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    The Wedding
    The Wedding
    The Wedding
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Wedding

    Written by Julie Garwood

    Narrated by Heather Wilds

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood has captured the hearts of millions of listeners worldwide with timeless tales of love and soaring adventure. Now, returning to the enchanting world of her classic love story The Bride, she brings to glorious life the passion, intrigue, and rivalry of medieval Scotland….

    Resigned to an arranged marriage to a highland laird she has never met, Lady Brenna journeys from England to Scotland certain she will suffer a loveless marriage. But en route to her betrothed, a rival band of Werce, painted warriors intercept her caravan and demand that she marry their leader—the handsome, quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister, the same man she'd repeatedly proposed to as a child while he'd been a visitor to her father's castle. Though Brenna scarcely remembers the secret missives she'd sent to MacAlister declaring her love, she has never forgotten the tall visitor's dazzling, unexpected smile.

    Now older and wiser, Brenna harbors no illusions that Connor is in love with her—indeed, after a hasty forest wedding, Connor assures her she can return home once she has borne him a son. Lady Brenna has no idea that her capture is merely the first act of vengeance against her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy. Determined to be happy, Brenna soon endears herself to most of the MacAlister clan, despite—or perhaps because of—her uncanny knack for getting into trouble. And although she comes to adore her brave, superstitious, gentle husband, she has no clue that Connor lives for the moments she whispers "I love you"…words she never meant him to hear. But, as she sets out to win the heart of the brave chieftain, a legacy of revenge ensnares Brenna in a furious clan war—and only her faith in her gallant husband can save her….

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 30, 2013
    ISBN9781469266336
    The Wedding
    Author

    Julie Garwood

    Julie Garwood (1944--2023) was the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Fire and Ice, Shadow Music, Shadow Dance, Murder List, Killjoy, Mercy, Heartbreaker, Ransom, and Come the Spring. There are more than thirty-six million copies of her books in print.

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    • 2/5
      The narrator was aweful. I couldn't get through the first hour. I'll read it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I don't know, the woman in this one was such a sap. I mean, things get said to her that are nasty and she vows to improve the next time. I don't know, she was such a doormat it annoyed me.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Pretty standard, enjoyable medieval, with quirky heroine, emotionally clueless hero, a feud, and an evil stepmother. Lots of fun dialogue--frex, the heroine kept telling the hero they'd "start over." Dropped plot threads and a heroine whose "breasts are too large and hips are too narrow" and a modern voice keep this from being anything more than a cookie read (fun & yummy, but just a sweet snack, not a satisfying meal).

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      Tough to finish; the narrator made this book so hard to complete.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      This book was very annoying to me. So much bickering between the two main characters! I couldn’t wait to be done with it! The narrator made Connor so monotone sounding. But at least the ending was good.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Just imagine. It is the early 12th century in the Scottish Highlands and you've just had a row with your husband, your very new husband. He's taking off for an undefined amount of time and doesn't even bother to say goodbye. You whisper your adieu to him and you take your leave, heartbroken, feeling unwanted and alone. As you walk up the hill, you suddenly feel the ground shaking and others are rushing to get off the path in front of you. Before you can face the impending danger, you are plucked from the ground and swept up onto your husband's horse, his hand tight around your waist as you gallop at a breakneck speed. At the top of the incline, he stops his stallion, stares into your eyes and whispers his farewell. And then he kisses you, long and hard.....a kiss both you and he will never forget. Just imagine. Your new husband has just swept you off your feet.This is but one of my favourite parts in this enjoyable tale. Julie Garwood has a talent for shaping unforgettable characters. She lets you think their thoughts and feel their emotions until you believe you are there with them.....a secondary character yourself....a member of the clan. I really delighted in the heroine's character, Brenna. She was a sweet romantic at heart, yet she was strong, determined and out-spoken when she needed to be. Her quirky flaw of forgetting her personal belongings all over the place made her more real and endearing to me. Brenna was going to make her marriage work, and that was one outstanding feat, for Connor MacAlister is one formidable, unemotional Highlander. And the fact that he stole her as she was making her way to her wedding to another Highlander is no easy fact to get over. Connor's past has shaped his actions and his need for revenge is no secret. But he is an honourable man. Yet his English bride Brenna manages to tap upon his heart, little by little breaking down his hard exterior, reaching into his soul and releasing the love he has for her. Brenna makes Connor realize that loving someone does make him vulnerable, yet it doesn't make him less of a man. A great story and perfect read for the summer.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      This book is the 2nd book of a series, but can be read alone. Alec and Jamie Kincaid are secondary characters in this story. Lady Brenna and Connor MacAlister first met when she was a little girl and at that time proposed to him. Brenna is on her way from England to Scotland to marry a man she has never met, Connor's enemy. Connor has been seeking revenge for his father's death and plans to intercept his bride since she proposed to him when she young. When Connor arrives she stands her ground and will not leave to marry him, but he lives choice in order to save her father's men who were guarding her she agrees to marry him.Connor and Brenna do not see eye to eye on how a wife she act, I enjoy how Brenna constantly defies him and does as she pleases all the while she is also eager to please her husband, his staff, his men and even his stepmother. Connor is a strong and keeps his feelings deep inside he lost his mother when he was young and new the heartache his father suffered from the loss. He attempts to keep Brenna `in line' but in the end always relents.His two trusted men Quinlan and Crispin are great and seem to enjoy the way Brenna does not back down from their laird. Brenna is looking forward to arriving at her new home and meeting her step mother, who Connor is also excited to see her. Brenna is shocked to see how her new home looks, and sets out to make things look more like a home, but her stepmother and her son have other ideas they set out to destroy all her plans and make her feel inferior in her own home, instead of seeking her husbands assistance she takes matters into her own hands and things go from bad to worse.A great love story with some great secondary characters, I enjoyed the humor in the story and Brenna's determination to win Connor over.

