His Bonnie Bride

Highland Brides, Book 1

By: Hannah Howell

Narrated by: Ashford MacNab

New York Times best-selling author Hannah Howell traverses the embattled border between England and Scotland, where two warring families prolong centuries of discord....

Storm Eldon was first caught up in the war between England and Scotland as a young girl, when she and her family were held hostage by their sworn enemies, the MacLagans. Years later, Storm finds herself trapped in the clutches of her Scottish adversaries once again. Now she must fight to preserve her loyalties, guard her virtue, and resist the charms of Tavis MacLagan, her handsome Highland captor....

Contains mature themes.

©1988, 2012 Hannah Howell (P)2021 Tantor

Strong female lead

It was a good story that kept my attention. I enjoyed it. It has interesting characters.

Great story line.

This was well written, and the details were fantastic. The narrator made this story even better. Her ability to change her accents from Scots to Irish to English was impressive and a joy to listen to. The plot had plenty of twists, turns and angst, and at times I wanted to throttle Tavis for keeping his feelings to himself. This was a much better and far more believable book than Howell’s Unconquered.

Awesome and entertaining, over and over!

Great story! Wonderful narrator! I have read and listened to this one over and over again! I've also enjoyed Ian's story - waiting for Sholto's to be told.

The characters were so well defined

I really enjoyed this book as well as all of the others by this author the stories are always good fast-moving and very entertaining

She’s tiny, we get it.

Each sentence must punctuate how small she is, to the point of distraction. I’ve never heard the word slim said so many times. Hero spends the majority of the book not seeing her as anything more than a field to plow. Not for me.

seriously disliked both main characters

I seriously disliked both main characters they had almost zero redeeming qualities. I kept waiting for it to get better but no.

Too Long

This book had potential but it was too long. The uncertainty of commitment was draining! I’d listen for a while, put it down for days then give it another try only to remember why I took a break previously…I finally gave up and strolled through some of the chapters.

Difficult to endure

Wanted to like this book. The story did not flow, instead I felt like I was being dragged through a maize of misery waiting for the story to end. The narrator had a terrible voice that sounded like a child. Can I get my credit back?

Izzy irritates!

I usually love the characters Ms. Howell creates but I wanted to slap the useless woman with nothing but practical jokes on her mind.

Ashford MacNab does a wonderful job of creating all the characters, men and women. The only issue I had was that of Kerr. He sounded like an old man and that made him difficult to buy as the young and passionate Kerr.

Read the comments before reading this book!

Thankfully this was free, I would have been very upset if I paid for this stupid book. I'm only a few hours in and am dropping it. I was so impressed by the heroin in this book. Then I got to the point where it looked like the hero was about to rape the heroin and I thought "no that can't be the case." So I went to the comments and sure enough. Done with this one.