Maggie [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Marion Chesney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2002

Maggie Macleod was weary of life with a soul sickness that ate into every fiber of her being. In a mad way, it did not seem strange to her that she should be on the way to High Court to stand trial for the murder of her husband. Her marriage seemed to have been one long dreary desert lit by flares of cruelty…

ABOUT THE SERIES

In this whirlwind series, Marion Chesney brings us spirited, independent women who are at once bewitching, beguiling and determined to have their say and make their mark on both their world and the world at large, be it within their social circle or extending beyond. With their arms wide open, these women are absolutely original and unforgettable as are the tales in which they are featured. Here is life in all of its folly and foibles in a dizzying place where dreams are both shattered and made.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

From 1977 to the early 1990s, Marion Chesney wrote over one hundred romance novels. Now writing as M. C. Beaton, she is the bestselling award-winning author of two internationally successful mystery series - HAMISH MACBETH and AGATHA RAISIN. She lives in the United Kingdom.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078623623X
• ISBN-13: 978-0786236237
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,422,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't Like, Depressing Marion Chesney Story., May 9, 2010

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Maggie Macleod was weary of life with a soul sickness that ate into every fiber of her being. In a mad way, it did not seem strange to her that she should be on the way to High Court to stand trial for the murder of her husband. Her marriage seemed to have been one long dreary desert lit by flares of cruelty...

In setting out to clear her name Jennie Tremaine brings to life one of the most delightfully original stories to come out in years.

I usually love Jennie Tremaine aka Marion Chesney's stories. I bought this book blindly, because if I had read the blurb I would never have bought this book. This one I had to skim, because I wanted to toss the book several times. It was so depressing. There was the abusive father who sells Maggie to her husband. There was the sexually and physically abusive husband (personally do not like reading about abuse by spouse), the abused, depressed heroine, the unlikable Earl who marries Maggy in a handfast while she is being held for the murder of her husband because of a bet and later treats her, I thought, badly. He wants to marry someone else, Mrs Murray, a widow, after the trial and Maggie is set free, so Maggie and he decide to disregard this marriage. Throughout the rest of the book he idolizes Mrs Murray, who treats Maggie horribly, almost to the end of the book and continues to "unintentionally" hurt the heroine, even though wanting to marry another woman he flirts and kisses Maggie. Heroine doesn't seem to have a backbone because she knew he wants to marry another woman, yet lets him make love to her (not fully). I guess classic abused woman syndrome, use to any abuse that comes her way, low self-esteem.

I admit the mystery of the murder of Maggie's husband was interesting and the villian was not that obvious. I would have wanted to read more of the mystery of the murder than reading about poor Maggie's life and the dense Earl.