Reckless Love

MacKenzie-Blackthorn, Book 1

By: Elizabeth Lowell

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

No one who roamed the steep green mountains and red-rock canyons of Utah Territory was safe from El Cascabel and his renegade warriors - not Janna Wayland, not the wild stallion Lucifer - not even Ty MacKenzie, the stranger who had come for the stallion, and stayed to capture Janna's heart.

Now all three must join forces and make their escape, or die trying.

©2007 Elizabeth Lowell (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Merlington's lightly accented delivery and textured characterizations breathe passion and tension into this story of survival and romance." ( AudioFile)

Great Book

Loved it. I really enjoyed listening to this book, I just wish she did more of there older books like this. Would love to hear them.

Western love story with a heroine

This is fun and rousing. It was a good enough story that started out with a bang , I could not stop listening until it was over. And the Heroine saves the hero, this is a nice change from the Duke saves the day stories. But it IS still one of those.... If you like that you will like this.

Western Lovers

Any additional comments?

This was a great western romp. Loved the Mustangs. It is a bit steamy with lot's of horse action. Very enjoyable. :)

No one who roamed the steep green mountains and red-rock canyons of Utah Territory was safe from El Cascabel and his renegade warriors - not Janna Wayland, not the wild stallion Lucifer - not even Ty MacKenzie, the stranger who had come for the stallion,and stayed to capture Janna's heart. Now all three must join forces and make their escape, or die trying.

Poor Jenna...

Even though the story was very engaging and kept my interest from the beginning I found it hard to tolerate the emotional cruelty of Hero towards the Heroine.
If he was just a little bit nicer and more of a gentleman........but he wasn’t until the very end.

the hero is a jerk

I quite enjoy Ms. Lowell's modern stories. I've also enjoyed a few of her historical stories. But this one misses the mark, because the hero is just not a likeable guy. Stories with flawed heros have their place in literature, certainly, but when I'm reading (or listening!) to a romance, I want to like both of the main characters. Ty MacKenzie is a jerk to Jana in the beginning, a jerk to Jana in the middle, and a jerk to her at the end. Until the last 5 minutes, when suddenly he sees the light and declares his undying love--and I don't buy it.

I'd skip this one, if I were you.

(Performance was good, considering the story she had to work with. But even an excellent performance couldn't have saved this one.)