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A Gentle Feuding

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After two years of peace, the McKinnons and the Fergussons are feuding again. Sheena Fergusson and Jamie McKinnon are destined to come together in marriage to bring an end to the feud. But there is a third party out there who is determined to keep the feud going and bring up old wounds and hurt. This story is one of my favorites by Lindsey. Sheena and Jamie are both very likable characters and the chemistry between them is great! The love scenes are steamy and exciting and the plot is very interesting. A great book by a great author!

A Gentle Feuding" is an outstanding story! In the Highlands of Scotland, beautiful Lowlander Sheena is taken against her will to Castle Kinnion and gains the interest of the Laird -- her clan's mortal enemy -- and his brother.

Jamie is a hero's hero; strong, compassionate, gentle even. Sheena is simply gorgeous, a spirited heroine whose love for her brother Niall leads her into a lot of trouble -- and right into Jamie's arms.

It's fun to see Jamie compete with his brother Colen for Sheena's love, and even more fun to see how Sheena tries to resist them both. There are many memorable scenes in "Gentle Feuding," including the scene where Sheena is trapped in a burning hut after a clan raid. How Jamie reacts is unforgettable.

I can't complain at all about a single thing in this book, it was that good and satisfying. I'm amazed that there are reviewers who disliked Sheena because of her estranged relationship with her sisters or because of her so-called vanity. I personally believe the relationship with the sisters was realistic, and there was not a single vain bone in Sheena's body.

Read "A Gentle Feuding." It's one of Johanna Lindsey's best works.

Please be aware that this book was an earlier book that is now being issued as hardback.

It is a worthwhile read, but boy, do I get irritated with these older books released as hardback without disclosing the earlier copywrite date.

I am a diehard fan of romance and though i love a good steamy book as much as the next gal "steamy" can't carry a book alone. To many books have horrible dialouge that sounds like something out of a bad B movie. Johanna Lindsey's defining characteristic, in my opinion, is her dialouge, the rapid byplay of characters allows them to become people instead of those lusty people trying to get out of their clothes as if it were a timed olympic event.

"Gentle Feuding" follows the story of jamie and sheena two people from rival clans. Sheena is the redhaired beauty of her clan and jamie is ofcourse the laird of his. He sees sheena bathing in a pool in a glen (don't we all love a little dip every now and again?) and becomes enchanted by her beauty, as does everyone else who sees her. Though some people thought this whole thing of the herione being the legendary beauty that everyone is always falling all over themselves to get is tacky and unbelievable, but instead it added a sense of romanticism to the work. Sheena has to have her jamie fight off the advances of others to win her. Doesn't ever girl want someone willing to fight for them?

Sheena and Jamie are thrown together by some extraordinary circumstances and Jamie sets out to win Sheena though many others are viaing for her, even his own brother and a third party who is attempting to keep their two clans at war despite everyone's best effort to end it. everyone will love niall, sheena's little brother, because he'll remind you of your own brother at that age and you can't help but smile at his antics.

Another nice aspect to this work was the fact that jamie was actually near Sheena's age. Though sheena is still young by our standards today, 19, jamie is only 25 instead of say in his mid-thirties like most other novels. though this is because of the traditions and practicies of the time when these books are placed it's still nice every now and again to see a young lusty hero.

"Gentle Feuding" has a few imporbable aspects and Lindsey doesn't have much in the way of sexual tension or "bedroom scenes" in her work, but it's still a pretty fun read. i always laugh when i see the spunk of her characters and continue to read her works. it's an entertaining book, give it a try.

I am a romance freak and this is definitely romantic - well to me at least. Sheena is everything I wish for in a heroine. She holds her virtue until marriage and is also very headstrong. Jamie (the hero) is very sweet in his own way. He chose to court Sheena instead of just "take" her like other books, there is very little mushy scenes involved...but the overall book is a good and fast 3 hour read.

Having enjoyed nearly all of Ms. Lindsey's work, I was vastly disappointed with _A Gentle Feuding_. It seemed to be missing a bit of the polish I usually associate with Johanna Lindsey's books. It was not as descriptive as I would have liked. I much prefer being transported to new and wonderful places through the words of an author. Lindsey usually accomplishes this commendably but her talent for the descriptive was missing in this book.

Also, the characters were shallow, not well developed and came off flat. Sheena seemed preoccupied with her looks, almost to the point of being narcissistic. I didn't like her attitude toward her sisters at all. She repeatedly stated that they are plain and that she is everyone's favorite, trying unsuccessfully to cover up her superficiality by bemoaning how her looks are such a burden. It just gave me the impression of someone who was entirely too full of herself. Granted, the sisters are not all that pleasant, but one has to wonder if this doesn't stem from the fact that Sheena boasts of her better looks and that she is quite certain she is the favorite of everyone she meets. I would rather a beautiful heroine not be aware of her beauty. Jamie, I'm sad to say, is not much better. He's also full of himself and even seems to have an underlying cruelty. He comes across as hard, unyielding and arrogant.

