Untamed

Medieval Trilogy, Book 1

RITA Award Winner, Best Historical Single Title, 1994

A hero of the crusades, Dominic le Sabre has returned in glory and in triumph to claim his reward: the beautiful Saxon bride awarded to him by the conqueror king. But Lady Margaret of the Blackthorne cannot yield to the bold Norman invader.

The beloved daughter of a sacred tribe of the Celtic mystics, she fears an ancient curse that could bring further turmoil to her battle-scarred land...and sorrow to her marriage bed.

With a word, the lady could turn her wedding into war. But there awaits in the noble knight's embrace a promise of passion unbound - and a love that neither violence nor treachery can tear asunder, a love both invincible and...untamed.

©2008 Elizabeth Lowell (P)2008 Brilliance Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Wonderous....Riveting....Powerful and Sensual....sure to thrill and captivate her many fans." ( Romantic Times)

Major narrator fail

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

I would not recommend this book to anyone. The narrator has totally ruined the experience for me because of the most boring narration and phony voices. I have had to stop repeatedly to brace myself to just listen to the STORY, not the narrator. I am appalled she was not stopped and told to begin this book again.

What do you think your next listen will be?

The Woman in White

What didn’t you like about Anne Flosnik’s performance?

Her horrible attempt at making a man sound "evil." She had three levels of inflection throughout the entire story, most of them a hoarse whisper. The levels never varied. I can talk about the mail being delivered with more enthusiasm, inflection, or variation in my speech.

Did Untamed inspire you to do anything?

Yes. It inspired me to write my first review. Sad that it had to be because the narration was so poor. The story was not much better.

Any additional comments?

I will be most cautious to make sure I do not get a book narrated by her again.

It gives highlander bribes

I was a little nervous as this is an older historical romance and I wasn’t sure how it would go. I really enjoyed it, it gave highlander vibes and I love a highlander 😏

I have read this book so many times since I was 16 years old. My favorite book! Beautiful love story!

I wish the story went more into after they fell in love and had kids.

Boy oh boy!

From beginning to end I was into this book. It did not disappoint. Unlike many historical romances nothing was overdone. The romance, war, crisis, etc was balanced into a most enjoyable story.

As a first book in a series it does a good job of developing interest in characters and entertains enough to make you want the next one.

Good performance, ok story

I'm ambivalent of how I feel about this story. The story was good, I won't deny it. But my eyes were rolling A LOT while I was listening to the story.

Too many similes for my taste. The falcon metaphor was pushed a bit too far and became annoying after a while. And the way the author wrote about the woman's "precious jewel that needed polishing between the gentle folds of her... bla bla" (I'm obviously paraphrasing here but you get my meaning), was just eye rolling and preposterous!

I honestly laughed out loud a few times (when it wasn't supposed to be funny). It wasn't like there was any witty banter between the main protagonists in the story like Johanna Lindsey writes for her characters. But I digress.

Not my favourite. There are better ones out there, for sure.