Mackenzie's Mountain (Mira (Audio))

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Summary: A TRUE ROMANCE CLASSIC ~ MUST READ!
Review: How can you tell when a book is a classic? Let me put it to you this way....How many people do you know can quote the first line from a specific book ~ verbatim?? This book has the distinction of being consistently voted as one of the Top Ten books of all time by romance readers.

Mackenzie Mountain has all the elements of a classic romance novel. A Great plot, snappy dialogue, plus an alpha male hero and his fiesty heroine, and those intensely sensous love scenes. Wolf Mackenzie is an outcast, who had been wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He now lives with his son, Joe, on Mackenzie Mountain and has a wary truce with the townspeople. Of course that is until Mary Elizabeth Potter ,a spinster school teacher, arrives. As their attraction for each other grows into love; a dangerous force is ready to tear them apart forever...

Linda Howard fans abound and for good reason. Inspite of her well deserved rise to hardback publication. She has continued this classic with sucessive stories of the Mackenzies. They are Mackenzie Mission, Mackenzie Pleasure, Mackenzie Magic, and what she states as her last, A Game of Chance. Read them all! Then prepare yourself to join the legion of Linda Howard fans that beg for more!!!

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Summary: Well written as always...but...heroine was a tad stupid?
Review: I do NOT like to knock a Howard because she is one of my FAVORITE authors, but this heroine was way over the top in the 'stupid department.' I realize this was written in the 1980's when the heroine was expected to be shy and reserved and virginial, yet strong and independent, but she came out as stupid (wince...I am so sorry Ms Howard) and very, very unbelievably ignorant of men and the world in general. She gave off this 'kill 'em all' attitude that just was nausiating to me.
A 29 year old spinster extrordinaire with a knack for letting the readers and the hero listen to her moronic and irritating dribble about her uptight and weird Aunt Ardith's rules of conduct got to be too much for me and I just lost any respect for her or why the hero Wolf would even like her.
A few of the secondary characters called her 'goody-goody' and I have to agree. She was a little too perfect and old fashioned for her age. Wolf deserved much better. The naivety was so bad that I was shaking my head and laughed outright when Wolf whispered a 'dirty' word in her ear about the sex act he'd like to perform on her and she had the gall to act confused and ask him what it meant and to show her. Whatever. Anyway, this is the 1980s, not the 1880s. Come on, get real.
This is the first in the Mackenzie series, which includes MacKenzie's Mission, MacKenzie's Pleasure, MacKenzie's Magic and A Game of Chance.

Mary Elizabeth Potter is a spinster in every way imaginable. The clothes and the 'sensible shoes' she wears. She has no idea if she will ever fall in love and doesn't look for it. Things change when she volunteers to go to the small town of Ruth, WY as a schoolteacher. She is a great teacher and puts her whole self into teaching children.
One child gets her attention, Wolf MacKenzie's son. She must convince his father he belongs back in school, not at home working. Getting stranded on his mountain wasn't her plan, but nevertheless, Wolf comes upon her and thinks she must be an idiot.
Mary proves that his son is made for more and tutors him. Wolf realizes he can love again, even if he is an ex-con half-breed. But the town doesn't approve and lets them know.
Can they get past the racism that simmers below the surface and be accepted?

Tracy Talley~@

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Summary: This book is the best of the best in the serie romance genre
Review: In my opinion, this is the best series romance ever written. It has everything - innocence, compassion, caring, concern, sacrifice of self, support, and most of all, an incredible love between Wolf and Mary. I only wish that all of Ms. Howard's (and other writers as well) had this kind of strong relationship, respect for each other and emotion.

If you have never read this book, beg or borrow it from someone and keep an eye out for a reprint or used copy for yourself. This is one to keep and read again and again, esp. when your world looks gray; this one will lift your spirits and give you hope again. A rousing 5 stars, (which I never give) to Ms. Howard for this fabulous story!

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Summary: The Best....
Review: One of my personal favorites, although there is alot of them, happens to be Mackenzie's Mountain.
With a southern teacher and a half breed Indian, what more could you want.
Mary, newly moved into town, finds out that Wolf's son Joe dropped out of school. Doing the right thing she goes over and demands to know why.
With a town hostal against Wolf because of a charge he didn't do, the town has never excepted them. But when Mary moves is the lines begin to waver and some one out there doesn't appreciate it much.
With the town in an up roar with only one man to blame, thinks strt to get intersting.
From the start I liked this book. With a hero who has strong erges and a heroine more than willing to explore them, it was a go from the start.
Comapired to other books I have read that featured any type of indian, I like the way Linda Howard betraied her's best. I highly recommend this book, and hope that you enjoy it as I have!