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Summary: Mixed reaction
Review: I was glad to finally read Chance's story, as I've read the other Mackenzie novels. Good development of Chance's character and that of Sunny, nice details about the rest of the Mackenzie family. The bait plotline was predictable, but not badly done. I guess my disappointment stems from the abrupt ending...Fans of Howard and the Mackenzies will enjoy the novel, though.
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Summary: Finally Chance
Review: I adored every single one of the Mackensie stories, Linda Howard is the best author to hit any shores. I have steadily building up my collection of her books, and this a fantastic addition. Its great, even if it was badly written,(its not), it would still be good simply because its Chance.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: Have you ever waited for a book or movie to come out and have high expectations for it. Only to be disappointed. WELL,this is NOT one those books. The long awaited Chance's story was EXCELLENT and SEXY. THANK YOU LINDA HOWARD, for ending the Mackenzie's series with a winner. Sincerely Gizele Stotts
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Summary: Mackenzie Fans, it's here and it's GOOD!
Review: Set in the barren western United States, Linda Howard brings two very lonesome people together. From the fast beginning these characters are romantically drawn to each other, although both have sworn not to marry or reproduce. This story moves right along and within the first few pages the reader knows what's up and is hooked. Remember, in Mackenzie's Pleasure & Mackenzie's Magic there was the hint that Chance is just a good-look playboy whom they have not caught yet? There was a reason for that and it surprised me. The main plot is basic. Chance is dedicated to finding a terrorist, by way of the terrorist's daughter, first as an informant then, as the bait. The attitude is romance though on both sides, and Chance & Sunny are lying to each other about themselves. One person is protecting their own heart and a futures they do not want to see happen, ever in their life. The other person is protecting someone else. This book will answer questions "Mackenzie" readers have, and some you didn't realize you had, within unusual ways. What a wonderful ending including the whole family. For new "Mackenzie" readers, do yourselves a favor and read book one through five, in order if possible. You'll be glad you did. I had hoped for a more exciting ending involving the entire family, maybe a little more kick but, the book was action packed and the ending was pleasant and quick. This remains the best series I have ever read! Thank-you Linda Howard. Please think up another plot for this family as a whole. Go for John.
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Summary: I think I'm in love!
Review: I don't want to give anything away to those who have yet to read this book, but let me just say that it's written in true MacKenzie fashion. DEFINITELY a keeper!
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Summary: Great ending to the Mackenzie books
Review: I opened this book with both anticipation and trepidation, because I had built it up so much in my mind, I was afraid of being disappointed - alas, I didn't have to worry.Chance Mackenzie, the adopted Mackenzie boy whom Mary rescued at 14, is now a lethal government agent working along with brother Zane. As the book begins, Chance heads home to Wyoming to bring a file so important that he must hand deliver it to Zane. It appears that a terrorist, Crispin Hauer, has a daughter who works as a courier. Determined to catch Hauer, Zane and Chance set the trap for the daughter, hoping she will lead them to him. Sonia "Sunny" Miller has spent all her life running from her father. Her mother died in the attempt and all Sunny has is her sister, Margreta, and even that contact is minimal, only a weekly phone call Margreta makes to Sunny's cell phone - if the phone call is missed, the sisters must assume the other has been captured or killed. When Sunny's latest courier delivery goes awry, she finds a rescuer in pilot Chance McCall, who offers to take her to her destination when she is almost robbed. In reality, it is all part of the trap, including the near crash that lands Chance and Sunny in a remote canyon, without possibility of escape. Here, Chance hopes to seduce Sunny into confiding in him, and once she has, he will signal Zane to "rescue" them, and Sunny will not be the wiser until it is too late. Linda Howard does not disappoint. First of all, it's great visiting the Mackenzies again, especially devilish Nick :D and the Diapered escape artists. But this is Chance's story, and in Sunny Miller, he has met his perfect match.
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Summary: Chance of a lifetime!
Review: OK, so we all loved Wolf's story, we all loved Joe's story, we even liked Zane's story. We hated Maris' story - NOT worthy of Maris OR Linda Howard. Guess what? Chance's story, the one we have all been waiting for... is SO worth it! Even though he is not Wolf's biological son, it shows in this story that he is truly Wolf's son in every way that counts. I loved it! You will, too!
