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The Laird Takes a Bride: The Penhallow Dynasty, Book 2 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Lisa Berne (Author), Elle Newlands (Narrator), HarperAudio (Publisher)

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Lisa Berne's Penhallow Dynasty series continues as a Highlander marries against his will - and discovers he may have found the perfect bride.

Alasdair Penhallow, laird of his clan and master of Castle Tadgh, is forced to end his carefree bachelorhood, thanks to an ancient decree that requires him to marry. But Alasdair's search for a biddable wife comes to a screeching halt when Fate serves up Fiona Douglass. Prickly as a thistle, Fiona challenges him at every turn, rendering herself surprisingly irresistible. Her love would be a prize indeed...if Alasdair could accept it.

Fiona gave her heart once and doesn't plan to repeat that folly. Yet she finds herself drawn to Alasdair's intelligence and strength, and the passion he incites goes well beyond her expectations for what's only a marriage of expedience. Despite herself, she's falling in love with her husband.

But there's a high wall between them - and Fiona's not sure it can ever be torn down.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 48 minutes
Author	Lisa Berne
Narrator	Elle Newlands
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	29 August 2017
Publisher	HarperAudio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0731H22QZ
Best Sellers Rank	176,889 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,994 in Regency Romance (Audible Books & Originals) 5,898 in Scottish Historical Romance 17,534 in Regency Romance (Books)

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S. Atkinson

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2018

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Another enjoyable read from this author

lindylou

a good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2017

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very enjoyable book, full of stubborn pride on both sides, discovering love and confidence in each other.

Carol

Love this story!

Reviewed in Canada on 27 August 2019

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The Laird Takes a Bride is my favourite of the Penhallow Dynasty series. Fiona is so feisty and her romance with Alasdair is a delight to read with all its twists and turns.

Mainer

Very nice second book in the series

Reviewed in the United States on 19 September 2017

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Alasdair Penhallow is the laird in the title. Since he just turned thirty-five, it turns out there's a rule that he must find a bride or lose all, including his life. Fiona Douglass is an unwilling candidate for his hand according to the rules, but both decide fairly quickly that marriage between them won't do. So Fiona watches the other three candidates vie for Alasdair's favor in a series of Bachelor-type contests.
As it turns out, Fiona and Alasdair are married much to their dismay and must find a way to create a real marriage despite issues from their pasts.
I just read the first book in this series and enjoyed it, so I moved on to this one which I also liked very much. Ms. Berne has an engaging writing style that makes the reader want to keep going in the book (even when she should turn the light off and go to sleep). I liked both Fiona and Alasdair; they were a good match. I especially liked the way the author treated the beginning of their marriage. There was no instant seduction and grand sex scenes. Instead, we have a blase and perfunctory joining that is solely for the purpose of procreation. Too often I read historical romances where the hero and heroine dislike each other, but are immediately drawn into the throes of passion. I found this a nice change.
I was annoyed a bit with the book of rules and the device used for the marriage, but that was a small bother in an otherwise enjoyable read.

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A great love story by an author who gets the complexities of human emotions.

Reviewed in the United States on 31 August 2017

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While I thoroughly enjoyed the first book In the Penhallow Dynasty series it was this one that moved Lisa Berne onto my favorite authors list.
We meet a couple, one who is emotionally stagnant due to loss the other rigid and insecure because of betrayal. While they do fall in love, the journey is not without pain and this is where the mastery of this book lies. The author's ability to understand human frailties and put them to paper. As a reader you will feel the heaviness of the character's sentiments which for me required a tissue or two. But rest assured there is the, in my case, mandatory happy ending.
The Laird takes a bride is a straight forward love story with no other subplots except a minor parallel love of an older couple, it's exciting enough to hold your interest. I especially appreciated the love\sex scenes are not overly graphic and there are no trigger scenarios. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and advise you to make Lisa Berne an author to follow.

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