By the end of the book I didn't really care what happened to either of them but I did feel that they deserved each other. If you're looking to find Lindsey at her best, try the Viking trilogy, the Malory saga, or the Ly-San-Ter series. This receives three stars only because it is Lindsey and the fact that everyone is entitled to an off day.

Even through I don't normally read romance novels or a book more than once ---- I love this book and Jamie is truly my ideal of a gentleman. I picked up this book a couple of weeks ago and have already read it twice and I plan on reading it again and again. I only wish I could've lived in that time frame and found someone as handsome inside and out as the hero -- Jamie.

I've read a Gentle Feuding over and over and every time it just gets better. Jamie is one of those heros you just can't help falling in love with. Sheena and Jamie are one of Lindsey's greatest couples next to James Malory and Georgina Anderson of Gentle Rogue. I love all her stories,she's fantastic.

i have read all of JL's books and this one has been one of my all time favorites because it focused on Jamie's love for Sheena. Not many stories show how much a woman can affect a man. It's a nice change from the ordinary "romance" novel.

Great points of the story:

A hero that is strong and powerful, but still vulnerable to being captured and to falling in love.

We often read about the invincible hero character who can never be bested. In "A Gentle Feuding," Jamie MacKinnion is the powerful laird of his clan. He is feared by many. Yet, when he sees a beautiful woman bathing in a stream, he is mesmerized. He manages to pull himself away, because he is in enemy territory. Yet, he can't stop himself from returning to the spot several times over the following weeks. He is hoping to catch one more glimpse of her. The last time he goes, he sees her. He is so captured by her beauty, he doesn't realize that his enemy is approaching. He is seized and taken to his enemy's castle, where he is thrown in the dungeon. He doesn't know that the beauty from the stream is the daughter of his enemy, The Laird Fergusson. Nor does Fergusson realize that he has captured "The MacKinnion," a man who could easily have the Fergusson clan demolished. When Fergusson realizes who is in his dungeon, he plans to force MacKinnion to marry one of his three daughters to insure a treaty, before he will set MacKinnion free.

A heroin who is strong willed, without being a total witch.

We also often read about heroines who are so "stubborn" that they become unbearable. Sheena Fergusson likes her freedom, but she does not make it a point to destroy the people around her. She is the oldest and favorite daughter of The Laird Fergusson. She has two younger sisters who resent her, because they cannot marry until after she has. Her father will not force her, so she takes her time. She is waiting to find love. The one sibling that she shares great loyalty with is her little brother, Niall. They both work to protect one another from harm. When Niall thinks that their father may force Sheena to marry Jamie Fergusson, he helps Jamie escape the dungeon. He would rather face his father's wrath than see Sheena forced to wed their enemy. Sheena realizes it was Niall who set Jamie free. She takes the blame herself in hopes of protecting Niall. Her father has no choice now but to banish her. He sends her to live with her aunt. While there, she is at a river doing laundry. Young Colin MacKinnion, Jamie's brother, finds her and is enamored with her. He kidnaps her and takes her to Castle Kinnion. He hopes to convince her to be his wife. Little does he know, this is a woman his brother has been wanting for himself. The brothers have a good- natured battle for Sheena. Sheena is terrified that they will discover her identity: That of the favorite daughter of their enemy, The Fergusson.

A mystery that begins and ends the story, as well as keeping the action alive throughout.

The story begins with a party of men who dress themselves in the Fergusson colors and raid MacKinnion lands. They shout the Fergusson war cry as they slaughter people and live stock. They leave a piece of Fergussion plaid behind, to make sure that the MacKinnions believe it was the Fergusson clan whom attacked them. From there, a clan war begins. Jamie MacKinnion is hesitant to strike back, feeling that the Fergusson's would be unlikely to have attacked his land. However, with several of his people dead and the piece of Fergusson plaid discovered, he has no choice but to retaliate. The mystery: Who would want to begin a war between the Fergussons and the MacKinnions? Why would they want the war? How many raids will they succeed in staging under the disguise of the Fergusson plaid? How many innocent people will die before the raids are stopped? Will Jamie have to finally totally demolish the Fergusson clan to save his people?

All in all, this story kept me wanting to read more. I've read a lot of novels, so I can get bored easily. This book never left me skimming through pages to get to an interesting part.