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Mackenzie Family #4
A Game of Chance
Romantic suspense, originally published by Silhouette Intimate Moments. The last book in the Mackenzie Family series focuses on Chance Mackenzie, a feral, homeless adolescent until rescued and adopted by Wolf and Mary Mackenzie. The stunning and aloof half-breed has built a career in undercover ops, first as a Naval Intelligence Officer, then as a private consultant. However, one particularly vile terrorist has always eluded the law. Chance and brother Zane find a way to lure Crispin Hauer in: They'll use his daughter Sonia as bait. First step: Make Sunny fall in love with Chance. What could be simpler?
Content: Explicit sex, violence, swearing
Content: Explicit sex, violence, swearing
299 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 25, 2000
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Linda Howard
223 books7,169 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and in 2005 Howard was awarded their Career Achievement Award.
Linda Howard lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren.
Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and in 2005 Howard was awarded their Career Achievement Award.
Linda Howard lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren.
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August 4, 2020
She's a notorious terrorist's daughter but she's one of the good girls. She's also smart and fun and has a light personality. Her name is Sunny. (See? I told you so.)
Annnnnnnnd... She's a
Until he comes. His name is Chance. A chance you don't pass up.
One look and she spreads her legs for him. It doesn't matter that he deceives her, lies to her, uses her as bait, risks her life,
It doesn't matter. Because he is so male and so alpha.
He just is. Period.
September 17, 2020
Chance is from the asshole lot of LH heroes that I lovvvve to hate. Setting out to seduce the heroine with an ulterior motive, usually for a greater cause so as to make the girl forgive him eventually, using her as a bait, throwing her to the wolves and saving her in the nick of time and then kiss and make up, that kind.
What bothered me was there wasn't even a heartfelt apology from Chance's end, but Sunny forgives and moves in with him anyway because she's all knocked up and ready to play stepford wife to this jerk!
Nuh-uh.
Not acceptable.
What bothered me was there wasn't even a heartfelt apology from Chance's end, but Sunny forgives and moves in with him anyway because she's all knocked up and ready to play stepford wife to this jerk!
Nuh-uh.
Not acceptable.
February 27, 2017
This Book was passable but what defied all logic to me was how she could just forgive him like that after all that he done to her?
Screwing her for information and for her cooperation in being the bait to bring her father down.
It was seriously just One I love you no forgive me I am a lying asshole!
I give up!
I did not like that at all.
He was too much of a jerk after he knew all that she had been through and if she had not been pregnant he would have just walked away.
I don't like books where the hero can detach himself from love-sex in that way. He was counting condoms for Christ sakes it doesn't get more calculating then that.
This is why I mostly stay away from these main stream authors.
Their stories always leave me mad!
If you want a great book without this BS but similar plot Read The last Mercenary by Diana Palmer.
Now that was a hot thrill ride.
Screwing her for information and for her cooperation in being the bait to bring her father down.
It was seriously just One I love you no forgive me I am a lying asshole!
I give up!
I did not like that at all.
He was too much of a jerk after he knew all that she had been through and if she had not been pregnant he would have just walked away.
I don't like books where the hero can detach himself from love-sex in that way. He was counting condoms for Christ sakes it doesn't get more calculating then that.
This is why I mostly stay away from these main stream authors.
Their stories always leave me mad!
If you want a great book without this BS but similar plot Read The last Mercenary by Diana Palmer.
Now that was a hot thrill ride.
November 1, 2022
Another Linda Howard reread and it was wonderful. I love her books and miss her writing. Not sure what number this reread is but this time I loved Chance. I think with the beta hero's lately and author's being so careful with writing hero's that are politically correct I embraced Chances character.
Chance worked for the government on top secret mission's and now is working undercover to catch the most notorious terrorist out there. He finds out that he has a daughter that no one has uncovered, but by luck and chance he did.
He meets with his brother Zane, previous book, and they discuss Chances plan to use his daughter to get to the father. Chance thinks she part of her father's organization too, possibly.
Sunny was fantastic, everything I love about a heroine. She had a wonderful attitude and outlook on life even though it didn't hand her the best "Father" of life.
Chance's mission is to get Sunny to fall in love with him, open up about her dad and then use her to get to her father. He devises a plan to fly her to her destination for work, but plans a crash landing and some alone time in the desert for them to get aquatinted.
Well I think Sunny gave Chance a run for his money. She was nothing like he thought she would be. She was beautiful, sweet, funny, strong and tenacious. And now he's beginning to wonder if she's innocent, not really involved in her father's organization or part of the organization. And Sunny was determined to resist Chance, even though she was very attracted to him and he was nothing like her father.
I really love their interaction, their dialogue and their chemistry, also their sexual tension was off the charts. Yes, Chance did irk me a little with his plan, but in reality it's clear to see he's falling for her even though he's unsure what to believe of her involvement. But the more time he spends with her and interacts he knows deep down she's innocent.
You will be a little miffed with Chance as he uses Sunny as bait to catch her father. But for the story line it makes sense, especially for the two to have their HEA.
And Chance does finally realize he's in love with her and wants forever with her, even though he thinks he's unworthy.
The last couple chapters are so heartwarming and endearing, I cried. I love the Mackenzie family and all they represent. Again I loved these two characters. Chance alpha hero and Sunny as sweet and tenacious heroine.
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Reread!!
4.5 Rating.
Okay, my first somewhat downgrade rating for a reread. This wasn't a 5 star more of a 4.5.
A little disappointed in Chance, I think his character could have been better and was a little of a disappointment.
I liked Sunny and she was sweet.
The storyline was good and so was the pacing.
Chance worked for the government on top secret mission's and now is working undercover to catch the most notorious terrorist out there. He finds out that he has a daughter that no one has uncovered, but by luck and chance he did.
He meets with his brother Zane, previous book, and they discuss Chances plan to use his daughter to get to the father. Chance thinks she part of her father's organization too, possibly.
Sunny was fantastic, everything I love about a heroine. She had a wonderful attitude and outlook on life even though it didn't hand her the best "Father" of life.
Chance's mission is to get Sunny to fall in love with him, open up about her dad and then use her to get to her father. He devises a plan to fly her to her destination for work, but plans a crash landing and some alone time in the desert for them to get aquatinted.
Well I think Sunny gave Chance a run for his money. She was nothing like he thought she would be. She was beautiful, sweet, funny, strong and tenacious. And now he's beginning to wonder if she's innocent, not really involved in her father's organization or part of the organization. And Sunny was determined to resist Chance, even though she was very attracted to him and he was nothing like her father.
I really love their interaction, their dialogue and their chemistry, also their sexual tension was off the charts. Yes, Chance did irk me a little with his plan, but in reality it's clear to see he's falling for her even though he's unsure what to believe of her involvement. But the more time he spends with her and interacts he knows deep down she's innocent.
You will be a little miffed with Chance as he uses Sunny as bait to catch her father. But for the story line it makes sense, especially for the two to have their HEA.
