Findley's Lass

The Clan MacDougall Series

De: Suzan Tisdale

Narrado por: Brad Wills

The Highlands of Scotland, Autumn 1344..... She had won his heart without trying... and he can only pray for the chance to give her his. When Findley McKenna returns after his battle with the English to offer Maggy Boyle a home amongst his clan, he finds only death and destruction instead of the young widow who has stolen his heart. The only things left of her home is the burned out hut and decaying bodies of the auld people Maggy has taken care of for the past three years. With only a prayer, his Highlander heart, and a bit of bloodied plaid to cling to, Findley will crawl through hell if he must, in order to find Maggy and her sons and avenge the massacre before him.

She had won his heart without trying, and he can only pray for the chance to give her his. How can she place her trust or her heart in the hands of a man she barely knows and maintain her freedom and keep her secrets hidden? Maggy has secrets, and her own hell to crawl through, before she can give her trust or heart to any man. Fearful that the uncle of her late husband will force her into a marriage with another cold and vindictive man, she goes into hiding to keep her true identity secret and her adopted sons together. After her home is destroyed and her young son kidnapped, those secrets begin to unravel, one agonizing thread at a time. How can she place her trust or her heart in the hands of a man she barely knows and still maintain her freedom and keep her secrets hidden? Findley McKenna is her last vestige of hope at keeping both.

©2012 Suzan Tisdale (P)2014 Suzan Tisdale

Enjoyable and Entertaining Listen

What did you love best about Findley's Lass?
I loved Maggie's strength, sensitivity, and love for her boys, and Findley, what a strong, loving and understandable man..

Who was your favorite character and why?
Wee William and Maggie's boys. Wee William for being so sensitive, it didn't match his size and Maggie's boys were very brave and stood up for each other and their mother.

Any additional comments?
I didn't want to stop listening to this book. I usually listen while I am doing other things, however, there were times I just had to stop and just listen to the story. There was action, suspense, love and friendship all rolled up into one story. There were scenes that made me laugh out loud and scenes where I was on the edge of my seat. I will listen to this again..

Lightly entertaining

It was a chance meeting that brought Findley McKenna and Maggy Boyle together, but from the first moment, the independent widow had stolen Findley’s heart. Unable to think of anything but the fiery-haired lass, Findley returns to offer her a home in which to raise her five foster boys. But when he arrives in the little valley Maggy calls home, he finds only destruction and death. Fearing the worst, Findley searches the ruins and is relieved to find that Maggy and four of her boys have escaped the massacre, but her fifth son has been taken as hostage by an evil Laird hell-bent on forcing Maggy to marry him.

Can Findley win Maggy’s trust? Can they rescue Ian? Can Findley get Maggy to spill her secrets and ultimately, can they overcome the many challenges that threaten to keep them apart?

I have a certain fondness - perhaps even an obsession for all things Scottish, most especially Scots fiction heroes. Scottish men are stereotypically brave, handsome warriors - and I quite like that stereotype. Novels set in the highlands often also include sweeping descriptions of the foggy lochs and heather-strewn hills - another huge plus in my opinion.

Sadly, ‘Findley’s lass’ was lacking in both these areas. While it was a pleasant story, I felt the characters of Findley and Maggie were not strong enough for my liking. The antagonists were overly-evil and stereo-typical, and I would have preferred to see some kind of redeeming quality in both of them for more reader conflict. There was very little descriptive writing, which is such a shame in this amazing setting. The story, I felt was too long with too many crests and falls and could have been simplified. The metaphors were cliche, and the excessive use of the words ‘braw’ and ‘tetched’ became positively irritating in the second half of the book.

Overall, it was a lightly entertaining novel and I still enjoyed parts of it, like the character of William, who was stronger in personality that Findley in my opinion. The little bits of humor also kept me going.

Audible narrator: I felt that the narrator was overly-dramatic in this performance.

I loved this book!

This book was great. Every now and then you stumble across a book, give it a shot not knowing anything about the author or narrator and are rewarded with a really good story read by a great narrator. it doesn't always turn out that way but this time it did. I fell in love with the the story, the characters and the narration. I am so glad I gave it a chance.

Bet you won't guess the big secret, I didn't!!!

I liked that the hero and heroine got to see each other at there worst and still chose to love each other. It's so often what's missing! Good job again Tisdale!

Can't I give the performance a 10 star rating?

The story is good, not as sizzling as Laiden's Daughter. The performance though is one of the best out of my collection of audiobooks!