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Summary: The story of Wolf and Mary....
Review: MacKenzie's Mountain is a touching and sexy story of Mary and Wolf. Mary is an innocent Wyoming schoolteacher who meets Wolf MacKenzie while driving to his mountain home to try and convince his son Joe to return to school after dropping out. Her car breaks down and she is rescued by the enigmatic Wolf as she struggles up the mountain. Their attraction is instantaneous as he warms he in his house and he is struck by her innocence and vitality. But he insists that nothing can happen. He is an ex-con, accused of rape and cleared but not approved of by the town. People will talk if they were to be together. He is also a half breed Indian which makes the townspeople very uncmfortable. But Mary is like a moth to a flame. She cannot stay away. She tutors his son Joe to get him into the Airforce Academy. People start to talk and their disapproval grows. A rapist attacks Mary and Wolf is determined to catch the man responsible even though at first he is accused of the crime. While they try to stay away from each other....they cannot and their attraction grows. Eventually she becomes "his" woman and they fall in love. It is a beautiful story and the beginning of the amazing MacKenzie series by Linda Howard. It is characterized by strong, alpha males....innocent but strong and spunky women. it is a great series and one that you can really settle into. I highly recommend this to anyone. Other books in the series include: MacKenzie's Mission, The MacKenzie Family, and A Game of Chance.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This book was my first romance book to read. I got it from a friend and read it in one day I could not put it down. This is coming from a girl who thought she would never read a romance book in her entire life but after reading this book I was hooked on romance. This is a really great book and I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a great read.
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Summary: Much Man on the Mountain
Review: I have read all of the Mackenzie books but I started with this on and it is my all time favorite. Wolf and Mary's story grabs you by the heartstrings and refuses to let go till the very end. The thing that I love best is that Mary is a normal woman. Not a covergirl living normal, or a nublile teen but a real woman with a real apprearance. She stands toe to toe with some of the most alpha male ever to grace Howards pages and that is saying something! I have read this book so often that the covers are literally falling off.
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Summary: The beginning of the Mackenzie legacy....
Review: Mary Elizabeth Potter has dedicated her life to teaching young people. That is why she is so dismayed to learn that the smartest boy in Ruth, Wyoming has dropped out of school. Braving the elements, Mary sets out to Mackenzie's Mountain to talk some sense into the sixteen year old boy. The first person she encounters in Wolf Mackenzie, Joe's father. Mary is astounded by the feelings that Wolf arouses in her, and doesn't know how to deal with them. She was raised by a spinster aunt who always told her than women do not need men to 'poke' at them, not that any man had ever been attracted to her. She is bewildered by the fact that Wolf seems to want her, and in her usual straightfoward way, tells him that she wants him. Wolf Mackenzie has always been a sensualist by nature. He sees beyond the baggy clothes and the horn rimmed glasses. What he sees in Mary turns him on as no other woman has before. For her own good, he turns her away. He has been outcast from the town for his Indian heritage and wrongful rape conviction. He didn't count on the tart-tounged teacher though. Her frumpy apperance is decieving to everyone, even him at first. Soon he learns that nothing gets in Mary's way when she wants something, and she wants Wolf. Then a series of rape begin which are an eerie reinactment if the rape that Wolf was wrongly accused of. When the rapist targets Mary, Wolf vows that he will do everything in his power to protect her. Miracuously, the town rallies around Wolf in his search for the person that is trying to frame him. Mackenzie's Mountain is a book about prejudice and love. Overcoming the odds, Mary and Wolf come together in a book that will warm your heart, at the same time as making you laugh. Howard also introduces the reader to Joe, who you will fall in love with. Don't miss it!
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Summary: YUP! DEFINITELY GREAT CHARACTERS -
Review: Wolf Mackenzie at 32 is definitely a man among men.