And Chance does finally realize he's in love with her and wants forever with her, even though he thinks he's unworthy.
The last couple chapters are so heartwarming and endearing, I cried. I love the Mackenzie family and all they represent. Again I loved these two characters. Chance alpha hero and Sunny as sweet and tenacious heroine.
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Reread!!
4.5 Rating.
Okay, my first somewhat downgrade rating for a reread. This wasn't a 5 star more of a 4.5.
A little disappointed in Chance, I think his character could have been better and was a little of a disappointment.
I liked Sunny and she was sweet.
The storyline was good and so was the pacing.
September 8, 2012
I loved, loved this book! It was bittersweet, since it was the final one in the series. I just enjoyed everything about Chance's story! Sunny was as an awesome heroine, together they were HOT!! It starts out at Mackenzie's mountain, and as she did in the entire series, LH brings us back to the mountain and Wolf and Mary for the final few pages.
I'd always hoped that Linda Howard would continue this series with the Wolf and Mary's grandchildren, but she said that would mean that Wolf and Mary would be no longer, and she could not bring herself to write about their deaths. I agree and just thinking about that, makes me cry!
So, I'll just have to do a re-read every now and then and enjoy the Mackenzie's all over again!
I'd always hoped that Linda Howard would continue this series with the Wolf and Mary's grandchildren, but she said that would mean that Wolf and Mary would be no longer, and she could not bring herself to write about their deaths. I agree and just thinking about that, makes me cry!
So, I'll just have to do a re-read every now and then and enjoy the Mackenzie's all over again!
September 18, 2012
3.5 - A good ending to the MacKenzie Mountain family saga by Linda Howard.
This is Chance's story, the adopted young man who lived on the streets, nearly wild, until Wolf and Mary adopted him at the age of 14. Now a grown man and a former Army Ranger, Chance is working undercover on a mission to bring down a known terrorist. After discovering that his enemy has a beautiful daughter, he sets a plan of seduction into motion to find out just what she knows.
Sunny wants to avoid captures from her father, and she also has a sister that she protects, so as a result she has spent her entire life on the run. When a random meeting with a handsome pilot offers her a chartered flight to Seattle, she doesn't think twice. But when the airplane goes down in a remote area due to faulty fuel pump, her life takes on a new meaning for her. Chance is pure temptation, and under the circumstances she sees no reason to refuse him.
I enjoyed this steamy romance, but will admit I wasn't impressed with Chance's tactics of using Sunny. While it was clear he had emotions for her and he really was a good guy, his mission to extract information from her using seduction was his highest priority. The lies roll of his lips, and she doesn't suspect a thing.
When Sunny discovers his deception, I guess I wanted more groveling and fighting. The resolution was pretty quick, but it was still very sweet and sexy. The suspense action toward the end of the book was also exciting, and it wasn't easy to predict. I liked that. I also enjoyed seeing Wolf and Mary again, plus the rest of the brothers and their children.
This wasn't my favorite of the series, but I was happy to have more. It made for a nice romance read, albeit I had to stretch my beliefs at times. I listened to it on audio, and I enjoy the narration too.
This is Chance's story, the adopted young man who lived on the streets, nearly wild, until Wolf and Mary adopted him at the age of 14. Now a grown man and a former Army Ranger, Chance is working undercover on a mission to bring down a known terrorist. After discovering that his enemy has a beautiful daughter, he sets a plan of seduction into motion to find out just what she knows.
Sunny wants to avoid captures from her father, and she also has a sister that she protects, so as a result she has spent her entire life on the run. When a random meeting with a handsome pilot offers her a chartered flight to Seattle, she doesn't think twice. But when the airplane goes down in a remote area due to faulty fuel pump, her life takes on a new meaning for her. Chance is pure temptation, and under the circumstances she sees no reason to refuse him.
I enjoyed this steamy romance, but will admit I wasn't impressed with Chance's tactics of using Sunny. While it was clear he had emotions for her and he really was a good guy, his mission to extract information from her using seduction was his highest priority. The lies roll of his lips, and she doesn't suspect a thing.
When Sunny discovers his deception, I guess I wanted more groveling and fighting. The resolution was pretty quick, but it was still very sweet and sexy. The suspense action toward the end of the book was also exciting, and it wasn't easy to predict. I liked that. I also enjoyed seeing Wolf and Mary again, plus the rest of the brothers and their children.
This wasn't my favorite of the series, but I was happy to have more. It made for a nice romance read, albeit I had to stretch my beliefs at times. I listened to it on audio, and I enjoy the narration too.
July 19, 2016
Crash landing into the desert and playing survival games with a sex-on-legs pilot? Ticks lot many boxes on my cravings list!
Another riveting Linda Howard. Even with a scheming, lying rat for a H, I totally digged this one. The h was as sweet and trusting as they come. Although it was a bit hard to swallow how she got the case of stupids, her supposedly being a hard assed on-the-run survivalist herself.
So our black ops (kinda) guy, believing her hands in gloves with her terrorist dad or at the very least knowing his plans/location, plays out a charade to win her trust and shams a plane crash in a walled up arroyo/canyon, somewhere in Nevada. Plan is to seduce her into giving out the required info.
She falls for it and him-hook, line and everything else she got. Hadn’t she been so sweet and likable, it would have been embarrassingly pathetic. She goes full mode into surviving off the land and appoints herself second mate to the chief hunter-gatherer. The H has no qualms about using sex to further his cause. Even before he met her, this was part of the plan and he had been ready to grit it and think of England/US/Free World, all in name of duty.
Well, 2-3 days and few dozen condoms later, he is satisfied that she is an innocent (pun so unintended!), but hey, she can still be used as terrorist-bait! So rescue is arranged, and our poor h is hopping along happily as he and a whole lot of others play out their roles as rescuers, police, aviation staff etc. It’s a big operation, you see.
Now, the poor naïve h believes that being with her could be dangerous for the H and so tries to slip away from him quietly but the H is so not letting that happen. Uh-hunh, that’s not how he planned it. He tells her to not worry as from now on he would be protecting her from the big bad daddy, all the while fine tuning his plan of using her as bait. He realizes that she/he or both could end up dead but that does not deter him.
Of course, shit happens and the rainbows-pink ponies blinkers go off her eyes and sweet sweet angst, some mealy mouthed grovel later, we are off to Mackenzie Mountain for the HEA. Yes, traditions are important!
Another riveting Linda Howard. Even with a scheming, lying rat for a H, I totally digged this one. The h was as sweet and trusting as they come. Although it was a bit hard to swallow how she got the case of stupids, her supposedly being a hard assed on-the-run survivalist herself.
So our black ops (kinda) guy, believing her hands in gloves with her terrorist dad or at the very least knowing his plans/location, plays out a charade to win her trust and shams a plane crash in a walled up arroyo/canyon, somewhere in Nevada. Plan is to seduce her into giving out the required info.