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Summary: A Great End to a Terrific Series
Review: I really don't know where the negative comments are coming from. I thought Chance was a terrific hero and Sonny his perfect match. She did not quickly forgive him and he was not mean to her. He had a terrorist to catch and he protected her as best he could in the process. What else would those readers have had him do, give it all up and take Sonny away while her father still lived and threatened her and the rest of the world?
Not a "Chance." The ending was anything but abrupt. It was just the exact type of ending that the series reader could want. It expressed Chance's love for his adopted family and his acceptance of his position in it. Ms. Howard knows her characters and knows how to write a story. Although I am sorry to see this series end I fully understand that it cannot go on without the death of Wolf and Mary and that would not be worth its continuation. Congratulations Ms. Howard on a great ending to a great series!!
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Summary: off balance
Review: Linda Howard is one of my favourite authors, and her Mackenzie's Mountain was one of her earlier works that set her above the rest of the writers coming out of Silhouette Intimate Moments. A Game of Chance, is a continuation of that series, following Mackenzie's Mission. Surprisingly, it's rather a "tame" read for Howard. Chance Mackenzie, the adopted brother to Zane, is on a mission to capture a known terrorist and his unknown mole in the FBI. The only way to get to him is through the daughter he has never seen, Sunny Miller. Sunny is the one link and Chance intends to set her up to lure her father out.
He arranges it so she is nearly robbed in an airport. She is a courier and she missed her flight because of it, just as Chase intends. When she says she has to get her case to San Francisco ASAP, Chase offers to fly her there. Once they are out a ways, Chase fakes fuel pump trouble and sets down in a secluded canyon, with Zane on their trail keeping an eye on them. The whole purpose of this is to get Sunny to depend upon Chase, get her to trust him. They spend nearly ten days with Sunny thinking they are fighting to survive. Only, once Chance learns there is another sister and that Sunny is not in league with her father, he let's them be "rescued", just to use Sunny as bait. He leaks her whereabouts knowing the FBI mole will give the information away.
Chase is just a wee bit non-caring about using Sunny in the beginning. And the fact she has fallen in love with him does not make him blink at using her as bait. The depth that is usually there in Howard's characters is just missing from this tale. It's all very predictable, with the mole tossed in at the last minute, so there is no mystery.
Rather disappointing, considering the powerhouse Howard always is. It was nearly 40 pages into the book before we meet Sunny. In a 250 page book that is a long time before you actually get into the story. And sorry, Chance just really loses points at being such a user.
You will want to continue the Mackenzie saga, but just not, it's not the brilliance of the first ones.
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Summary: fantastic read!
Review: Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors. I will pretty much read anything with her name on it. Still, you have to like her style of writing. The story lines tend to change, but the basic premise is always there. Heroine meets man, he usually has a few issues, and they must learn to love and trust each other with whatever plot Ms. Howard has thrown in. I personally like the way she maneuvers these types of novels. I think Game of Chance is an especially good Linda Howard story. Meet Sunny Miller. She has had a very tough life. She is living on her own with no relatives or even friends. Her mother is dead, and she has only one person in her life that she contacts by cell phone for a couple of minutes a week. She has never had the luxury of settling down or trusting anyone. She can't afford trust, her father is a world renown terrorist and looking for her. To keep from staying in one location, Sunny has a job as a courier, delivering packages (for very important clients) from one location to another. During one of Sunny's deliveries, she is robbed. Due to the nature of the job, Sunny is investigated and comes to the attention of CIA agent Chance MacKenzie. Chance is a top agent in his field and thinks Sunny is working with her father. The plan is to meet her and to either have her learn to trust him enough to divulge her secrets or spend enough time with her that she will make a mistake so the CIA can catch both her and her father. Take one very wounded heroine afraid to trust, throw in a CIA agent who has his own set of trust issues (even though he is attracted to Sunny), and you have the basic plot of this book. It's simple, it's straight forward, it works. You have an empathy for the character of Sunny and all that she goes through. Quick read; good story; I would recommend.
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