And what man isn't looking for a woman who believes in him? Mary Elizabeth Potter is a dedicated teacher who values her students and was amazed that Joe had dropped out of school. She found herself overwhelmed with Wolf's masculine appeal to her senses. But she gave up her moral upbringing to fling herself into Wolf's obvious seduction. Ah well, at least she hadn't been sleeping around like the rest of the t....... Living in the small town of Ruth, Wyoming everyone knew everyone else's goings ons. Mary decided to call on Joe and get him interested in continueing his education. At the same time Wolf was headed off of his mountain to see his widow lady? and it was bitter cold and snowing. Wouldn't you know, Mary's car broke down before she reached the Mackenzie ranch so she decided to walk. BRRR! and her being fron Georgia and not dressed for a Wyoming snow storm. Well she got to see Joe after Wolf saved her from frostbite. [grin] The attraction seemed to be explosive and her being so ordinary. But Wolf needed - Well you know.........[sure wish I coud plunk a smiley face here] Much later it was her defense of Wolf and his son that triggered off a rape that was blamed on Wolf. Then it got a bit hairy when Mary was attacked. The attacker was driven off by Deputy Clay Armstrong. Armstrong figures in a bit of harrasement because of Wolf's priors. Aha! then comes a third attack and Wolf is determined to bring down the perp. We find out about his prior military training that just enhanced his Native American instincts [is that the right word?] and the knowledge causes awe and respect in Deputy Armstrong. You get the impression the Clay is dealing with a very dangerous man in Wolf Mackenzie. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - definitely a great story but lacking in physical and mental morals. Ho! Hum!
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Summary: enjoyable!
Review: If you haven't read the other MacKenzie stories, this will compel you to do so. I'm glad Linda Howard leaves the time frame to the imagination so that the family can continue larger than life. After all we don't really want to "lose" Wolf or Mary.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I enjoyed it and could not put it down. The story was easy to read with the right pace and the plot development was not too heavy, just the kind of book you like to curl up and immense in during weekend or vacation. I like the chemistry between Wolf and Mary, it was as if they were meant for each other right from the beginning. Joe was very likeable too and it's great to know that there is a book on him and more. Both men and Mary were so protective over the persons they loved that they appeared to belong to each other as a family. It's a story that you feel good reading it.
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Summary: THIS IS THE HOWARD BOOK THAT GOT ME STARTED
Review: LINDA HOWARD IS NO. 1 MAKE NO MISTAKE,
NO IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT YEAR IT'S IN. THERE IS NO DOUBT HOW IT WILL END. BUT THE MAN IS ALL MAN AND THE WOMAN SHOWS HER POWER. THE SPARKS ARE HAPPENING. IT'S EVERYTHING I REQUIRE IN A FANTASY. REMEMBER THIS IS FANTASY AND ENTERTAINMENT. I WAS ENTERTAINED. I BOUGHT IT MANY YEARS AGO AND HAVE READ IT MANY TIMES. HER PLAY WITH NO CLEAR DATE MEANS IT WILL NEVER GET OLD.
I HAVE BOUGHT EVERY ONE OF HER BOOK SINCE AND HAVE NEVER BEEN DISSAPPOINTED.
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Summary: Read it several times
Review: This is a reissue of a Harlequin and that's when I originally read it. And as soon as I finished it, I read it again. It's the first of several sequels (I think 4). At the time of it's 1st printing I don't believe it was typical of the series romances: a serial rapist, an ex-con, racists, & neither the hero or heroine were either rich or had fancy careers. I don't believe she did mention a specific year for the setting, but that just means it it could happened this year or 5 years from now. Dates sometimes only matter if it's significate to the plot and in this case it isn't.
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Summary: Poor Trees!!! My first and LAST Howard book.
Review: This book was so predictable and cliched it was nauseating! In fact in the first 15 pages (no kidding!) I had it all figured out and ended up skim reading the rest. There were *no surprises* at all and the sexual tension between hero and heroine was pretty much zilch. To top it all off, Howard doesn't even tell us the year this story took place in. It feels "old fashioned" but there are cars, planes, and space exploration so it wasn't that long ago, making the racism way overdone and unrealistic. And come on puhleeease! A modern heroine who is that innocent but willing to let it all down at the first "make out" with the hero ??? (their first 10 minutes together no less ... I wish, I wish I was kidding) God, if this is the dribble that American women are settling for, heaven help us. Into the trash can it goes.
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