She falls for it and him-hook, line and everything else she got. Hadn’t she been so sweet and likable, it would have been embarrassingly pathetic. She goes full mode into surviving off the land and appoints herself second mate to the chief hunter-gatherer. The H has no qualms about using sex to further his cause. Even before he met her, this was part of the plan and he had been ready to grit it and think of England/US/Free World, all in name of duty.
Well, 2-3 days and few dozen condoms later, he is satisfied that she is an innocent (pun so unintended!), but hey, she can still be used as terrorist-bait! So rescue is arranged, and our poor h is hopping along happily as he and a whole lot of others play out their roles as rescuers, police, aviation staff etc. It’s a big operation, you see.
Now, the poor naïve h believes that being with her could be dangerous for the H and so tries to slip away from him quietly but the H is so not letting that happen. Uh-hunh, that’s not how he planned it. He tells her to not worry as from now on he would be protecting her from the big bad daddy, all the while fine tuning his plan of using her as bait. He realizes that she/he or both could end up dead but that does not deter him.
Of course, shit happens and the rainbows-pink ponies blinkers go off her eyes and sweet sweet angst, some mealy mouthed grovel later, we are off to Mackenzie Mountain for the HEA. Yes, traditions are important!
June 1, 2013
She ...
She gives him her virginity.
She gives him her trust.
She gives him her love.
She gives him a son.
She is willing to sacrifice herself for him.
She sacrifices herself for him.
And he ...
He gives her a web of lies.
He gives her a one time close encounter with death.
He uses her to his own ends.
He endangers her without any second thoughts or remorse.
So ...
She ends up in the hospital with part of her liver removed and a resection of her small intestine.
After her 'stay' at this '5 star hotel', he forces her to go where HE wants, without carrying what SHE wants.
He doesn't ask for her forgiveness, instead he claims their unborn child as HIS and to top it all he wants her to marry him!
She's enraged, slaps him once and then ... forgives him!
Whhaaat?!!!
Here are a few lines to demonstrate:
"You used me. Fine. But damn you, you didn't have to take it as far as you did! Do you know how it makes me feel that I was such a fool to fall in love with you, when all you were doing was playing a game? Did it stroke your ego—", she says.
"I'm not good enough for you, and I know it", he says.
Damn right you're not!
"I'm selfish, Sunny."
That's not even half of it, you bastard!
"After all, the Mackenzie men always did whatever it took to keep their women happy."
Yeah, right ...
And I'm supposed to buy all this?!!!!
I don't think so.
So that is why this book goes to my "stupid women and self-centered bastards" shelf.
She gives him her virginity.
She gives him her trust.
She gives him her love.
She gives him a son.
She is willing to sacrifice herself for him.
She sacrifices herself for him.
And he ...
He gives her a web of lies.
He gives her a one time close encounter with death.
He uses her to his own ends.
He endangers her without any second thoughts or remorse.
So ...
She ends up in the hospital with part of her liver removed and a resection of her small intestine.
After her 'stay' at this '5 star hotel', he forces her to go where HE wants, without carrying what SHE wants.
He doesn't ask for her forgiveness, instead he claims their unborn child as HIS and to top it all he wants her to marry him!
She's enraged, slaps him once and then ... forgives him!
Whhaaat?!!!
Here are a few lines to demonstrate:
"You used me. Fine. But damn you, you didn't have to take it as far as you did! Do you know how it makes me feel that I was such a fool to fall in love with you, when all you were doing was playing a game? Did it stroke your ego—", she says.
"I'm not good enough for you, and I know it", he says.
Damn right you're not!
"I'm selfish, Sunny."
That's not even half of it, you bastard!
"After all, the Mackenzie men always did whatever it took to keep their women happy."
Yeah, right ...
And I'm supposed to buy all this?!!!!
I don't think so.
So that is why this book goes to my "stupid women and self-centered bastards" shelf.
March 17, 2013
I was completely disappointed by this last book in the series.
Chance is the kind of man that I would never want to end up with. He is completely selfish and his need for Sunny was unjustified as written by the author because 1) he is uncomfortable with intimacy/love and avoids it from his very loving family. Thus, it went against his character as described to actively pursue Sunny and in the author's attempt to "grow" his character he only halfheartedly does so 2) the length of time he actively pursued Sunny and tried to make up for what he did (which could have been avoided if he had told her and she volunteered since she is sensible) was a couple of pages tops (hence halfhearted) SPOILER! 3) it felt like he only tried halfheartedly to pursue Sunny because of the baby.
And I was astonished that Sunny forgave him so easily (and continue to be astonished when romance authors do it in other stories since they are females themselves so I would ask if they could so easily and completely forgive if they were betrayed thus in real life). I also ask does Sunny have no anger? pride? She is completely justified in holding their relationship off until he redeemed himself (which he never did!) and showed that he would never betray her again.
The ending was the last straw that broke the camel's back for me. It should have ended with them being separated (sexually) for a length of time but where she allows Chance his rights as a father (marriage is not necessary to raise a baby especially given the huge support of the Mackenzie family). It also would have allowed Sunny to regain some independence and become a stronger person with more inner strength and it would have given Chance time to redeem himself in her eyes. As it is and as the book seems to keep bringing up, their relationship feels like a case of propinquity, nothing substantial just a psychological mind twist and circumstances.
Chance is the kind of man that I would never want to end up with. He is completely selfish and his need for Sunny was unjustified as written by the author because 1) he is uncomfortable with intimacy/love and avoids it from his very loving family. Thus, it went against his character as described to actively pursue Sunny and in the author's attempt to "grow" his character he only halfheartedly does so 2) the length of time he actively pursued Sunny and tried to make up for what he did (which could have been avoided if he had told her and she volunteered since she is sensible) was a couple of pages tops (hence halfhearted) SPOILER! 3) it felt like he only tried halfheartedly to pursue Sunny because of the baby.
And I was astonished that Sunny forgave him so easily (and continue to be astonished when romance authors do it in other stories since they are females themselves so I would ask if they could so easily and completely forgive if they were betrayed thus in real life). I also ask does Sunny have no anger? pride? She is completely justified in holding their relationship off until he redeemed himself (which he never did!) and showed that he would never betray her again.
The ending was the last straw that broke the camel's back for me. It should have ended with them being separated (sexually) for a length of time but where she allows Chance his rights as a father (marriage is not necessary to raise a baby especially given the huge support of the Mackenzie family). It also would have allowed Sunny to regain some independence and become a stronger person with more inner strength and it would have given Chance time to redeem himself in her eyes. As it is and as the book seems to keep bringing up, their relationship feels like a case of propinquity, nothing substantial just a psychological mind twist and circumstances.
November 6, 2022
¡¡Por fin!! Una historia donde la historia romántica es más creíble.
Ha sido un buen cierre de serie, pues junto con el segundo título, es la historia que más me ha gustado.
Chance no era uno de los personajes más notable en los anteriores libros, excepto en la historia de Zane (libro 3), pero es un personaje que me ha gustado mucho.
