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Untamed Paperback – Jan. 1 2008

by Pamela Clare (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
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  1. Book 2 of 3
    The MacKinnon's Rangers Series
  2. Print length
    347 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Dorchester Pub Co
  5. Publication date
    Jan. 1 2008
  6. Dimensions
    10.8 x 2.54 x 17.15 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0843954892
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0843954890
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dorchester Pub Co (Jan. 1 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0843954892
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0843954890
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 181 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.8 x 2.54 x 17.15 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 282 ratings

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Pamela Clare

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USA Today best-selling author Pamela Clare began her writing career as a columnist and investigative reporter and eventually became the first woman editor-in-chief of two different newspapers. Along the way, she and her team won numerous state and national honors, including the National Journalism Award for Public Service and the Keeper of the Flame Lifetime Achievement Award. A single mother with two grown sons and three grandchildren, she writes historical romance, contemporary romantic suspense, and contemporary romance within view of Colorado’s beautiful Rocky Mountains.

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Nicole Laverdure
5.0 out of 5 stars Untamed
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2012
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I just finished reading "Untamed" by Pamela Clare. I loved her characters
Morgan and Amalie. Beautiful story filled with love and tenderness,
intrigue and passion. I love her writing style. I hope she will write more books like these ones.
I highly recommend this book!
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Buggy
5.0 out of 5 stars ANOTHER EXCELLENT HISTORICAL ROMANCE ANOTHER YUMMY MACKINNON BROTHER
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2012
Och lassies, Pamela Clare has done it again. Tis no fair, I dinnae ken i twas possible for her to top the sheer bonnie-ness of  Surrender  (I'll stop now) or that she could possibly create another hero capable of capturing my heart the way Iain did (yes Iain of the hundred lashes Iain) but then I hadn't properly met his brother Morgan yet either and damn if this brave, sexy Mackinnon brother hasn't also stolen my heart.

Yes, Untamed is equally as good as the first book and in some ways I suppose even better because I'm now more familiar with the Scottish brogue and also have a better understanding of the French/British war being fought in the Colonies of 1759. This book was also interesting on a personal level because I have family in French Canada so I enjoyed reading the heroine Amalie's Français and some of the history as to why my country is bilingual. As others have mentioned this also sent me on a historical search (which a romance novel has never done before) to learn more about the battle of Trois Rivières and the time period in general.

This is an amazing series and Pamela Clare is a gifted writer, giving us characters that you simply won't be able to let go of. The romance here is just perfect; sweet, passionate (hello waterfall sex), tear jerking and sighworthy. What a fantastic couple. In fact I loved everything about this; the suspense, the humour, the language, the history, the secondary characters (Joseph, Connor, Iain & Annie, the Rangers and even William) I was also never certain where this story was going to go, jeez the choices Morgan was forced to make, eventually becoming the enemy of both the French and the English.

Untamed starts shorty after Surrender and sees Scottish warrior Morgan MacKinnon still reluctantly fighting for the English. Upon his brother's release Morgan is now in command of the Rangers and in the opening chapter we join him in the midst of a horrific battle, which see's our boy gravely wounded and taken hostage by the French. His loyal Rangers assume he's dead (or soon will be) and are so moved by his final heroics that they write a ballad in his honor (Loved it)

Incapacitated, Morgan is shackled to a bed where the French plan to interrogate him before turning him over to the Abenaki -who will then burn him alive for crimes against their people. It's not looking very good for ole Morgan. Bearing two festering musket holes he wills himself to die rather then turn traitor on his men or burn at the stake, but it's not going to be that easy. Enter his nursemaid, sweet, innocent, young and beautiful Amalie. Raised in a convent and now upon the death of her father (at the hands of British) the ward of Chevalier de Bourlamaque who will either see her returning to the nunnery and marrying god or one of his chosen French officers. Amalie however has other plans and has decided that this man must live.

