Ravished by a Highlander

The Children of the Mist Series, Book 1

By: Paula Quinn

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Forbidden love, undeniable desire....

Davina Montgomery is no ordinary English lady. For her own protection, she’s been locked away from society, her true identity the Crown’s most closely guarded secret. Until a shocking betrayal—and a bold rescue—land her in the arms of a fierce Highlander, a powerful warrior whose searing gaze and tantalizing touch awaken her body and soul.

As the firstborn son of a powerful Scottish laird, Robert MacGregor has no loyalty to the English throne, but he’s not the kind of man to leave a woman in distress, even if she is English. He vows to deliver Davina to safety, unharmed and untouched. Yet one stolen kiss leaves them both smoldering with desire and desperate for more. With Davina’s secret threatening to destroy his clan, Rob must choose between everything he holds dear and the one woman he can’t live without.

Great Scot! Listen to more Children of the Mist romances.

©2010 Paula Quinn (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“[M]ore than just sizzling sensuality: history buffs will love the attention to period detail and cameos by real-life figures.” ( Publishers Weekly)

“Here is an amazing love story where characters’ deep emotions and sense of honor for their countrymen will enchant readers.” ( Romantic Times)

“This novel is full of excitement and thrills.” ( Fresh Fiction)

YIKES. Terrible narrator.

I am shamelessly addicted to Scottish Highlander books. That being said this was the absolute worst narration I have ever heard in my life. In no way was this anything resembling a Scots accent. Yowza. Unfortunately, the main characters voice was so whiney and annoying I often had to stop listening for a while and start it back up when I was desperate and had nothing else.

The story was alright but if there had been better narration I think I would have been able to get more into it.

an absolute pleasure

The story moved quickly before you could assume what would happen next. loved the characters, and loved that it was light, not melodramatic, didn't have to sit through tangents that writers get on with descriptions on the sky, or a rock, etc. it was a joy.

Slow start

If you could sum up Ravished by a Highlander in three words, what would they be?

The first two-thirds of the book moves along very slow. You keep waiting for some action, any action to start. The last third is very good but it is hard to stay with it to the end. That saved the story. Worth the read, but not the most exciting book.

Hot series

Late review. Good story with an interesting turn of events and twists. Well written romantic story that kept the listener engaged.

BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE!!

Where does Ravished by a Highlander rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

about a 5, narrator was good. More reading then characterizations! Poor Scottish Brogue.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Ravished by a Highlander?

I don't have a particular one

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I disliked the lack of Characterizations the voices mostly sound the same!!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No

Any additional comments?

Davina Montgomery Has been living in hiding at St. Christopher's Abbey since she was born. Hiding as a Novice in training. She is being guarded by 100 English soldiers lead by Capt. Edward Asher. The Convent comes under attack with the intent on killing Davina. Robert/Rob MacGregor heir to the Chieftain and Laird of Clan MacGregor is on his way to The Coronation of King James the 7th. He runs right into the battle taking place at the convent. Rob is asked by Capt. Asher to help Davina and get her far away. Of Course Rob rescues her as the chapel is being burned to the ground and with all the Nuns inside he gets Davina out but can't help the other sister.

Davina is hiding her true identity from Rob and his Clan. Rob soon figures out who she really is. They fall in love as Rob takes Davina into hiding on the Isle of Skye were his Clan lives. I love stories like this with all the history behide it but in this case I think a lot of it was fictional. Still the story was very well written with great seconday charaters. The storyline moves fast. After sacrificing all of her life she finally gets her HEA. There are no surprises you will be able to figure out the storyline pretty quickly. If I had one complaint it would be I would have liked to see a more detail account of how King James carried out his retribution of his enemies and those trying to kill Davina.

Love those Highlanders

Would you listen to Ravished by a Highlander again? Why?

Yes, quite an enjoyable listen. Good story and great narration!

Any additional comments?

looking forward to all of the books in the series.

Could have been better....

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Probably not...I have listened to better Highlander books. The narration is not the best and the main Highlander seems kind of sappy. He's strong and then so easily turns mushy....I don't know it just seems he changed too quickly for my taste.

Would you be willing to try another book from Paula Quinn? Why or why not?

I will only because I want to hear the rest of the brothers and family members stories.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

I don't want to be cruel, but this is the worst narrator I have listened to so far after 4 years of audio books. She has a pleasant voice for females and her regular speaking voice is fine. The problem is the male voices ... at least the Scottish voices sound weird. I finally got to where it wasn't a major hindrance, but that took a few hours! The romantic scenes were slightly spoiled by the narration. The narrator just didn't seem to have the right inflection at the right times. I felt like someone was reading to me vs. feeling like I was in the story.

Quite enjoyable

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Although I enjoyed the storyline... it was buried under layers and layers and layers of repetitive discriptions of feelings, body discriptions, emotions... etc
Like I said the story was good, it would have been better had the author limited her discriptions. Towards the end it felt like she was just filling pages. It became a little frustrating.

Unexpected storyline... superb narrator!

Ravished by the Highlander was entertaining (and steamy in a couple of spots). The antagonist was heard throughout the story. And what I really liked is that even to the very end, the story wasn't predictable. It was refreshing and I enjoyed it.

There is some "meat" in the story, too, in the form of historic political connections/relationships that you have to pay attention to to really understand why some decisions are made. With this in mind, this isn't just a fluffy little story.

Carrington MacDuffie is an excellent narrator in this book. The mens voices were each very different and believable. She wasn't forced and was very conversational. I enjoyed her reading almost more than any other I've heard.

Sweet, but not great.

This is an okay story, I give it a 3.5 overall. The narrator was good, some of the accents weren't great but she did a pretty good job. There didn't seem to have much depth to the romance. The main characters seemed to be instantly in love but not a lot of lead up, I was starting to wonder when the ravishing would begin, finally something started to happen. I am not a fan of the heroine, she is perfect, can do no wrong and can make any man fall instantly in love with her. Pleassse. She must be a saint or a "beguiling angel spun from the harp strings of heaven". The story did pick up and I enjoyed the ending better than the beginning. I don't know if I will continue on with the remaining series. Probably if they come on sale, but I won't be rushing to get the next one.