En esta ocasión la trama fue muy interesante y te mantenía enganchada al máximo. Está muy bien conectada.
Haciendo balance de la serie puedo decir que la autora escribe bien, pero su romántica es poco realista dentro de la ficción. Que estos libros, a pesar de ser tan antiguos, han soportado bien el paso del tiempo, es más si no hubiese tenido esa curiosidad ni me habría dado cuenta. No han sido libros profundos, pero han sido el tipo de historia que he necesitado durante este tiempo que no podía meterme con historias profundas. Por ello me siento contenta y satisfecha.
Aviso: para entender las historias es necesario leer desde el primer libro.
Ha sido un buen cierre de serie, pues junto con el segundo título, es la historia que más me ha gustado.
Chance no era uno de los personajes más notable en los anteriores libros, excepto en la historia de Zane (libro 3), pero es un personaje que me ha gustado mucho.
En esta ocasión la trama fue muy interesante y te mantenía enganchada al máximo. Está muy bien conectada.
Haciendo balance de la serie puedo decir que la autora escribe bien, pero su romántica es poco realista dentro de la ficción. Que estos libros, a pesar de ser tan antiguos, han soportado bien el paso del tiempo, es más si no hubiese tenido esa curiosidad ni me habría dado cuenta. No han sido libros profundos, pero han sido el tipo de historia que he necesitado durante este tiempo que no podía meterme con historias profundas. Por ello me siento contenta y satisfecha.
Aviso: para entender las historias es necesario leer desde el primer libro.
June 26, 2017
A Game of Chance
4 Stars
Chance Mackenzie, the half-wild child adopted by Wolf and Mary Mackenzie, has become a dedicated undercover agent. When information concerning the daughter of a notorious terrorist comes to his attention, Chance embarks on a mission to seduce her and discover the extent of her involvement in her father’s business. However, there is more to Sonia “Sunny” Miller than meets the eye and Chance soon realizes that he is willing to risk a lot more than his life to learn her secrets…
A sweet ending to a highly entertaining series.
While Chance is certainly overbearing, manipulative and arrogant, there is still something endearing about him. Perhaps it is his harsh childhood or his abiding loyalty to family, or perhaps it is his dark nature and tortured soul. Regardless, Chance is a particularly charming hero despite his shortcomings.
Sunny (by name and by nature) is just as appealing. She is exceedingly resourceful and copes with dire situations with a strong backbone and a calm demeanor. My one small caveat is that despite her obvious intelligence and her awareness of her situation, she still fails to notice Chance’s machinations. For someone on the run, she is far too accepting of events.
The minor suspense plot unravels quickly but plausibly and the glimpses along the way into Mackenzie family life are wonderful.
Looking forward to reading more of Linda Howard this year.
4 Stars
Chance Mackenzie, the half-wild child adopted by Wolf and Mary Mackenzie, has become a dedicated undercover agent. When information concerning the daughter of a notorious terrorist comes to his attention, Chance embarks on a mission to seduce her and discover the extent of her involvement in her father’s business. However, there is more to Sonia “Sunny” Miller than meets the eye and Chance soon realizes that he is willing to risk a lot more than his life to learn her secrets…
A sweet ending to a highly entertaining series.
While Chance is certainly overbearing, manipulative and arrogant, there is still something endearing about him. Perhaps it is his harsh childhood or his abiding loyalty to family, or perhaps it is his dark nature and tortured soul. Regardless, Chance is a particularly charming hero despite his shortcomings.
Sunny (by name and by nature) is just as appealing. She is exceedingly resourceful and copes with dire situations with a strong backbone and a calm demeanor. My one small caveat is that despite her obvious intelligence and her awareness of her situation, she still fails to notice Chance’s machinations. For someone on the run, she is far too accepting of events.
The minor suspense plot unravels quickly but plausibly and the glimpses along the way into Mackenzie family life are wonderful.
Looking forward to reading more of Linda Howard this year.
April 16, 2024
I like the heroine. Sunny is just like her name. I like her sunniness, she’s just a good hearted good humored person.
I don’t like Chance. The beginning of how he handled the babies and Nick was nice. But how he decided he HAD to seduce Sunny and oh no! Have SEX with her in order to lure her in and use her as bait is just plain stupid. Really? You contrive to use SEX of all the things you could have done, and ONLY SEX, to use the daughter of a terrorist as bait to catch him???
It’s STUPID!
Made me feel he’s STUPID. He’s not a spy. He’s not deep undercover. This doesn’t have to be the only way.
So yeah, I don’t like how he sleeps with countless women without emotion and decided to use her the same way, then the back and forth about whether she’s bad or not bad…
Screw you, Chance! (And not in a good way).
I don’t like Chance. The beginning of how he handled the babies and Nick was nice. But how he decided he HAD to seduce Sunny and oh no! Have SEX with her in order to lure her in and use her as bait is just plain stupid. Really? You contrive to use SEX of all the things you could have done, and ONLY SEX, to use the daughter of a terrorist as bait to catch him???
It’s STUPID!
Made me feel he’s STUPID. He’s not a spy. He’s not deep undercover. This doesn’t have to be the only way.
So yeah, I don’t like how he sleeps with countless women without emotion and decided to use her the same way, then the back and forth about whether she’s bad or not bad…
Screw you, Chance! (And not in a good way).
June 14, 2025
4.5 Flying Stars!!
Another great MacKenzie romance, this one features adopted MacKenzie son Chance and Sunny, the daughter of a terrorist who is wanted by pretty much every global agency for his dirty deeds.
Chance sets up a "accidental" meeting with Sunny in an attempt to catch her father....only problem is Sunny is in hiding and has never even met her infamous father.
Chance slowly begins to believe that they (the agency) made a mistake by targeting her, but, he still makes the conscience decision to use her as bait to end her father's reign of terror.
However he never counted on falling in love with his pawn, a pawn he exposed and placed in danger....now it's up to Chance to keep her safe. I wanted a bit more to Chance and Sunny's epilogue, had we had a bit more it would have been a five star read.
*Originally read: February 2012
February 25, 2019
“You fool!” she shouted. “For God’s sake, my father was a terrorist! That’s the heritage I’m carrying around, and you’re worried because you don’t know who your parents were?”
He was incredibly douchebag and idiot. That idiot part made me cut a half star. ;)
He was incredibly douchebag and idiot. That idiot part made me cut a half star. ;)
June 16, 2016
Adorable couple and sweet epilogue but I wish they weren't stranded for the biggest part of the book!
April 10, 2014
Chance is the boy that Wolf and Mary adopted when he was 14. Mary had found him when he was seriously ill and laying along the roadside. In typical Wolf and Mary style they adopted him, treated him the same as their other children and raised him as a Mackenzie.
I loved this story, in fact I am prepared to say it is the best in the series and I loved the ending and then the epilogue....Sad to see the end of the Mackenzies - wish that Ms Howard had gone on and written stories about the grandkids.
