

The Scottish Duke
Author: Karen Ranney
Narrator: Tim Campbell
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 11/29/2016
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
Author: Karen Ranney
Narrator: Tim Campbell
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 11/29/2016
Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
Some authors write their novels, almost as a catharsis of whatever is happening in their lives at that moment. They write no matter what is happening around them........sickness, good or bad weather, a death, flood.......you get the idea. Such are the writing habits of author, Karen Ranney.
Author Ranney has a solid foundation of goodness, believing that we should treat others as we ourselves wish to be treated. It is rare to find an author with such integrity. She believes in the transformative power of niceness and love.....that we have more nice people than ugly ones. She knew from the age of five that she wanted to be a writer. She carried around a big blue book the same as other little girls might have carried a doll.
We all have many conflicts in our lives every day. To be able to defuse those conflicts through the written word is very special to author Ranney. She enjoys throwing her characters into the deep end, showing their flaws, but never having them whine, or having strong women who are not expecting a man to rescue them. And, the men do not blame women for everything wrong in their lives. The author says.......hopefully, my characters always have a deep core of beliefs, but they do not always act in perfect ways...... they are like real people.
I can never find a KR book that I love! They're not bad books. They start out with such great potential then fizzle out into nothing special. Not bad just ordinary. Maybe I haven't found the right book! That said, I did like this book. It was a nice story. It was a little predictable but still an oka......more
This review was originally posted onAddicted To Romance I just flew through this beautiful book pretty quickly, and quite frankly way faster than I thought I could even read...yep that is how much I truly enjoyed this book. I really have no idea why I waited so long to read this one, but I am so gla......more
Due to pecuniary woes, Lorna Gordon had to seek a position, and she has been a maid at Blackhall Castle for the past two years. All that time, she has been lusting after Alex Russell, the duke of Kinross. She contemplates him in secret, and Lorna is quite enamoured of the very handsome duke, as are......more
Good book with an unusual plotline. Lorna is the daughter of a gentleman who has fallen on hard times since her father's death. She takes a position of a maid at Blackhall Castle where she becomes intrigued by the Duke. She takes advantage of a costumed ball to dress up and meet him, and maybe have......more