A heartbroken Highlander, a Druid’s whispered spell, the promise of a future.A conqueror’s decree couldn’t separate Aillil Callaghan from his Scottish pride. He wears his clan’s forbidden plaid as a badge of honor, living for the day he can restore his family name and overthrow English tyranny.Fleeing England and persecution, violinist Malcolm Byerly accepts a post in the Highlands as tutor for … Highlands as tutor for the sons of Laird Callaghan. He never expects the kilt-wearing force of nature, the Laird’s eldest son, Aillil, or the man’s bitter hatred of all things English, including Malcolm. He doesn’t expect their shared love of music to overcome the barriers between them. Or for their love to be short-lived.
Distraught and alone, Aillil grasps for a second chance at love, and vanishes into Highland legend to await the rebirth of his lover.
Concert violinist Billy Byerly’s arrival at Callaghan Castle feels like coming home, and the gift of an antique violin awakens memories of another time and place. Billy doesn’t believe in ghosts, but a dark-haired Highlander haunts his dreams and the antique violin releases tunes he doesn’t remember learning.
But the Lost Laird knows his own.
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The first thing to know is that Duet has a happy ever after. I promise. But getting to that happy ever after was filled with broken opportunities that span centuries. Duet is a hard book to categorize: it starts off as a historical romance that quickly shifts into a ghost story before finally transitioning into a beautiful contemporary romance between two soulmates tied to each other through music and love. I normally don’t cry when reading, but the love Scottish lord Aillil and musician Malcolm share was beautiful and tender and more powerful than death itself. Eden Winters really shows that she is a master at her craft with this story. It was well written with an intriguing plot and captivating emotions. I started and finished this book within one day—I could hardly put it down.
The audiobook was narrated by Michael Ferraiuolo who does a fantastic job with the narration. His voice is so versatile: he does a range of accents and different voices for the plethora of characters (time periods) and they all sound great. I loved his performance of this book – he made the touching moments even more poignant and the steamy moments had even more sizzle to them. The audiobook production was well done and it was a joy to listen to this book.
This is a review of the audiobook.
Overall – 5
Performance – 5
Story – 5
Wonderful story, wonderful narration.
I’ve been waiting to leave this review since August 2018. Why? Because the audiobook was missing the Epilogue for the story and the epilogue really was the cherry on top of an already wonderful story. I didn’t want to leave a review back then and have to say something negative about such a wonderful book so I waited. I just found out that the file has been corrected. (It may have been corrected a while ago but I quit checking after a month or so. On to my review!
Michael Ferraiuolo has quickly climbed to the top of my list of favorite audio book performers. I specifically purchased this story because of him and I loved it almost as much as all of his other ones that I’ve listened to. He has the most seductive and also comforting voice. The different accents he does in this story were outstanding.
Duet is the first book I’ve experienced by Eden Winters and also my first book that has sort of a time-travel component to it. My heart just about stopped when the first part of the book ended but there was so much time left, I knew there would be more coming; and boy was there! The blurb is great but it can’t do justice to how intriguing and wonderful this book was to listen to.
I just can’t say enough good things about this story and audio performance. I don’t often re-read books or re-listen to audiobooks but this is one I will listen to again just to hear Michael’s wonderful voice. If you like books with just a bit of paranormal/unexplainable things happening and you love to listen to wonderful accents and a dreamy voice, you need to get this one STAT!