, and decides who she will marry, as well as with Conner who is full of vengance. It is a wonderful romance seeing them grow together, and it is also wonderful how JG takes the character of Brenna and shows all her faults (boy can she jump to a conclusion) and how this changes Conners fate. If you like Scottish Romances this one is for you!
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Summary: A keeper
Review: Up all night reading this one. I enjoyed as much as The Bride! I love the interaction and humor. Now I want to read more of Julie Garwood.
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Summary: i've read better by julie
Review: this story seemed a little too familiar. it wasn't because i'd read it before, it was because brenna & connor were so similar to some of the other characters julie has created for us to love. this story seemed to stick very closely to a predictable formula of romantic fiction & it's predictability prevented it from standing above the millions of stories in this genre. (and i have to admit i really felt manipulated when i realized i was supposed to feel sorry for brenna because she thought she was deformed because she had really long legs & huge breasts! please! she felt deformed because she looks like a supermodel? give me a BREAK! it made me want to puke!!!) and connor seemed like most of the time he was just a bossy, chauvenistic (sorry about that spelling!) jerk. and how could someone be so blind as to not see what a HUGE witch her mother-in-law was? have a backbone, dear! i was disappointed in this book & wouldn't recommend it. if you like stories about Lairds, read RANSOM instead. that book was EXCELLENT. that book makes you want to kiss Brodick yourself, not slap Connor. (though i have to still give it 2 stars because Julie Garwood does write an interesting story, even if it is predictable & you don't really like the characters.)
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Summary: Funny and Heart Warming!!!
Review: This book and The Bride are two of my all time favorite historical romances. I have read all of Julie Garwood's books and have been entertained and charmed by most of them, however, these two stories were special because they made me laugh out loud (numerous times). I couldn't put these books down and I didn't want either of them to end. They are keepers that I will read again.
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Summary: Amazing
Review: I loved this book. Connor was a little to much on the savage side but I loved the way he was devoted to his wife. I hope that Mrs. Garwood continues with the series with the story of Quinlan and Faith.!!
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Summary: Connor and Brenna will brighten your day!
Review: Everyone will love reading about Connor and Brenna. The heroine is charming and her escapades will have readers laughing out loud. The hero is a warrior that will make hearts race. Connor decides to take his enemies fiance as his own wife out of vengeance and finds out that he had met the bride before. Brenna had met Connor when she was a little girl and had decided she wanted him for a husband. Years have passed and now Brenna will be getting Connor as a husband whether she wants him or not.
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