Maggie's Man

Family Secrets, Book 1

By: Lisa Gardner

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Three siblings searching for the truth about their family are about to find more than they bargained for. . . .

When shy and reserved Maggie Ferringer is called for jury duty, she never expects to be kidnapped by an escaped convict. But when Cain Cannon, disguised as a prison guard, pulls a gun, she has no choice but to be taken hostage. Cain claims that he’s innocent of killing his girlfriend six years ago, and now he wants revenge on the people who put him behind bars.

Soon Maggie becomes more than just a hostage to Cain. As they slowly begin to share the secrets of their respective pasts, Maggie discovers that she wants to fight for Cain’s freedom - because he just might be the kind of man she can love.

©1997 Lisa Baumgartner (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Lisa Gardner's work has the chills and thrills to excite, and the heart to draw you in." (Sandra Brown)

Much different than Lisa Gardner's other books

If you could sum up Maggie's Man in three words, what would they be?

I've read a lot of Lisa Gardner's books, and they are usually on the dark side. This book, was a refreshing different type of book. It is murder, suspense and romance. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Great easy listening love story

Lisa Gardner is a favourite of mine and Kate Rudd is my favourite narrator. An easy listening love story. Thanks

Silly

Ladies: Kidnapping always leads to bad things.

This book was different than all the others I’ve read from this author. It wasn’t for me.

So much potential.

This storyline had potential but it fell flat for me. I only finished it because I couldn’t return it.

I Love Lisa Gardner but I Hate This Book

What disappointed you about Maggie's Man?

I don't know if it was the narrator's horrible voices and over enunciation of everything or if it was the book itself. I struggled through 3/4 of it and finally had enough and stopped listening.

Would you ever listen to anything by Lisa Gardner again?

Absolutely

What didn’t you like about Kate Rudd’s performance?

The perkiness for the female character was just plain annoying and completely unbelievable and the main male character she kept switching back and forth from a russian mob accent to no accent at all. She was simply way off the mark for this type of work. I will not buy another audible book if she is the reader.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

total disappointment

The Narration was awful!

I really had to force myself to finish this. I usually love Lisa Gardner books but this one did not meet the standard. The narration made the story even more ridiculous!

disappointing, soft core porn

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A better story and better narration. The Cain character is interesting but not fleshed out enough, and the Maggie character is just ridiculous.

What do you think your next listen will be?

The second in the series, since I already purchased it.

Would you be willing to try another one of Kate Rudd’s performances?

maybe, but not too soon.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

the story could make an interesting stage play?

Any additional comments?

I love Lisa Gardner's previous books, and this has none of the suspense, terror, or well drawn characters her previous works have. The story is disappointingly straightforward, the Maggie character as well as her narration are terrible, and there are parts that I are just soft core porn in disguise. Very disappointing all around.

Cheesy and unbelievable but the suspense is good.

Cheesy and unbelievable but the suspense is good.

The characters aren't real people, they are characachers of personalities. If you are willing to indulge in a completely unrelatable, unbelievable fantasy about people who fall in hopeless love with each other in less than 24 hrs, go for it.

Lame story and not an effective reader

Story was very corny. I found the heroine to be very annoying. Reader sounded like she was reading throughout the dialogue especially. Very distracting.

Complete Waste of Time and Credit

I can NOT believe Lisa Gardner actually wrote this. Maybe that’s why she used a different name? It’s so unbelievably bad. The narrator was so annoying, I almost couldn’t handle it - she was so overly dramatic, I actually got mad listening to her. If it wasn’t for my curiosity for how the story would end, I would have quit listening at least 10 times because of her. Totally wasn’t worth feeding my curiosity though because the ending was so unrealistic and stupid. I have read all of the books in LG’s DD Warren and FBI Profiler series and loved them so I was excited about trying out some of her different work - she needs to stick to the crime novels. This was just awful.