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California Chances: One Chance in a Million/Second Chance/Taking a Chance (Heartsong Novella Collection)

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This is a compilation of three stories "One Chance in a Million", "Second Chance" and "Taking a Chance". The stories about the Chance brothers who live on a farm. There is 6 brothers, Gideon, Daniel, Paul, Titus, Logan and Bryce. The three stories incorporate all the brothers but each story center around one particular brother. The first is Gideon's story. Miriam sails across the ocean to see her sister Hannah who is married to Daniel Chance. When she arrives she finds that her sister has died and her two little nieces are being raised by these men. Daniel is unhappy with her being there because she looks so much like Hannah. Gideon wants to send her back. Miriam is determined to stay. Who wins? The second story is Titus's story. Alisa is running from the Law for a crime she didn't commit. She is on the stage bound for Reliable and meets up with Titus. They are drawn to each other right off. However, Titus had previously asked a girl in town to marry him but she turned him down. Now seeing him with another girl...she wants to change her mind. Things do get a little complicated and cute. The third story is about Paul. Miriam's cousin Delilah finds herself alone when her gambling father dies and she has nowhere to go. She decides to go see Miriam (who she has kept in touch with). Paul is the kind of strong man that Deliah needs but can she ever trust another man when her father has let her down all her life?

I thoroughly enjoyed these stories. There is very few "nice" women in Reliable and any time a girl arrives it is known by ALL the men in the area. They all want to come a calling and are getting frustrated that the Chance Brothers are all ending up with the available women. Great stories.

As a seperate note: There is another book by Heartsong Presents called "Last Chance" and this is Daniel's story. There is also another book coming out called Chance Adventure which is Logan's story. And I believe Bryce's story is called "Chance of a Lifetime". Very enjoyable. Highly recommended.

I have purchased most of Cathy Marie's books. I love reading them over and over again Her writing style is spiritually uplifting, laughter producing, and has the ability to make you feel one with her characters. The "Chance" series is just another enjoyable one of her many. If you enjoy books that you can immerse yourself in, try Cathy Marie's other books also. My all time favorite book of hers is called, "Forevermore".

I loved this book so much! I really enjoy the writings of Cathy Marie Hake, so I decided to take the chance and read this book too, even though it was not all written by her. Not disappointed at all! :-) I would highly recommend this to anyone who likes clean romances from the California frontier.

This is a great book and starts you on a wonderous journey with a large family that faces many ups and downs of the times!

I enjoyed all three Chances books. I particularly like Cathy Hake's writing. She writes a good story with character development that makes you want to meet the people in the stories

This novella is AWSOME!!! This book introduced me to the world of Christian Romance. As soon as I finished this book I said "I HAVE to get Kentucky Chances!" The second book was as good as the first.
Raine~

These are three novellas in one. Although, they are not very long and written by three different women, they seemed long! I didn't even finish the third one. Maybe it was good, but I was worn out! The second was better than the first, but I don't recommend the book. The story and the characters, especially in the first one, just weren't all that interesting.