I can't help it, I fell in love with Chance. There were moments that I could have strangled him, especially when he sets out to sleep with Sunny so that he can gain her trust and get her to spill the beans about her father, BUT, I understood what and why he behaved that way - I just didn't always approve of his actions/methods. When he found out that Sunny had nothing to do with her father's operation, and in fact had never met him (she was adopted out at a young age) and was on the run from him, Chance immediately became protective of her but unfortunately the only way to lure her father out was to use her as bait.
Sunny was absolutely devastated when she realises who chance is and that he is working for the US government and trying to capture her terrorist father. Her heart breaks even further when she realises that their helicopter 'crash' was staged and that Chance had wooed and slept with her for information....and then she realises she was used for bait and she cannot take any more so decides to disappear. There was only one problem - she was pregnant and had been shot in the shoot-out and ended up passing out due to blood loss during her escape, but fortunately Chance had found her and got her medical attention before it was too late to save her.
I can't say I liked it when he tells her everything and she forgives him, in my mind there should have been a lot more grovelling but I can forgive that because I just loved the whole story.
The ending really was special. It seems that although Chance knew he was raised the same as the other Mackenzie children he never really believed he belonged, that he didn’t deserve the name Mackenzie as he had done some terrible things when he was really young, before he was found and adopted into the Mackenzie clan. Chance was a child who never liked to be touched and only tolerated it because when he was homeless the only times he had been touched was when someone was hurting him or robbing from him and that feeling had always stayed with him. He had initially tolerated Mary touching and hugging him but rarely tolerated anyone else, but had started to relax when his niece and nephews were born as he loved holding and playing with the children.
In the epilogue he has a conversation with Wolf that brought tears to my eyes…I am not usually a person who enters a lot of quotes in reviews, but with this book but I can’t say it any better, any simpler or any quicker than the actual text
“I don't know who gave birth to you," Wolf said. "But I do know bloodlines, son, and you're a thoroughbred. Do you know what I regret most in my life? Not finding you until you were fourteen. Not feeling your hand holding my finger when you took your first step. Not getting up with you in the night when you were teething, or when you were sick. Not being able to hold you the way you needed holding, the way all kids need holding. By the time we got you I couldn't do any of that, because you were as skittish as a wild colt. You didn't like for us to touch you, and I tried to respect that. "But one thing you need to know. I'm more proud of you than I've ever been of anything in my life, because you're one of the finest men I've ever known, and you had to work a lot harder than most to get to where you are. If I could have had my pick of all the kids in the world to adopt, I still would have chosen you."
Wolf Mackenzie put his arms around his grown son and hugged him close, the way he had wanted to do all these years. "I would have chosen you," he said again
Again we get the pleasure to see and read about Nick (Zane & Barrie's daughter - The only Mackenzie granddaughter). I love this little girl, she is such a character and full of mischief. She literally has all Mackenzie men wrapped around her little finger! Here is a little snippet that gives you an idea of her character:
(Zane says to Chance) “First you have a three-year-old who loves her shiny, black, patent leather Sunday shoes. Then you make the severe tactical error of letting her watch The Wizard of Oz." His stern mouth twitched, and his pale eyes glittered with amusement.
(Chance says) What did she use to try to dye them?" Zane sighed. "Lipstick, what else"? (Chance again) You couldn't just wipe it off?" "I could have wiped it off," Zane continued, his tone bland, "if I had known about it. Unfortunately, Nick cleaned the shoes herself. She put them in the dishwasher."
At the very end Sunny gave birth to a son and guess what they named him......
You can read this book as a stand-alone but I really do recommend you read the rest of the Mackenzie stories and you will get so much more out of it. I would happily recommend this book and this series to lovers of Harlequin and sweet romance stories.
I loved this story, in fact I am prepared to say it is the best in the series and I loved the ending and then the epilogue....Sad to see the end of the Mackenzies - wish that Ms Howard had gone on and written stories about the grandkids.
I can't help it, I fell in love with Chance. There were moments that I could have strangled him, especially when he sets out to sleep with Sunny so that he can gain her trust and get her to spill the beans about her father, BUT, I understood what and why he behaved that way - I just didn't always approve of his actions/methods. When he found out that Sunny had nothing to do with her father's operation, and in fact had never met him (she was adopted out at a young age) and was on the run from him, Chance immediately became protective of her but unfortunately the only way to lure her father out was to use her as bait.
Sunny was absolutely devastated when she realises who chance is and that he is working for the US government and trying to capture her terrorist father. Her heart breaks even further when she realises that their helicopter 'crash' was staged and that Chance had wooed and slept with her for information....and then she realises she was used for bait and she cannot take any more so decides to disappear. There was only one problem - she was pregnant and had been shot in the shoot-out and ended up passing out due to blood loss during her escape, but fortunately Chance had found her and got her medical attention before it was too late to save her.
I can't say I liked it when he tells her everything and she forgives him, in my mind there should have been a lot more grovelling but I can forgive that because I just loved the whole story.
The ending really was special. It seems that although Chance knew he was raised the same as the other Mackenzie children he never really believed he belonged, that he didn’t deserve the name Mackenzie as he had done some terrible things when he was really young, before he was found and adopted into the Mackenzie clan. Chance was a child who never liked to be touched and only tolerated it because when he was homeless the only times he had been touched was when someone was hurting him or robbing from him and that feeling had always stayed with him. He had initially tolerated Mary touching and hugging him but rarely tolerated anyone else, but had started to relax when his niece and nephews were born as he loved holding and playing with the children.
In the epilogue he has a conversation with Wolf that brought tears to my eyes…I am not usually a person who enters a lot of quotes in reviews, but with this book but I can’t say it any better, any simpler or any quicker than the actual text
“I don't know who gave birth to you," Wolf said. "But I do know bloodlines, son, and you're a thoroughbred. Do you know what I regret most in my life? Not finding you until you were fourteen. Not feeling your hand holding my finger when you took your first step. Not getting up with you in the night when you were teething, or when you were sick. Not being able to hold you the way you needed holding, the way all kids need holding. By the time we got you I couldn't do any of that, because you were as skittish as a wild colt. You didn't like for us to touch you, and I tried to respect that. "But one thing you need to know. I'm more proud of you than I've ever been of anything in my life, because you're one of the finest men I've ever known, and you had to work a lot harder than most to get to where you are. If I could have had my pick of all the kids in the world to adopt, I still would have chosen you."
Wolf Mackenzie put his arms around his grown son and hugged him close, the way he had wanted to do all these years. "I would have chosen you," he said again
Again we get the pleasure to see and read about Nick (Zane & Barrie's daughter - The only Mackenzie granddaughter). I love this little girl, she is such a character and full of mischief. She literally has all Mackenzie men wrapped around her little finger! Here is a little snippet that gives you an idea of her character:
(Zane says to Chance) “First you have a three-year-old who loves her shiny, black, patent leather Sunday shoes. Then you make the severe tactical error of letting her watch The Wizard of Oz." His stern mouth twitched, and his pale eyes glittered with amusement.