"Morgan fought the urge to touch her, crossed his arms over his chest.
"You have no' answered my question, lass. Why are you here? And dinnae tell me it's the summer heat that brings you, for `tis hot in my bed too."
She looked away again, distress on her face. "I...I needed..."
"Needed what?" He knew the answer, but he wanted to hear it from her.
When she spoke, her words were but a whisper "I needed to be...near you."
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L. R. Shear
5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put This Passionately Entertaining Adventure Down!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2020
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This is the second book of MacKinnon's Ranger series by the very talented Pamela Clare.
Morgan MacKinnon, the middle brother, has been forced to serve the British under a false claim of murder and although he hates the British, he loves his brothers, his rangers and men who fight with him.
One of his rangers, Dougie, gets trapped in a raid on the French and while rescuing him, he is shot twice and captured.
Threatened with a dreadfully agonising death by their Abenaki allies, whilst prisoner to the French, he tries to starve himself to death, but he is nursed back to health by a beautiful young, naive, kind, compassionate French woman who has been brought up in a Convent. Amalie Chauvenet nurses the extremely handsome, black haired, tattooed and enormous man, who although has the reputation of a killer, is actually a kind and humorous and honourable man.
And so Amalie and Morgan's love story begins.
Yet again in this second book, Pamela Clare brings to life with emotion, passion and humour, this unusual love story of two enemies caught in a war neither of them want. Vivid characters both good and evil, plots and twists, the three MacKinnon brothers hold to each other in love, protection and camaraderie along with their Muhheconneok brother Captain Joseph.
This romantic adventure romps through the chapters of this book keeping you hooked until the very last emotional page.
Such a passionate and wonderful love story, you will enjoy every moment.
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Alyce In Wonderland
5.0 out of 5 stars With all of the deep & soul clenching emotion of her earlier work, Clare continues the story of The MacKinnons. Worth the wait!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2008
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The MacKinnon's Rangers Series:

Surrender

Untamed

I am so glad Clare made us wait for this book. (I, for one, was not feeling very patient to get my hands on it.) While many authors seem to toss out meaningless sequels, Pamela Clare took her time writing this continuation to her latest historical series. It was well worth it. Clare picked up the story without missing a single detail. All of the important characters are back. The men who make up "MacKinnon's Rangers" are as funny and loyal as before. The story is powerfully emotional. It's a story I won't quickly forget.

With his older brother now out of the military, Morgan MacKinnon has taken the lead in the band of Scottish soldiers known as MacKinnon's Rangers. Although many are fighting for the English against their will, these men live by a code that ties them together like family. Above all things, the Rangers have made a pact of loyalty to one another.

When one of Morgan's men is shot during an ambush, he runs to carry his fellow soldier to safety. His bravery is not without sacrifice. Morgan is gunned down. The last thing he hears is the anguished cry of his younger brother, Connor.

Amalie is of mixed blood. Part French, part Indian, she has never felt truly accepted. Her one love was her father, a French officer. She was devastated when he was killed in battle by one of MacKinnon's Rangers. Now, a year later, the leader of the Rangers has been captured. He is near death. Amalie is charged with the responsibility of healing him so that he can be interrogated, then sent to a torturous death. As weeks of healing pass, Amalie learns that Morgan was forced to fight for the enemy army. Finding him to be a surprisingly honorable man, Amalie suggests that the French army recruit Morgan to help fight the army that had enslaved him. What she does not understand is that turning against the English army would mean turning a gun on Morgan's own brother and loyal men.

Until he is able to escape and return to his men, Morgan pretends to join the French army. Using the time to act as a spy, he waits for his body to heal and for an opportunity for escape to arise. As hard as Morgan tries to resist the temptation of Amalie, her pursual of him becomes more than he can deny.

This is all I'm going to give away! Telling any more might ruin the emotional ties that Clare has written into the story. And, oh yes, they are powerful! Reading this book will feel like a roller coaster. You'll be swept up in the joy, anguish, loyalty, and love that Morgan experiences. With Amaile, you'll feel the sorrow, deep love, and pure honor. Both are forced to make devastating choices that will leave them with painful regret. You'll feel it with them. What makes it beautiful is that through it all, love is the one emotion that keeps them strong. Morgan and Amalie's HEA is a true triumph.

If you haven't read the prequel yet, make sure to read it first. "Untamed" is excellent on it's own, but "Surrender" introduces you to the men who make MacKinnon's Rangers dear to you. Seeing them return made "Untamed" even better.
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 Surrender (MacKinnon's Rangers, Book 1)

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 Sweet Release

Carnal Gift

Ride The Fire (Leisure Historical Romance)
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Regan
4.0 out of 5 stars 4 and 1/2 stars - 2nd in MacKinnon Brothers Trilogy Also Good
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2011
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This is the 2nd in the MacKinnon Brothers trilogy (the first is SURRENDER) and it's a good one. Before I give you my rating, you should note that Clare is reissuing the first two in the MacKinnon Brothers trilogy, the story of post Culloden Highlanders in America. SURRENDER, as of December 2011, has a new cover, a new edit, and several new scenes. UNTAMED, originally published with 25 pages cut, was published in 2012 with a new cover and the missing pages restored. The third in the series, DEFIANT (Connor's story), will be out in March 2012. I read the first two in their original form and loved them. Here's my review of UNTAMED:

I rated SURRENDER 5 stars and would rate this the same except for the duplications--even to using the same lines and very similar love scenes (with only the setting changed).

