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Sisters of the Ark #2
Sister Of Fortune
SHE'D FOLLOW ORDERS -- HER WAY
Her orders were clear -- recover the legendary, powerful crystal star totem from a dangerous criminal and return it to the Eastern Cherokee nation. And Chief Warrant Officer Vickey Mabrey would obey -- even though it meant traveling through the treacherous jungles of Peru with a man she couldn't trust. She'd just have to watch her back and do things her way.
But the jungles held more than Vickey bargained for as their slippery opponent turned the tables time and again. To complete this mission the highly trained woman warrior would need more than skill. She'd need the elusive wisdom of the heart....
Sisters of the Ark -- driven by a dream of legendary power, these Native American women have sworn to protect all that their people hold dear
Her orders were clear -- recover the legendary, powerful crystal star totem from a dangerous criminal and return it to the Eastern Cherokee nation. And Chief Warrant Officer Vickey Mabrey would obey -- even though it meant traveling through the treacherous jungles of Peru with a man she couldn't trust. She'd just have to watch her back and do things her way.
But the jungles held more than Vickey bargained for as their slippery opponent turned the tables time and again. To complete this mission the highly trained woman warrior would need more than skill. She'd need the elusive wisdom of the heart....
Sisters of the Ark -- driven by a dream of legendary power, these Native American women have sworn to protect all that their people hold dear
- GenresRomanceRomantic Suspense
256 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2004
About the author
Lindsay McKenna
361 books2,503 followersI've lived six lives in one and it all shows up in the books I write, one way or another.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
I was always a risk taker and broke mustangs at thirteen years old in Oregon. I learn to break them with love, not threat or pain.
At 17 years old, I picked night-crawlers (worms) out in our Oregon orchards from 9pm to midnight, every night. I earned enough money to buy my school clothes and book. I also plunked down $600 to a flight company at the Medford, Oregon airport and asked them to teach me...a girl...to fly. I soloed in 12 hours, which is average. From that time until I left for the US Navy at 18, I had accrued 39 hours of flight time in my Cessna 150 single engine airplane.
I was in the US military and was an AG3 (weather forecaster). There was no airplane club, so I couldn't fly when I was in the Navy. But I could look at the clouds in the sky ;-).
Later, I flew in a B-52 bomber for a day and night mission (18 hours total), a T-38 Talon jet, USAF, where I was riding in a "chase plane" on a test flight in a Dragonfly jet.
I was one of the first AFLA (American Fencing League of America) women fencers to fence with epee and sabre. These weapons were closed to women because they were too 'heavy' for a female to handle. I said baloney and fought the males and won half my bouts. I was part of a surge of women fencers on the East Coast in the 1970's to push for equality in the sport. Together, we changed the sport and changed the mind of the men. Today? In the Olympics? Women now fence in foil, epee and sabre, thanks to what we did as a vanguard showing the world it could be done.
I then became a volunteer firefighter when I was a civilian once more, the first woman in an all - male fire department in West Point, Ohio for three years. I became a local expert not only in firefighting, driving the engine and tanker trunks, but also had training in hazardous material (Reynoldsburg Fire Academy, Columbus, OH).
My books always reflect what I experienced. If you like edgy, gritty, deeply and emotionally intense love stories with sympathetic heroes and heroines, check out my newest series that will be available mid-Oct. 2015, and it incorporates much of what I have lived.
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March 25, 2018
It’s been a long time since I last read a Lindsay McKenna novel. In this particular novel, she combined military romance with Native American culture and added some good old-fashioned prophecy into the mix.
I’ll admit it, I had a difficult time getting into the story, though I don’t know whether that was the story itself or just my mood when I first started reading. I ultimately set it aside for about two weeks and then tried again. Once McKenna introduced the MMC, the pace picked up and I started taking in active interest in what I was reading.
In the end, I decided Sister of Fortune just wasn’t for me. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t bring myself to care about Griff, and while I liked Vicki, I just didn’t sense any real chemistry between her and Griff. I think I would have enjoyed the story more if it had been marketed as a straight up thriller rather than a romance novel.
I’ll admit it, I had a difficult time getting into the story, though I don’t know whether that was the story itself or just my mood when I first started reading. I ultimately set it aside for about two weeks and then tried again. Once McKenna introduced the MMC, the pace picked up and I started taking in active interest in what I was reading.
In the end, I decided Sister of Fortune just wasn’t for me. Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t bring myself to care about Griff, and while I liked Vicki, I just didn’t sense any real chemistry between her and Griff. I think I would have enjoyed the story more if it had been marketed as a straight up thriller rather than a romance novel.
October 10, 2021
I love reading Lindsay McKenna books, what I'n not so good at is giving a road of what she's read, and I'm way behind, so forgive me.
Vickey had an assignment to steel a powerful crystal star from a dangerous criminal. While she was a medic she was also a sniper and a good one at that. She had a coach's name was Griff who tought her the rains of being a sniper and a medic. Somewhere Griff took a gun shot to his shoulder, but they were running from the gorilla's charging after them. The river was going so fast that it was hard to get into survival position. Vickey finally got Griff back to shore, now came the hard part. How to save Griff.
I know you'll enjoy it!
Vickey had an assignment to steel a powerful crystal star from a dangerous criminal. While she was a medic she was also a sniper and a good one at that. She had a coach's name was Griff who tought her the rains of being a sniper and a medic. Somewhere Griff took a gun shot to his shoulder, but they were running from the gorilla's charging after them. The river was going so fast that it was hard to get into survival position. Vickey finally got Griff back to shore, now came the hard part. How to save Griff.
