The Hellion and the Highlander

By: Lynsay Sands

Narrated by: Marianna Palka

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Only one man could set her heart ablaze....

Lady Averill Mortagne learned to control her fierce temper as a young girl. But if her father insists on parading her before one more English lord who looks askance at her flame-colored hair, she'll simply scream! Her only respite is the time she spends with Kade Stewart, the wounded Scot her brother brought home from the Crusades. Who could have imagined a Highland warrior would be the only gentleman around?

Lady Averill helped save his life, and for that Kade is truly grateful. She is also almost unbearably beautiful, but he could never subject such a sweet and gentle lady to the rough life of a Stewart laird's bride... or could he? When she braves an unexpected danger by his side, Averill will prove to Kade that her heart is as fiery as her hair ...and that submitting to their scorching passion would be heaven indeed.

©2010 Lynsay Sands (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

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Any additional comments?

If you can make it through the boring lady reading the book, it might be good.

He thinks she is pretty

The English girl thinks she is ugly – that is what she has been told because she has red hair and a birthmark on her cheek. She also has the fierce temper of a hellion. Her brother brings home to England a Scottish Laird who has a head wound and is unconscious. The Laird and her brother have been prisoners of the infidels for 3 years but escaped. When the Laird wakes up the girl thinks he cannot see and therefore does not know she is ugly. In reality he can see and he thinks she is beautiful. The girl’s father has been trying to get her married, but no one wants her, until the Laird arrives. He takes her home to Scotland.

The Laird has a problem back at his castle in Scotland. His father and brothers are drunkards and let the castle run to rack and ruin while the Laird was gone. To make things even worse, someone is trying to kill the Laird and makes many attempts on his life. The Laird is lucky and is not killed. As the book unfolds, we see how the Laird tackles his problems at his castle and how he and the hellion girl get along. We also find out the identity of the person trying to kill the Laird. This is an entertaining story and I like the way the author builds the characters. The narrator is good, with a broad Scottish accent.

Oh my god!

I loved this book! It was drop dead hillarious! How can a love scene be both erotic and hillarious! I loved the narrator after listening for a while. Give it a try!!

Finally!

Book 1 of this series was okay, but the narrator was TERRIBLE. Book 2, the narrator was MUCH better, but the story was GARBAGE.

Book 3 was finally the proper balance of good story, good writing, and good narrating! Finally! Both have found their stride!

With finishing this book I was more than happy to start up the next Highlander series by Sands.

Would recommend starting with this book and just skipping the first two.

“Reading”

I love the story and plot. Lynsay Sands is one of my favorite Authors. However, this narrator is really lacking. Her tone and lack of inflection literally puts me to sleep. I would not stay with the story if I didn’t love the Author. I’ve listened to this narrator throughout this series and she doesn’t improve!

Loved the h and H

I liked that the h and ah genuinely cared for each other even before declarations of love. I also liked the supporting characters particularly her brother Will.

It was my first audible so the different voices took some getting used to. I often listened while cooking, cleaning, or driving and it was so enjoyable. Can’t wait to try another book.

"Good Book, BAD narrator"

I was all excited about starting a new book so I purchased Hellion and the Highlander. I was disappointed the narrator's. Her voice was very bland. I diid get through the book but though about turing it off a couple of times. Send Marianna to Rosalyn Landor for some lessons.

High praise for the Hellion

What made the experience of listening to The Hellion and the Highlander the most enjoyable?

The plot of the story does carry one onto the action eagerly.

Which character – as performed by Marianna Palka – was your favorite?

The Devil of course.

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

Yeah but I couldn't, work gets in the way. But did listen at every free moment.

Different Narrator would have been preferred

The narrator just sounds bored through most of this to me. Also, I had to look back at the description of this story to see what Kade's last name was because the way Palka says "Stewart" makes it sound like "Shirt".

The stories in this series have been really good. I felt like this one ended abruptly, though.

Excellent story

Lindsay Sands is one of my favorite writers. This trilogy was most delightful. I love Scottish tales.