Into the Dreaming

By: Karen Marie Moning

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

For the first time on audio, here is number one New York Times best-selling author Karen Marie Moning’s novella Into the Dreaming, a tale of Highland fantasy, star-crossed lovers, and the timeless manipulation of the ancient, immortal Unseelie king. This is Moning at her romantic, funniest finest.

Free him from his ice-borne hell....

Stolen from his beloved home in the Highlands of Scotland, imprisoned in the Unseelie king’s dark, frosty kingdom, Aedan MacKinnon endured centuries of torture before becoming the icy, emotionless Vengeance, the dark king’s dispatcher of death and destruction in the mortal realm.

And in his century you both may dwell....

Aspiring romance novelist Jane Sillee has always believed that she was born in the wrong century, but she’s managed to make a decent enough life for herself - if only she could stop having those recurring dreams about a man too perfect to exist.

In the Dreaming you have loved him....

Haunted every night of her life by a devastatingly sexy Highlander who comes to her while she sleeps, Jane tries to write him out of her head and heart. As a child he protected her, as a woman he loves her.

Now in the Waking you must save him....

When an ancient tapestry bearing the likeness of her beloved Highlander arrives on her doorstep, Jane is whisked back in time to fifteenth-century Scotland, to the castle of Dun Haakon on the isle of Skye, where she is given one chance to save her dream lover... or lose him forever to the Unseelie king.

Caught in a deadly game between the light and dark courts of the Fae, Jane must find a way through the ice to the heart of her Highander. But will the love of one mortal woman be enough to defeat such ancient and ruthless immortal enemies?

©2012 Karen Marie Moning (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

love love love!

no matter what she writes, KMM always gives a story that keeps you interested, and reading til the entire book is finished in one sitting!

Outstanding.

Any additional comments?

Every book in this series is outstanding. I will say one is my favorite, but I loved every book so much I've listened to them twice. Hot & sexy too. Loved it.

Another great story!

What did you love best about Into the Dreaming?

Another great pairing of narrator and author!

What other book might you compare Into the Dreaming to and why?

The highlander series

What does Phil Gigante bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

His voice is magic; he just sucks you in

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yep

Any additional comments?

If you like time travel romances you will love this!

One of my favorites

I've listened to this audio book at least a dozen times and will listen to it a dozen times more.

I need more

This one never fails to make me smile. Although I want more. I want to know more of their life and love, and more of what happened to the Queen.

Great fantasy romance

Loved it. Could not stop reading. Karen out did herself with this one. Definitely a page turner.

If you want a lot of sex talk, this one is for you.

The heroine is one love sick woman with incredibly patience. And she only has one man and sex on her brain. With that said, it is a very creative story line. You will laugh & get tears in your eyes with this one. If you don’t mind the heroine being completely sex crazed and pretty much non stop talk of sex in this book, then you will find it one of the most sizzling stories ever.
Narrator did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life with great emotion.

Utterly romantic...

Would you consider the audio edition of Into the Dreaming to be better than the print version?

I thoroughly enjoyed this very romantic tale.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jane Sillie because of her spirit and compassion.

What does Phil Gigante bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He breathes life into all the characters and really captures their spirit. I love his brogue.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did listen in one sitting for sure. This is a novella so it is possible to do that.

Any additional comments?

Phil Gigante and Karen Marie Moning are a wonderful combination.

A fun, engaging read!

I have always enjoyed KMM's Highlander novels and this one, though a short, did not disappoint.
What I most enjoyed was the lack of 'filler' in this story. There were no pedantic descriptions of room furniture nor was there an undue fixation on a tiny little heroine and her massively built Hero.
They were people and Jane sounded like an average, normal woman.
THANK YOU!!
This wonderful gem of a story kept me engaged throughout, with nary an eyeroll from me. Lol!
The icing on the cake? The one thing that made this story skyrocket? For me at least...
Phil Giganti's narration.
That man can read a single line in a Highland brogue, then drop the mic and walk away.
Hands down he is the undisputed master of the deep Highland Laird voice.
*dreamy sigh*

Short but sweet!

What did you love best about Into the Dreaming?

KMM's writing and Phil Gigante's narration

Who was your favorite character and why?

Aiden or Vengeance, whatever you want to call him

What about Phil Gigante’s performance did you like?

What's NOT to like? His voice is AMAZING ~ he's very smooth and reads exactly as it's written. I hate when narrators emphasize in wrong places, or pause where they shouldn't...he NEVER does that. He's consistent w/ his character voices, and while his women's voices are a little syrupy, lol, I have to remember how deep and amazing his voice is for the males and how hard that is to translate into a female.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did. It was pretty short ~ I'd read it before.

Any additional comments?

Yes ~ this was a cute novella that was part of the beginning of the crossover from KMM's Highlander series to her Fae/Fever series. Anyone who has read on and not the other is missing out, because she most definently sets up for her Fever series in the Highlander books. I gave it a 4 because it was WAY short, and for the $$ thought it was a little steep. It wasn't that I didn't like the writing ~ she's writes amazing books.

In this, Aiden/Vengeance has been locked aways in the Unseelie King's realm for 500 yrs and is allowed out for one month ~ if in that month he finds love and is loved in return, he will be free. He and Jane Sillee have been meeting in the dreaming since she was a child, but he's been frozen for so long he's forgotten everything, so it's Jane's job to remind him.

VERY short story to do that in!