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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, oh, oh!  I loved, loved, loved &quot;The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie&quot; by Jennifer Ashley!  I began the book two hours ago and could NOT put it down.  I laughed and I cried from both sadness and joy.  The characters and the plot are at times mysterious and softly heartbreaking, but the end...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53404640">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book. The romance between Beth and Ian while wonderful, started off very matter of factly. Lord Ian Mackenzie takes one look at Mrs. Beth Ackerley and knows he must have her. It's typical alpha male possessiveness right off the bat from an atypical hero. Beth was also a very welcomed ch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55438067">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[*Squeal* Loved it, Loved it, Loved it!<br/><br/>This book was almost impossible to put down, I read it overnight &amp; I fell in love with the main characters Ian &amp; Beth.<br/><br/>The infamous Lord Ian Mackenzie is a unique hero, confined in an asylum from the age of eleven because of a condition se...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56573061">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this romance, if for no other reason then the uniqueness of the hero.<br/><br/>Lord Ian has asberger's in the time when there is no conception of autism. Labeled insane and thrown in a mental asylum throughout his teens and early twenties, this is truly a tortured hero.<br/><br/>It is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81412708">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The year is 1881. Meet the Mackenzie family--rich, powerful, dangerous, eccentric. A lady couldn't be seen with them without ruin. Rumors surround them--of tragic violence, of their mistresses, of their dark appetites, of scandals that set England and Scotland abuzz. <br/> <br/>The youngest brother, Ian, known as the Mad Mackenzie, spent most of his young life in an asylum, and everyone agrees he is decidedly odd. He's also hard and handsome and has a penchant for Ming pottery and beautiful women. <br/> <br/>Beth Ackerley, widow, has recently come into a fortune. She has decided that she wants no more drama in her life. She was raised in drama--an alcoholic father who drove them into the workhouse, a frail mother she had to nurse until her death, a fussy old lady she became constant companion to. No, she wants to take her money and find peace, to travel, to learn art, to sit back and fondly remember her brief but happy marriage to her late husband. <br/> <br/>And then Ian Mackenzie decides he wants her. <br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading this book.  This is a love story...two people finding each other and following in love.  The hero, Ian MacKenzie, has Asperger.  He was institutionalized by his father at an early age.  He grew up in the asylum until his older brother, Hart, was able to free him.  Ian fits h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50960753">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not sure what to say... I liked the book... I don't think it is the BEST book this year... I do like that we are going to see more of this family... You know the others will have stories just as thick with drama and and hard to get past but I will definitely be watching for the next one.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie has a flawed hero – that much isn’t new. However, the flaw is one I’ve never come across in a romance novel; he’s autistic, though he is fairly high-functioning. However, in the late nineteenth century nobody knew what caused a person to behave abnormally, t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64335517">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I read that the hero of The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie was a Victorian-era undiagnosed autistic savant, I had to check it out.  I am not a fan of the traditional &quot;wounded&quot; romance hero who just has massive daddy issues. I'm always looking for a hero with interesting problems, not j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59070380">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Gannon Carr<br/>Publisher:  Leisure Books<br/>5 stars<br/><br/>Every so often, a book comes along that really shines and stands out among all others.  One that is hard to put down when you’re reading and when you reach the last sentence is impossible to forget.  The Madness of Lord Ian...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57955489">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A wonderful &amp; moving story, but the secondary mystery plot pretty much dominated the last quarter of the book, and as far as mysteries go, this one is not all that interesting. Still a VERY good love story, which I can definitely recommend, and very hot, but the last few chapters are just a bit of a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55405306">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book just jumped into the lead for Biggest Disappointment of 2009.  I could cry.  The author took one of the most heartbreaking, soul-stirring heroes I've ever read and saddled him with an utterly boring story.  I love Lord Ian, but ever other character, including the heroine, is straight out o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67773411">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What is there to say about this book that hasn't already been said? This book was one of the best I've read so far this year. <br/><br/>Lord Ian Mackenzie has a madness; in current times, we call is Aspberger's Syndrome. The slight social aversion, the inability to understand deep concepts or emot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53443028">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ There are so few books that capture me like this book did. Be sure to have a few hours to spend on this book because if your like me, you won't be able to put it down!<br/>   I couldn't help but fall in love with Mad Ian. Learning about Asperger just a few months ago some would think Ian would be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53421158">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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