(Chance says) What did she use to try to dye them?" Zane sighed. "Lipstick, what else"? (Chance again) You couldn't just wipe it off?" "I could have wiped it off," Zane continued, his tone bland, "if I had known about it. Unfortunately, Nick cleaned the shoes herself. She put them in the dishwasher."
At the very end Sunny gave birth to a son and guess what they named him......
You can read this book as a stand-alone but I really do recommend you read the rest of the Mackenzie stories and you will get so much more out of it. I would happily recommend this book and this series to lovers of Harlequin and sweet romance stories.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 3, 2020
Meh--formulaic Linda Howard with characters that seemed mostly borrowed from her other books. I like survival tropes but this one didn't do it for me (maybe because it was contrived by the hero and there was no real danger/need to work together). Or maybe I just need a break from LH for a while.
Sunny was annoyingly...sunny, particularly for someone who has spent her life being hunted. (And that whole plot line was so contrived, too, and just didn't stand scrutiny.) Chance was a fairly typical LH alpha but for some reason left me cold (and I like her heroes usually in that old-skool way). There was a lisping plot moppet in far too many "look at Wolf's and Mary's oh-so-happy-but-badass family" scenes, so full point off for that. The epilogue had a cute ending
Not sure I'll bother with the other Mackenzie books, since 2 out of 3 have been largely strikes for me--we'll see. Sometimes a little of a good thing is a enough.
Sunny was annoyingly...sunny, particularly for someone who has spent her life being hunted. (And that whole plot line was so contrived, too, and just didn't stand scrutiny.) Chance was a fairly typical LH alpha but for some reason left me cold (and I like her heroes usually in that old-skool way). There was a lisping plot moppet in far too many "look at Wolf's and Mary's oh-so-happy-but-badass family" scenes, so full point off for that. The epilogue had a cute ending
Not sure I'll bother with the other Mackenzie books, since 2 out of 3 have been largely strikes for me--we'll see. Sometimes a little of a good thing is a enough.
October 2, 2020
Chance Mackenzie didn't know how old he really was, or where he had been born. There had been no nurturing in the first fourteen or so years in his life. His early years had taught Chance how risky life was, taught him not to trust anyone. He had always been alone, till he was adopted at fourteen, when Mary MacKenzie (Mackenzie's Mountain) found him almost dead and saved him.
Now Chance works as an undercover agent. His new mission is to capture an elusive terrorist. For this he has to use the man's daughter as bait, so he plan to seduce Sunny Miller. But not everything goes as planned.
Another enjoyable story by Linda Howard.
March 6, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. As I’ve been working my way through the MacKenzie series it’s been fun to watch Linda Howard’s skills evolve with each book. And she’d clearly hit her stride by the time she wrote A Game of Chance. Both the hero and heroine are likeable, well-rounded characters with strong backstories and motivations. The chemistry between them is sizzling and the plot is compelling. The overall pacing is good, with enough time spent developing the romance to make it believable but not so much that the overarching plot stalls out. I stayed up past my bedtime on a work night just to finish it and that’s the sign of a great book. My usual lengthy review is in the spoiler below and I have a few nitpicks but the bottom line is that this book is a winner, full stop.
But these are all small complaints and the story worked extremely well as it was written. In fact, I’m already planning to read it again!
But these are all small complaints and the story worked extremely well as it was written. In fact, I’m already planning to read it again!
October 5, 2022
4.2
Fue un cierre muy bonito ame a todos los Mackenzies y la historia de Wolf y Mary dejó un legado hermoso hasta Chance y Sunny que bonitos todos
Fue un cierre muy bonito ame a todos los Mackenzies y la historia de Wolf y Mary dejó un legado hermoso hasta Chance y Sunny que bonitos todos
January 2, 2013
Reread. This and Mackenzie's Mountain are my favorite of the Mackenzie books. I just love the resilient cheerful heroine. The hero was a jerk for using her but I guess hey it's fiction and he needed to catch the bad guy. But I did enjoy him and how he was so in love with her and desperate to have her forgive him at the end. Enjoyed seeing all the Mackenzies again.
October 5, 2018
2/5
Es leerme algo que ya he leído en otro libro de la misma saga. Una historia calcada a la de Zane. No es que esté mal del todo, pero ya me la se. Totalmente previsible.
Es leerme algo que ya he leído en otro libro de la misma saga. Una historia calcada a la de Zane. No es que esté mal del todo, pero ya me la se. Totalmente previsible.
November 17, 2019
I'm definitely in a slump.
I don't like lies in my romance or at least I want the truth to come out sooner than this did. I liked Chance. I liked Sunny. I just wanted more of them when there wasn't lies.
🌺 Loved seeing the previous characters.
I don't like lies in my romance or at least I want the truth to come out sooner than this did. I liked Chance. I liked Sunny. I just wanted more of them when there wasn't lies.
🌺 Loved seeing the previous characters.
dnf
March 21, 2018First: I bought this by mistake. I was looking for book 2. I already knew it wasn't the best choice for me.
Maybe eons ago I might have been able to avoid being angered at this setting, but nowadays after discovering there are no good guys in this world and worse that bad guys are actually better as they do not lie about their badness, secret services settings are unacceptable to me. After torture, bombings, lies, the founding of terror regime as 'allies' I can't stomach these kinds of people.
After knowing that some ingredient of the alphabet soup actually did put people in situations like the one immagined here, that this is no fiction, I hate them. So there was no was I could warm to the hero, above all knowing that there's no groveling at the end, no changing.
It really didn't help that she falls head over heels in lust at first sight and literally crumbles at first touch. There's no reason for it, except for the author. And I had the same nit in Up Close and Dangerous: the setting justify only so much and, anyway, it might work only at the end of the ordeal, not at the beginning.
Anyway this is ALL a huge personal nit that pushes plenty of personal buttons. It's not one thing to do with the author.
Maybe eons ago I might have been able to avoid being angered at this setting, but nowadays after discovering there are no good guys in this world and worse that bad guys are actually better as they do not lie about their badness, secret services settings are unacceptable to me. After torture, bombings, lies, the founding of terror regime as 'allies' I can't stomach these kinds of people.
After knowing that some ingredient of the alphabet soup actually did put people in situations like the one immagined here, that this is no fiction, I hate them. So there was no was I could warm to the hero, above all knowing that there's no groveling at the end, no changing.
It really didn't help that she falls head over heels in lust at first sight and literally crumbles at first touch. There's no reason for it, except for the author. And I had the same nit in Up Close and Dangerous: the setting justify only so much and, anyway, it might work only at the end of the ordeal, not at the beginning.
Anyway this is ALL a huge personal nit that pushes plenty of personal buttons. It's not one thing to do with the author.
May 16, 2015
5 STARS AND BEYOND INDEED!
Finally, a real moment of misunderstanding that made me cry for like 15 minutes and stopped me from reading! I'm so happeeeeh!!
