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The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1)

Jennifer Ashley

Start date: February 1, 2011

Finish date: February 28, 2011

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Jan 13, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-mystery-subplot, character-scottish-hero, series-h, reviewed-by-me, amazing-secondary-characters, genre-romance-historical, theme-hero-heals-heroine, authors-a, authors-j, theme-tortured-hero

Wow! How can I rate a book more than five stars? Even after all the hype, this book still held up. I guess all I can do is put it on my “all-time-favorites” bookshelf.

Lord Ian is intense and he leaped off the pages and into my arms. I wondered how Jennifer Ashley was going to present his POV, since he has Asperger syndrome, and at times it was almost as if it was written by someone else, the tone is so substantially different.

Here is a scene, from the heroine’s POV, from early in the book wh Wow! How can I rate a book more than five stars? Even after all the hype, this book still held up. I guess all I can do is put it on my “all-time-favorites” bookshelf.

Lord Ian is intense and he leaped off the pages and into my arms. I wondered how Jennifer Ashley was going to present his POV, since he has Asperger syndrome, and at times it was almost as if it was written by someone else, the tone is so substantially different.

Here is a scene, from the heroine’s POV, from early in the book when the hero, Ian, has just met the heroine, Beth, at the opera for the first time. You can see she is attracted to him, yet he is disconcerting her; while Ian doesn’t know how to take her teasing:

Lord Ian drew a thin curl between his fingers, straightening it. He let it go, his eyes flickering as it bounced against her forehead. He drew the curl out again, watching it bounce back, and again. His concentration unnerved her; the closeness of his body unnerved her more. At the same time, her own wanton body was responding.

“You shall take all the spring out of it,” she said. “My maid will be so disappointed.”

Ian blinked, then returned his hand to the arm of his chair as though having to force it.

I liked the humor in the heroine, Beth; it is delicious when she finally makes Ian laugh out loud, something he never does. Still, she is also a tenacious woman out to solve a mystery. It is nice to see a heroine worthy of the hero.

The three brothers, Isabella, and the servants were very, very real; their dialogues believable. I found the relationship between Ian and Hart thought-provoking. Each brother thinks the other is guilty of something. I loved that Hart, the Duke, was earthy - but also so arrogantly rude to Beth - believing her to be not good enough for his brother, only worried about her safety with regards to how it would affect Ian; conversely, at the same time rude and dismissive toward Ian feelings, while still relying on him for his abilities. On second thought, Hart is rude to everyone. Ms. Ashley has created complex characterizations here and they are fun, intense, emotional and subsequently button-pushing. A wonderful love story about a woman learning to love again and a man, who thinks he can’t, learning to love for the first time!

Ms. Ashley is a new-to-me-author and I will definitely be purchasing, not borrowing, more of her works.
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Jul 13, 2010 Quinn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: library-book, aar-top-100-2010, favourites, 5-stars, series, regency-victorian-georgian, to-buy

Expectations can be a double-edged sword. More often than not, my high expectations for those books that have garnered almost universal praise are left unmet and I finish the book feeling vaguely disappointed – even if it’s a good read, it often doesn’t strike me as the brilliance I was expecting.

Along with the rave reviews, The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie also had an additional burden. The hero has Aspergers syndrome, an Autism Spectrum disorder that I am very familiar with (my nephew has thi ...more

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Dec 17, 2010 Jennifer Ashley added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Shelves: jenniferashley, historical-romance, mackenzies-highland-pleasures

The August 2011 edition is a re-release of the original 2009 edition, with a new cover. There are no changes to the book itself.

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Jul 08, 2010 Shay rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-romance

3.5 STARS but i gave it 4 just for having the gutts to deal with Asperger sindrome, and for doing it so well.

I adored Ian and thought the romance was nicely done from his POV. It was very emotional (as much as he can be emotional) and uniqe.

I just didnt understand how and when Beth could have fall in love with Ian, they didnt have much in common...

BTW, the murder story was boring, w/o it the novel could ahve been alot better. but hey, im a romance kinda gal, mistery never worked for me.

A nice r ...more

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Oct 01, 2014 ☘KathyD☘ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, genre-romance-series, genre-historical-fiction, book-kindle, zz-2015, audio-audible, genre-suspense, pages-300-399, genre-erotica, genre-regency

What a fun historical novel! This story was full of wonderful moments...a good mystery...and a unique hero! I have to say, Lord Ian’s “madness” was portrayed beautifully! Of course, he isn’t mad at all, simply a man on the spectrum that didn’t exist at this point in time. Beth was a fun character, as well. They had an interesting relationship and I liked how Beth grew to understand Ian over time...better than his brothers in many respects. Can’t wait to see what kind of mischief awaits the other ...more

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Jan 12, 2013 Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult-cravings, audio-goodness, audiobooks, read-in-2012

Great narrator. I loved the voices. I don’t know if I could have had the patience to be with Ian (like I actually had a choice, lol), but I think that’s why he and Beth are so well suited for each other.

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