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    • 4/5
      English Lady Brenna is on her way to marry the Scot to whom her father has betrothed her when her traveling party is overtaken by painted Highlanders intent on kidnapping her. She is summarily married off to the leader of the group, Connor, whom she had last met when she was a young child and a bit of a hellion. Quickly determined to make the best of her new situation, she determines to make a decent life for herself, her new husband, and his men. Connor is reluctant to let Brenna know the full extent behind his decision to steal her and marry her and he butts heads with her with almost every decision she makes. The sparring between the two main characters does ratchet up the tension in the book and made it a bit unbelievable that the headstrong Brenna would far so quickly and completely for her rigidly controlling husband. But there is enough give and take that this is ultimately a minor quibble. The resolution of Connor obsession is widely foreshadowed in this book so the climax and ending are both not terribly surprising but Garwood gets her characters to their required places with finesse. I enjoy Scottish settings and even though the revenge motive in romances is one that generally doesn't resonate with me, this one was a pleasant enough interlude in my reading.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      i hated the narrator's wooden, dull way of delivering nearly every line. it sucked the joy out of what is probably a delightful book on paper. The heroine was a bit more obtuse than i could forgive, particularly toward the end. It simply dragged on too long. The hero was actually quite good. it was really the narrator that killed it for me.

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    • 4/5
      Julie Garwood spun a wonderfully romantic tale with The Wedding. The heroine was so bold and in a way modern, but yet still come off as fitting right in the time period. The dialogue was smooth and the storyline had me reading from start to finish.

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    • 4/5
      At 10 year’s old Connor MacAlister gets proposed to by a young Brenna. It’s a proposal that he never forgets and apparently decides to take seriously now that he is in need of a wife. Without leaving Brenna much of a choice Connor marries her in a quick wedding and gets her back to his clan. At first Brenna is resistive, but then she slowly comes to like Connor and his clan and in the case of all happly ever after romance novels they, of course, end up liking her.

      I quite liked Brenna as a heroine. She has a knack for starting trouble without meaning too and she’s forgetful with her things. Although these seem to be her only flaws, she was as endearing as the clan found her to be. Connor, however, I didn’t quite like as much as other Garwood heroes. He did have serious issues to battle so I felt emplathic towards him, but he was less humourous than Garwood’s other heroes. He did end up softening towards the end and grew on me though. Overall, this is a quick read and perfect for a romantic escape

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      sequel to the bride. very tender and lots of comic relief in the garwood tradition. will read agian

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      What a way to destroy a series! I refused to even go three chapters. I am glad I read the book. Heather wildes destroyed a set. The bride was NO Susan Duerden but Rosalyn lander did very well, only to hit the next book for Heather wildes to destroy

      The crown series of four novels that Susan Duerden narrated the first three and once again I can't even listen to the last one "castles" for Heather wildes destroyed the whole series. I went back and listened to the first three all over.
      When one narrator does all the books in a set and someone else does the final one ... It would be best to use someone that can outdo Susan or be equal.... Do not destroy these wonderful writings if Julie garwood. We have no more of her....
    • 5/5
      I finally reread the first one I read of hers. I love this book. Thank you Julie and the narrators voice is soothing and the range she does is amazing.