Even though I kind of mad at Linda Howard for separating Chance from other Mackenzies, while the Mackanzies themself are fighting so hard to make Chance feel like one of them, by making a title with the word Mackanzie in it like the rest of the books, I still love her so much. Her writing are ridiculously good and I feel like I'm the heroine because I'm drowning so deep yet I love every single minute of it.
Chance always feel like an outsider, even though his family treated him as equal as others. He longed to have his own family, his own flesh and blood yet at the same time he refuse to settle down and get married. Until he meet Sunny. But the thing is, Sunny is a job to him because he needs to "seduce" her to get to her terrorist father. Now when he lost in his own game and fall for Sunny, she finds out the truth in the worst way..
This book is my cup of tea, definitely. Growing up reading Diana Palmer's books where this kind of plot somehow become her major plots, definitely put me at ease. I feel like I'm coming home. Even though I was hoping for grovelling Chance, this one will do.
I loooove the ending, the happy family scenes always made me happy. I'm so glad I stumbled into this series and now I have the rest of Linda Howard books I need to read. Yeaaah!
Finally, a real moment of misunderstanding that made me cry for like 15 minutes and stopped me from reading! I'm so happeeeeh!!
Even though I kind of mad at Linda Howard for separating Chance from other Mackenzies, while the Mackanzies themself are fighting so hard to make Chance feel like one of them, by making a title with the word Mackanzie in it like the rest of the books, I still love her so much. Her writing are ridiculously good and I feel like I'm the heroine because I'm drowning so deep yet I love every single minute of it.
Chance always feel like an outsider, even though his family treated him as equal as others. He longed to have his own family, his own flesh and blood yet at the same time he refuse to settle down and get married. Until he meet Sunny. But the thing is, Sunny is a job to him because he needs to "seduce" her to get to her terrorist father. Now when he lost in his own game and fall for Sunny, she finds out the truth in the worst way..
This book is my cup of tea, definitely. Growing up reading Diana Palmer's books where this kind of plot somehow become her major plots, definitely put me at ease. I feel like I'm coming home. Even though I was hoping for grovelling Chance, this one will do.
I loooove the ending, the happy family scenes always made me happy. I'm so glad I stumbled into this series and now I have the rest of Linda Howard books I need to read. Yeaaah!
March 9, 2023
I remember enjoying this one when I first read it, but since then, I'm just not tempted to re-read like I have for book 1 and 3 of the series.
I think it was Chance that ruined it for me.
I think it was Chance that ruined it for me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 4, 2023
The fourth book in the series about Mackenzie that I've read, and probably the last one. I definitely liked it more than the first two books in this series, but I preferred Zane's story over it.
The thing is, as much as I liked Chance in the previous book, he is cheating. Throughout the whole book, Sunny thinks he is someone else and she falls in love with a different man. I expected something more from Chance's story, since he is such an interesting and complicated character.
Like all the other books in this series, at least the ones I have read, this is also a love-at-first-sight story. I generally don't like that idea, and I didn't like it this time.
As I said, this is probably the last book in this series that I have read.
The thing is, as much as I liked Chance in the previous book, he is cheating. Throughout the whole book, Sunny thinks he is someone else and she falls in love with a different man. I expected something more from Chance's story, since he is such an interesting and complicated character.
Like all the other books in this series, at least the ones I have read, this is also a love-at-first-sight story. I generally don't like that idea, and I didn't like it this time.
As I said, this is probably the last book in this series that I have read.
February 11, 2023
Aunque han pasado más de dos décadas desde su publicación, esta novelita genérica aún merece la pena.
Tiene un suspense bastante bueno, pero ahora me gusta sobre todo el romance y la tensión entre estos dos. Chance es un agente que quiere usar a Sunny para atrapar al padre de ella, un terrorista. La realidad no es exactamente lo que Chance esperaba. Los dos guardan secretos y la tensión (aparte de la sexual) es ver cómo se enamoran incluso cuando no lo esperaban, y qué pasará cuando cada uno descubre lo que el otro esconde.
Una novela estupenda, dentro de lo que es una novela harlequin.
Crítica más amplia, en mi blog.
Tiene un suspense bastante bueno, pero ahora me gusta sobre todo el romance y la tensión entre estos dos. Chance es un agente que quiere usar a Sunny para atrapar al padre de ella, un terrorista. La realidad no es exactamente lo que Chance esperaba. Los dos guardan secretos y la tensión (aparte de la sexual) es ver cómo se enamoran incluso cuando no lo esperaban, y qué pasará cuando cada uno descubre lo que el otro esconde.
Una novela estupenda, dentro de lo que es una novela harlequin.
Crítica más amplia, en mi blog.
January 8, 2020
Estoy muy sentimental, es el ultimo libro de esta familia y me siento con la necesidad de releer las escenas donde están todos juntos.
Este libro tiene muchos momentos que me han llegado al alma, desde que conocí a Chance, supe que se había convertido en mi personaje favorito. Adoro a toda la familia Mackenzie pero Chance tiene algo muy especial y su libro me ha dejado muy contenta.
Todo el clan se adora con todo el corazón y el apoyo que se dan es incondicional, todo eso me pone muy sentimental porque aún recuerdo cómo comenzó todo. El clan Mackenzie está hecho de ganadores, cada uno tiene su pedazo de excelencia y a pesar de que Chance es adoptado, cumple con las expectativas aunque él mismo no se de cuenta. Si supieran todas las lagrimitas que derramé cuando Wolf le dice lo mucho que lo quiere y lo orgulloso que estaba de él... omg😭😭😭. Linda Howard ha logrado construir algo muy especial, sinceramente no todos los libros fueron buenos e incluso no puedo decir que este haya sido excelente pero conocer a toda la familia Mackenzie me ha dado mucha felicidad desde el primero libro. Está de más decir que nadie se esperaba que de ser 2 personas, todo pasase a ser un clan de 29 personas y contando.
El personaje de Sunny me gustó, es muy fuerte y tenaz, sin duda alguna es perfecta para Chance, tenía miedo de que mi favoritismo hacia Chance me cegara y odiara a su pareja pero no fue así, Sunny es muy linda y su personalidad me resultó buena. Una cosa sí tengo que recalcar, la forma en que Chance la enamora no estuvo del todo bien... pero lo dejé pasar porque la historia está ambientada en cierto tiempo, no sé si me explico. Suelo ser exigente pero todo depende de en qué momento se base el relato, en este caso no puedo decir nada malo, para algunos puede que Chance haya sido un personaje de lo más odioso pero en mi opinión, él simplemente hacía las cosas con un propósito que aventajaría la seguridad de muchas personas.
En fin, la conclusión a estos libros me ha gustado un montón y aunque no son los mejores libros que he leído, puedo decir que son perfectos para pasar el rato, el cariño que se le agarra a cada uno de los personajes es inevitable, estoy segura de que todo el que lo lea terminará enamorado de esta familia😁.
