Truly, Madly, Plaid

Prince Charlie's Angels, Book 2

By: Eliza Knight

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

Annie MacPherson’s world was torn apart when her family’s castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds Lieutenant Craig MacLean left for dead. Soon her heart belongs to the fierce warrior.

As the English dragoons draw closer to Annie’s makeshift hospital, Craig knows they have to escape together if they’ll have any chance to survive. But when they come face-to-face with the enemy and Craig is imprisoned, Annie will have to risk everything she has to save the man she can’t live without.

©2020 by Eliza Knight (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing

A Depressing Difficult Slog

I just really don’t have anything positive to say other than the narrator did a fantastic job considering the content she was tasked to read. She was the only reason I kept listening.

Why was it so awful? Hard to put it all in words but I will try. Imagine a day there is no sun, and the sky is a blanket of bleak darkness that holds promise the day will only get much worse. Then it starts to rain. Hard. You’re out there with no coat and the dirt road you’re standing on turns into knee deep mud you must trudge through to get to no where in particular. Then the horse you never had runs away just as it starts to get cold and your clothes are sticking to you like a second skin that is cumbersome and heavy. In the distance, of the direction you, for some unknown reason, are compelled to go, you can’t help but hear unearthly screams of anguish, terror, torture and maiming. There is only one direction you can go, and you must walk or else sink into the bloody mud until you’re buried.

Then suddenly you aren’t alone. A vision of your heart’s idea of Heaven appears. Amid the misery, they smile at you, tickle and flirt, then kiss you so soundly you are certain you witnessed the Big Bang. Then just as suddenly, they are ripped out of reach, their finger tips lingering on yours, before they are eaten, as you watch, to the pervading omnipresent atmospheric malevolence.

This book thinks it’s a romance. Don’t let it fool you. Romance novels are escapism. A vacation from stress. This book unceremoniously dumps you from a wheelbarrow smack into the middle of nightmareville.

Sweet and nicely paced

I really enjoyed the main characters. They are cute and well matched. The story and their romance was well paced and the development of their feelings is somewhat believable. It is not as instant love as other stories in the genre, but still on the faster end. One of the better highland romance novels I’ve read. It avoids a lot of negative tropes seen in the genre. It has some tasteful intimate scenes. I definitely recommend this story!

Great series

I have really enjoyed listening to this series of strong women who are determined and capable. The characters are well developed and the interspersing of characters from other books in the series really builds a community of characters.

Fantastic job.

Great book. I really enjoyed listening to this story. Nice to meet other family members.

Boring

Totally out there. Not enough action. To be so in love with each other after two kisses is silly

not the worst

Justice Eyre reads this in her usual faux English accent, with poor Scottish accents for the characters but you do get used to it. more war and strategy than romance in the Highlands. Good to see relationships between appropriately consenting adults. some strong language and sexual scenes.

distracting reader

Storyline was predictable and lost interest in parts of it. did not care for the narrator at all. whiny sounding voice.

story was bad

the story was crap. only reason i listened to it was because of justine eyre because she is an amazingly talented narrator.

WONDERFUL STORY

I LOVED IT! Full of action, romance, courage and history. I enjoyed Annie and Craig

Good story and narration

I enjoyed this series, accidentally read them out of order. The only thing I could have done without was the sex scenes. Which I skipped over.

Loved the story

Loved the story. I love all Eliza Knights books. That's the only reason why I bought this title as I can't bear the narrator's voice for the heros. Craig's voice sounded like he was in pain all the time even when he was happy.