Unbound

By: Cara McKenna

Narrated by: Lucy Rivers

Merry's lost a lot recently - first her mother, then close to a hundred pounds. Feeling adrift, she strikes out in search of perspective. A three-week hike through the Scottish Highlands was supposed to challenge her new body and refocus her priorities, but when disaster strikes, she's forced to seek refuge in the remote home of a brooding, handsome stranger. Rob exiled himself to the Highlands years ago, desperate to escape his own self-destruction. Haunted by regrets, he avoids human contact at all costs . . . but when Merry turns up injured, he can't very well run her off. And as he nurses her back to health, Rob can't resist his guest's sweet demeanor - or her flirtatious advances. The igniting passion between them rouses a secret appetite Rob has long struggled to keep hidden. But Merry craves nothing more than to help Rob surrender to his desires, and the journey draws the lovers into an entirely different kind of wilderness.

©2013 Cara McKenna (P)2013 Tantor

Critic reviews

"McKenna is my go-to author for gritty, hot love stories full of honest emotion." (Victoria Dahl)

Wow- one of the best I’ve listened to this year

This is definitely in my top 20 best books of all time. So many romance novel are based on one of 5-6 basic premises but this is truly unique! Kinky as hell, and oddly believable, the characters are the kind that stick with you.
A few weaknesses: I really do wish there had been a epilogue- I want to know how it worked out! The book was so good it really deserved a narrator that could do a proper English/Scottish accent! But I forgot about it after awhile. And the cover is ridiculous -this sat in my library for six months because the beefcake cover photo led me to believe it was just another common romance novel -it’s really not! Get new cover art!!
Still I loved it! It’s one of those books that makes you sad it’s over.

Exceeded My Expectations

I believe this is the first audiobook where I enjoyed listening to the story even more than when I READ the book. And, I DID enjoy reading it. I was hesitant to give this a try based solely on how much I disliked this narrator's reading of another Cara McKenna book I'd LOVED in print (After Hours). However, after enjoying the heck out of another audiobook Lucy Rivers narrated, I felt compelled to give this one a go and was immensely entertained by her performance. Exceptionally well done all the way around!

Great story

Very unique story, and well performed. I liked it all up until the end. The ending was so abrupt it felt rush and left no real sense of what the future held for the couple. It’s more of a HFN than a HEA. I prefer HEA.

Good listen

I liked the character driven story. Wish there was a different narrator for the male parts with a legitimate Scottish accent. The woman reading does an odd attempt at a British accent that sounds like the Brit is from Savannah, GA. At times, many times, it’s difficult to differentiate between when a character is speaking and when a you are hearing thoughts. Sex scenes were awkward. The story overall was great though.

I am in love with Cara McKenna.

Would you consider the audio edition of Unbound to be better than the print version?

I have read almost all of her books. Hard Times being one of my favs. This book was really interesting. A hermit hiding from his past sins in a tiny little house in Scotland. A woman having just lost over a hundred pounds, finally finding herself and the body she is in, hiking over Scotland. The chemistry was great and his fetish was so sexy. It was like looking in a window and spying on these two people and their string of issues. yeah ok I admit to being a wee bit of a voyeur. Read it!!!!!