"Se aprestó a tener que soportar a su familia. Se había prometido que solo durante un tiempo, hasta estar más fuerte. Lo habían llevado a Mackenzie's Mountain, a su hogar, a sus brazos, a sus corazones. Un niño sin nombre había muerto en la cuneta del camino y Chance Mackenzie había nacido en su lugar."
Este libro tiene muchos momentos que me han llegado al alma, desde que conocí a Chance, supe que se había convertido en mi personaje favorito. Adoro a toda la familia Mackenzie pero Chance tiene algo muy especial y su libro me ha dejado muy contenta.
Todo el clan se adora con todo el corazón y el apoyo que se dan es incondicional, todo eso me pone muy sentimental porque aún recuerdo cómo comenzó todo. El clan Mackenzie está hecho de ganadores, cada uno tiene su pedazo de excelencia y a pesar de que Chance es adoptado, cumple con las expectativas aunque él mismo no se de cuenta. Si supieran todas las lagrimitas que derramé cuando Wolf le dice lo mucho que lo quiere y lo orgulloso que estaba de él... omg😭😭😭. Linda Howard ha logrado construir algo muy especial, sinceramente no todos los libros fueron buenos e incluso no puedo decir que este haya sido excelente pero conocer a toda la familia Mackenzie me ha dado mucha felicidad desde el primero libro. Está de más decir que nadie se esperaba que de ser 2 personas, todo pasase a ser un clan de 29 personas y contando.
El personaje de Sunny me gustó, es muy fuerte y tenaz, sin duda alguna es perfecta para Chance, tenía miedo de que mi favoritismo hacia Chance me cegara y odiara a su pareja pero no fue así, Sunny es muy linda y su personalidad me resultó buena. Una cosa sí tengo que recalcar, la forma en que Chance la enamora no estuvo del todo bien... pero lo dejé pasar porque la historia está ambientada en cierto tiempo, no sé si me explico. Suelo ser exigente pero todo depende de en qué momento se base el relato, en este caso no puedo decir nada malo, para algunos puede que Chance haya sido un personaje de lo más odioso pero en mi opinión, él simplemente hacía las cosas con un propósito que aventajaría la seguridad de muchas personas.
En fin, la conclusión a estos libros me ha gustado un montón y aunque no son los mejores libros que he leído, puedo decir que son perfectos para pasar el rato, el cariño que se le agarra a cada uno de los personajes es inevitable, estoy segura de que todo el que lo lea terminará enamorado de esta familia😁.
"Se aprestó a tener que soportar a su familia. Se había prometido que solo durante un tiempo, hasta estar más fuerte. Lo habían llevado a Mackenzie's Mountain, a su hogar, a sus brazos, a sus corazones. Un niño sin nombre había muerto en la cuneta del camino y Chance Mackenzie había nacido en su lugar."
June 14, 2015
I'm on a Linda Howard kick lately and I picked this one up for a re-read.
First of all, I'd never realized before how much Howard likes survival settings for her romances. I can now think of three of her books that feature a man and woman in a survival setting -- this, "Up Close and Dangerous," and the ridiculous, "Prey". I want to say "Burn" and "Ice" are both along those lines too but I never got very far in the former (it was slow in starting) and it's been so long since I read the latter that I'm not sure -- but I think I'm right on that.
The gist of the whole thing is that Chance McKenzie, the adopted son of Mary and Wolf of "Mackenzie's Mountain", is now all grown up (I say that but I don't actually remember him being in any of the other four books... it's probably been the better part of a decade since I've read them, so I might be wrong on that) and wants information on Sunny Miller's terrorist father. Thinking that of course she must be in league with her father, he engineers a scenario that puts the two of them in an extreme situation after a plane crash to get information about how he might capture her father. Of course in real life (because this is a romance novel), Sunny is an innocent victim, perpetually on the run her whole life from her eeeeeeevil father, but Chance doesn't figure that out until he does her a whole bunch of times... ya know... in service of his country and all that. Like you do.
In doing her, Chance figures out that Sunny's a virgin and of course this means she must be innocent (what's up with that in romance novels? Evil terrorist chicks can't be virgins? Howard actually sort of pokes fun at this trope a chapter or two later when Chance discovers additional information that makes him think she's eeeeeeeevil again for a bit). So upon learning of her innocence, Chance decides that instead of pumping her for information... ("What else would I want to pump you for?")
... he decides to use her as bait for her sick fuck of a daddy.
This was always a favorite of mine, but I have to say I didn't enjoy it as much as I usually do on this re-read. I suspect this is because I was reading three Howard books at once and, as I mentioned, "Up Close and Dangerous" has a very similar plot, so it was distracting. One other place this book suffers for me is the ending. For one thing, . That was a bit too easy for me. For another thing, Chance really needed to suffer a little more before Sunny took him back. The shit he pulled throughout the book was just... bad form.
Anyway, this is a favorite, but I probably won't re-read it for a while. I think I might be going through Howard Survivalist O.D., which I didn't realize was a thing, but apparently is now.
First of all, I'd never realized before how much Howard likes survival settings for her romances. I can now think of three of her books that feature a man and woman in a survival setting -- this, "Up Close and Dangerous," and the ridiculous, "Prey". I want to say "Burn" and "Ice" are both along those lines too but I never got very far in the former (it was slow in starting) and it's been so long since I read the latter that I'm not sure -- but I think I'm right on that.
The gist of the whole thing is that Chance McKenzie, the adopted son of Mary and Wolf of "Mackenzie's Mountain", is now all grown up (I say that but I don't actually remember him being in any of the other four books... it's probably been the better part of a decade since I've read them, so I might be wrong on that) and wants information on Sunny Miller's terrorist father. Thinking that of course she must be in league with her father, he engineers a scenario that puts the two of them in an extreme situation after a plane crash to get information about how he might capture her father. Of course in real life (because this is a romance novel), Sunny is an innocent victim, perpetually on the run her whole life from her eeeeeeevil father, but Chance doesn't figure that out until he does her a whole bunch of times... ya know... in service of his country and all that. Like you do.
In doing her, Chance figures out that Sunny's a virgin and of course this means she must be innocent (what's up with that in romance novels? Evil terrorist chicks can't be virgins? Howard actually sort of pokes fun at this trope a chapter or two later when Chance discovers additional information that makes him think she's eeeeeeeevil again for a bit). So upon learning of her innocence, Chance decides that instead of pumping her for information... ("What else would I want to pump you for?")
... he decides to use her as bait for her sick fuck of a daddy.
This was always a favorite of mine, but I have to say I didn't enjoy it as much as I usually do on this re-read. I suspect this is because I was reading three Howard books at once and, as I mentioned, "Up Close and Dangerous" has a very similar plot, so it was distracting. One other place this book suffers for me is the ending. For one thing, . That was a bit too easy for me. For another thing, Chance really needed to suffer a little more before Sunny took him back. The shit he pulled throughout the book was just... bad form.
Anyway, this is a favorite, but I probably won't re-read it for a while. I think I might be going through Howard Survivalist O.D., which I didn't realize was a thing, but apparently is now.
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