The trilogy is a well-researched series romance set in America in the 1750s. The MacKinnon family, Catholic Jacobites, have immigrated to the colony of New York following Scotland's defeat at Culloden. The three boys, then on the verge of manhood, are raised on the frontier and become blood brothers with the Mohican Indians who teach them how to survive in the wilderness. When the story opens in book one they are now young men, the oldest, Iain and his brothers, Morgan and Connor, are trying to be successful farmers and frontiersmen. A British commander and member of the nobility related to King George happens to witness an example of the brothers' skill with weapons and decides he must have them in his war against the French. Using a lie that Iain murdered a man, he forces him to serve the Crown under penalty of death and his younger brothers insist on coming along. Though they hate the British, the three agree to become Rangers, non-uniformed British soldiers known for their fierce and non-traditional fighting abilities.

UNTAMED is the story of Morgan MacKinnon, Iain's middle brother, who becomes "Major MacKinnon" when Iain is released from service upon his marriage to Lady Anne. In a successful effort to save one of his men while attacking the French fort, Morgan is severely wounded and taken captive and sentenced to die. He is saved by the clever idea of a young innocent French woman, Amalie, who is the daughter of a slain French officer. The French offer Morgan sanctuary once they learn he and his brothers were forced to serve the English. But he must become one of them. Though the French would be his natural allies, Morgan cannot betray his brothers and his men who are still aligned with the English, so he accepts the offer but decides to become a spy, while planning to escape. He does not plan on falling in love with the beautiful Amalie, however.

Like the first book, this one is well written and detailed in both descriptions and characters and exciting in its exploits that involve battles and life on the frontier. The sexual tension is realistic and well done. My only complaint about this one and why I did not rate it 5 stars is that duplicates the first book. Morgan is so like Iain I cannot tell them apart. They look alike and their personalities seem very similar. I think they could have been better distinguished. (The third brother, Connor, is quick to act and has a temper so we know when he's involved.) Some of the dialog is a straight lift from the first book (the same lines!) and the love scenes are also the same save for the location being changed. And that further added to my confusion as to Iain and Morgan being so alike. If you did not read the first book, you wouldn't mind this, but if you read the first two in close succession as I did, it will bother you when you encounter those passages.

Still, I recommend it and I look forward to the third one.
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Mainer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023
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Morgan MacKinnon is the second brother and now head of the Rangers, scouting for the British during the French and Indian wars. The French captured him, set him to be tortured, and then to be given to the Abenaki to be burned at the stake. Amalie is a young French woman under the guardianship of the fort's commander who nurses Morgan, healing him though she has doubts when she knows his ultimate fate.
The author has done such an excellent job in portraying the shifting loyalties and conflicts of this war. Malcolm is forced to fight for the British, his traditional enemy as a Highland Scot whose family supports the Stuarts. He is sympathetic to the French, traditional allies of the Catholic Scots but loyal to his brothers and fellow Rangers. Amalie is convent-bred but part French and part Abenaki so she is stuck between two different peoples. The battles and customs described are mostly historically accurate and add to the tension throughout the story. I'd like to see more books set in this time period, but this series is terrific.
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suzy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant - brilliant follow up to surrender
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2009
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Pamela Clare writes a brilliant historical novel. I loved her comtemporary novels, but I can now say that I love her historical novels more. The couples in each book are fantastic. Pamela Clare really writes a love story, the emotions role off the page, the sex scenes are really good, and the men are just to die for. They protect their women without being too over bearing, and boy they are very sexy. This book was a brilliant follow up to surrender. Morgan and Amalie's story was very good. It was a brilliant romance and I thought had a great story. I would recommend reading surrender first, as another person has commented that they didnt quite follow the story line, but liked the book, it would be much better if you could read surrender first. All in all a fantastic read. If I could give her books more than 5 stars Pamela Clare would definetely get more.
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