I know you'll enjoy it!
December 3, 2024
Nice romance - the storyline went so quickly ...
February 24, 2015
Setting: barracks for Black Jaguar Squadron, Peruvian natural cave south of Machu Picchu; Miraflores District, antique dealers, Lima; health dispensary run by nuns in Lima; Marcos hut; Balcazar’s warehouse on Lima wharf; Agua Caliente by Machu Picchu; Fort Rucker;
One Sentence Summary: Navajo helicopter fighter pilot paired with man who tried to get her kicked out of training program because she is a woman to locate a powerful Indian crystal/artifact in the Peru.
Characters:
Chief Warrant Officer Vickey Mabrey aka Snake or Chief: half Navajo; loves job as pilot – 24 hours on, 24 hours off; goes dancing and drinking with her friends to blow off steam; has been having dreams about a crystal, and danger;
Griff Hutchinson: in same class as Vickey and many other first fighter pilots, and succumbed to peer pressure (and own nebulous belief that women don’t belong in combat) and went with the guys to drug the women so that they would miss check in; interested in Vickey, and at last minute could not go through with it – knocking over her drugged drink before she drank it all… but she and other women left with the other guys, taken to a hotel to sleep it off; he deserted at bar, and walked 10 miles to wake them up to make sure they woke up in time; four years after graduation, he is assigned to her group, and then chosen to pair with her for training in the Peruvian jungles and to help her find the crystal; has some Indian blood, but not much knowledge of that culture;
Major Maya Stevenson: commanding officer; of the Jaguar Clan; leads a mostly female group of fighter helicopter pilots to patrol and defend against drug producers/runners in Peru;
Kai Alseoun and Jake Stands Alone Carter: Kai saw Vickey in her dream, and they enlist her aid in recovering it;
Felipe Balcazar / Pablo Lazaro: deals in stolen archeological treasures / importer / would sell his mother / forces young men to work for him, many who die… Pablo, one of those young men who escaped;
Roka Fierros: Balcazar guard who stole one of the crystals – the star, before he could complete transaction with Robert Martson; has been hiding in jungle;
Summary:
As Vickey and Griff work together… and Griff finds the openings to apologize, to explain, and to earn her trust… they become a team, both personally and professionally;
They track the importer who had it and lost it, breaking into his office and finding evidence against martson… but a silent alarm gets Griff captured, and Vickey, hiding in a barrel, gets on the plane captured Griff is on, freeing him once they land… and then they track the guard who stole the crystal from the importer fairly easily in the jungle, and he fairly easily turns it over to them, hearing the importer’s men following them… they jump into the river, manage to get to shore… ready to fight the helicopter – but it ends up to be one of theirs…
One Sentence Summary: Navajo helicopter fighter pilot paired with man who tried to get her kicked out of training program because she is a woman to locate a powerful Indian crystal/artifact in the Peru.
Characters:
Chief Warrant Officer Vickey Mabrey aka Snake or Chief: half Navajo; loves job as pilot – 24 hours on, 24 hours off; goes dancing and drinking with her friends to blow off steam; has been having dreams about a crystal, and danger;
Griff Hutchinson: in same class as Vickey and many other first fighter pilots, and succumbed to peer pressure (and own nebulous belief that women don’t belong in combat) and went with the guys to drug the women so that they would miss check in; interested in Vickey, and at last minute could not go through with it – knocking over her drugged drink before she drank it all… but she and other women left with the other guys, taken to a hotel to sleep it off; he deserted at bar, and walked 10 miles to wake them up to make sure they woke up in time; four years after graduation, he is assigned to her group, and then chosen to pair with her for training in the Peruvian jungles and to help her find the crystal; has some Indian blood, but not much knowledge of that culture;
Major Maya Stevenson: commanding officer; of the Jaguar Clan; leads a mostly female group of fighter helicopter pilots to patrol and defend against drug producers/runners in Peru;
Kai Alseoun and Jake Stands Alone Carter: Kai saw Vickey in her dream, and they enlist her aid in recovering it;
Felipe Balcazar / Pablo Lazaro: deals in stolen archeological treasures / importer / would sell his mother / forces young men to work for him, many who die… Pablo, one of those young men who escaped;
Roka Fierros: Balcazar guard who stole one of the crystals – the star, before he could complete transaction with Robert Martson; has been hiding in jungle;
Summary:
As Vickey and Griff work together… and Griff finds the openings to apologize, to explain, and to earn her trust… they become a team, both personally and professionally;
They track the importer who had it and lost it, breaking into his office and finding evidence against martson… but a silent alarm gets Griff captured, and Vickey, hiding in a barrel, gets on the plane captured Griff is on, freeing him once they land… and then they track the guard who stole the crystal from the importer fairly easily in the jungle, and he fairly easily turns it over to them, hearing the importer’s men following them… they jump into the river, manage to get to shore… ready to fight the helicopter – but it ends up to be one of theirs…
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March 18, 2015
One more to go
Looks like another all nighter.This series is to good to let go. Know that I'm going to be mad at myself when I finish this last book.
Looks like another all nighter.This series is to good to let go. Know that I'm going to be mad at myself when I finish this last book.
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July 28, 2011liked this one more than the first one
April 22, 2012
After about the 5th chapter it goes downhill..Stopped reading..
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