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The Mackenzies: Cole (Mackenzies, #10)

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Cole's story is fine but it's nothing very unique or very surprising. The characters are likeable, the story line plausible and everything turns out as it should. Enjoyed it for a quick read but wouldn't read it a second time so on my rating system its only a 3+ maximum. (loved luke's story and loved jarred's.) I imagine with a family so full of hunks, it would be hard to come up with a masterpiece every time.

Adventurer Cole Mackenzie has been every where and done most every thing. He has panned for gold in Alaska, been a Texas Ranger, and gambled in the gaming halls of San Francisco. Now, Cole yearns for the sanctuary of his family's ranch. But there is one more task he needs to accomplish before he can return home. A mysterious wire has found its way to Cole from his former partner, and good friend, Mick "Pop" O'Shea. Pop has asked Cole to come to his hometown of Lawford, New Mexico and help him solve a mystery. So Cole puts off his return to the Triple M ranch, and makes his way to Pop's home. Once there though Cole is confronted by an unexpected turn of events, Pop has mysteriously died, leaving Cole the guardian of his rambunctious daughter, Maggie.

Margaret "Maggie" O'Shea has been in love with Cole Mackenzie since she was a scrawny Tomboy of fourteen. Being dragged from mine town to mine town by her father, she had very little time to mature into anything but this. Then at sixteen when Pop began to realize that his Maggie needed to learn to become a lady he had said good-bye to his partner Cole, and sent Maggie off to finishing school, while he returned home to start a stage coach line. Now Maggie is confronted with her worst nightmare, Cole MacKenzie, the only man she has ever loved, has returned back in her life as her legal guardian.

The Mackenzies/Cole by Ana Leigh is the latest in her Mackenzies saga. Cole is the oldest son of Cleve Mackenzie and his wife Adee, whom we met in the third installment. The love story that is portrayed in this installment between hard hearted Cole, and warm and loving Maggie is hard to follow at times. If you are a true fan of this series then you will of course read this book. The story could stand alone even if you haven't read the other books. Cole and Maggie embark on some wild adventures to find out what truly happened to Pop. Along the way they meet up with some interesting characters, and there are some subplots involving the towns people. However, there are no true villains in this story, and overall I was disappointed in this latest installment. It just wasn't as good as the others.

This is the series I've ever read but probably my least favorite book in the series. It wasn't bad but the other books in this series are pretty hard to measure up to. Cole & Maggie were both very likable but it just took them (him actually) too long to find love. This book deals more with the mystery of Maggie's father then it does with a romance. They had only had 1 or 2 intimate moments until about page 315 so if you are looking for the hot & steamy romance book then I wouldn't recommend this one but for anybody else that is following this series then this good book. The MacKenzies in order to date:

Luke
Flint
Cleve
David
Peter
Jake
Josh
Zach
Jared
Cole

Favorite scene with Maggie-
Telling Keith and Caroline that they belong together.

Favorite scene with Cole-
Saving the animals and Juan from the fire.

Favorite scene together-
The total chaos brought on by Cole pretending to hold Maggie up and Maggie having Cole arrested.

Adventurer Cole Mackenzie has been every where and done most every thing. He has panned for gold in Alaska, been a Texas Ranger, and gambled in the gaming halls of San Francisco. Now, Cole yearns for the sanctuary of his family's ranch. But there is one more task he needs to accomplish before he can return home. A mysterious wire has found its way to Cole from his former partner, and good friend, Mick "Pop" O'Shea. Pop has asked Cole to come to his hometown of Lawford, New Mexico and help him solve a mystery. So Cole puts off his return to the Triple M ranch, and makes his way to Pop's home. Once there though Cole is confronted by an unexpected turn of events, Pop has mysteriously died, leaving Cole the guardian of his rambunctious daughter, Maggie.

Margaret "Maggie" O'Shea has been in love with Cole Mackenzie since she was a scrawny Tomboy of fourteen. Being dragged from mine town to mine town by her father, she had very little time to mature into anything but this. Then at sixteen when Pop began to realize that his Maggie needed to learn to become a lady he had said good-bye to his partner Cole, and sent Maggie off to finishing school, while he returned home to start a stage coach line. Now Maggie is confronted with her worst nightmare, Cole MacKenzie, the only man she has ever loved, has returned back in her life as her legal guardian.

The Mackenzies/Cole by Ana Leigh is the latest in her Mackenzies saga. Cole is the oldest son of Cleve Mackenzie and his wife Adee, whom we met in the third installment. The love story that is portrayed in this installment between hard hearted Cole, and warm and loving Maggie is hard to follow at times. If you are a true fan of this series then you will of course read this book. The story could stand alone even if you haven't read the other books. Cole and Maggie embark on some wild adventures to find out what truly happened to Pop. Along the way they meet up with some interesting characters, and there are some subplots involving the towns people. However, there are no true villains in this story, and overall I was disappointed in this latest installment. It just wasn't as good as the others.

After prospecting in Alaska for a few years together, Cole Mackenzie says goodbye to his gold prospecting partner Pop O'Shea and the man's teenage daughter Maggie in a stop at Seattle. Cole heads to San Francisco while Pops and Maggie travel to Lawford, New Mexico.

Two years later in 1898 Cole receives a telegram from Pops, pleading with his former partner to come quickly, as he needs help. Cole would do anything for Pop so he packs his bags immediately and hit the trail for New Mexico. He arrives in time to attend Pop's funeral. Apparently, Pop who ran a stageline broke his neck in a mining accident. Cole decides to stay in town to insure Maggie's safety and to learn more about Pop's death that just does not feel right to him. As accidents pile up with the stageline, Cole falls in love with Maggie, who has loved him since she was a tomboy prospecting in Alaska, but both feel they must uncover the identity of the person sabotaging the business and perhaps killed Pop too.

As with the stories of other Mackenzies, Cole's tale is an exciting Americana romantic suspense that fans of the series and sub-genre readers in general will attain much pleasure from the antics of the lead couple. Cole and Maggie are strong and intrepid, but much of their relationship is humorous relieving a bit of the tension that Ana Leigh spins with this book. The twists and turns add perplexity and uncertainty even to the obvious lead romance as Ms. Leigh provides the audience with a winning entry.

Harriet Klausner