S08.33: Ian Mackenzie is DTF: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie

About this episode

The episode dives into Jennifer Ashley's historical romance novel, discussing its themes and impact on readers.

We’re deep diving into one of our favorite historicals from the 00s today — Jennifer Ashley’s The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie. It’s a great follow up to our Paris episode last week, but we also talk about how Ashley really wrote the heck out of this book. We talk about widows, about sex in historicals, about autism rep in historicals, romance families, and the way this series electrified us as readers. This book is a straight up banger. If you’re interested in learning more about the AH2 Historical Trailblazer Kickstarter, featuring beautiful, hardcover special editions of Lord of Scoundrels, Indigo, The Magpie Lord, Butterfly Swords and Dreaming of You , head over to the Kickstarter page and sign up for updates ! If you’d like to continue the conversation about The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie or any of Jennifer Ashley’s other books, please come join the Fated Mates Discord, which is accessible to our Patreon subscribers. By joining the Patreon, you meet other Fated Mates listeners and get an extra monthly episode from us. Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon . Our next read along is Seven Days in June by Tia Williams. Get it at Amazon , Barnes & Noble…

People in this episode

Host: Fated Mates

Topics covered

• historical romance
• autism representation
• romance families
• historical context
• book discussion

Keywords

• historical romance
• The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie
• Jennifer Ashley
• autism representation
• romance families
• book discussion
• AH2 Historical Trailblazer Kickstarter

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, Lord of Scoundrels, Indigo, The Magpie Lord, Butterfly Swords, Dreaming of You

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