Mackenzie's Mountain [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Linda Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2006

Book 1 in the Mackenzie's Legacy series

A New York Times Bestselling Author

Wolf Mackenzie is a loner who has a way with horses and a deep distrust of outsiders - until one woman dares to venture onto Mackenzie's Mountain. Schoolteacher Mary Elizabeth Potter is determined to keep Wolf's teenage son from abandoning his dreams . . . and finds herself rescuing Wolf along the way.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"When great storytelling combines with characters who leap off the page and into the heart of every reader that book is called a classic. The Mackenzie books are romantic classics."
- Iris Johansen

About the Author

Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, Dying to Please, Open Season, Mr. Perfect, All the Queen’s Men, Now You See Her, Kill and Tell, and Son of the Morning. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing; 1 edition (January 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159722149X
• ISBN-13: 978-1597221498
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,776,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Up Close and Dangerous, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, and Dying to Please. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, August 14, 2000

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kcs-calif (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mackenzie's Mountain (Mass Market Paperback)

Wolf is a fantastic hero. He's strong, capable, and reserved. He's also very sexy! Mary is a dedicated schoolteacher. She is not gorgeous or flashy, but she is very determined. She is exactly what Wolf and his son Joe need. Mary wants to help Joe finish his education and try to get into the Air Force Academy. She also wants Wolf! Although she is innocent, she is irresitibly drawn to him. Wolf is the one holding back because of his past and his indian blood. When he finally unleashes his passion on Mary, she is overwhelmed. These two strike sparks! This is a fantastic intoduction to the Mackenzie family. Thoroughly entertaining!

46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally I got to read the first book in this series!, March 14, 2000

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ladybug10 "ladybug10" (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mackenzie's Mountain (Mass Market Paperback)

I came to the MacKenzie Family saga backwards - I purchased the combined stories of Zane and Maris in MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE and MACKENZIE'S MAGIC, liked what I read, looked at the list of her prior books, and started hunting for them. I found a well-thumbed copy of MACKENZIE'S MISSION in the paperback section of my local library, but I could not locate MACKENZIE'S MOUNTAIN until its reissue this month, despite looking for at least a year...I snapped it up!

Wolf Mackenzie is the premier male lead character - a powerful, mysterious, sensual, and flawed Viet Nam veteran (yes, he's very domineering - all in character, I suppose). Mary Potter is a wonderful foil - unattractive except to Wolf, cerebral, unaffectedly honest to a fault, and, fortunately, willing to tolerate Wolf's less endearing qualities. Their relationship unfolds with Ms. Howard's trademark sizzle-factor, but not too unbelievably fast (as is unfortunately the case in many other books of this genre). I'm hooked on this family's adventures, and now that I've read the foundation story of Wolf and Mary, I plan on rereading the later ones for a fresh perspective.

I did get confused on the time line for all three stories. I couldn't figure out how there was time to let two decades elapse betwen this story and MACKENZIE'S PLEASURE, so that Joe would be well into his middle age by then. Joe was born during the Viet Nam war, and by my calculations, he couldn't have been as old as he was portrayed, so some kind of reference date for MACKENZIE'S MOUNTAIN would have helped. Oh, well, it's fiction anyway.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful story of real life happenings, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Mackenzie's Mountain (Mass Market Paperback)

Wolf MacKenzie's story of falling for a 'mousy school' teacher is probably more realistic than many of us would like to believe. Having just finished a course of History of the 60's I understand more and more how small towns and America have grown up. This book gives a reader a very good idea of the prejudices and small-mindedness that haunts small towns. It also shows that love can overcome and heal many of the wounds that are caused by these frailties of the human race. Wolf is a warrior and his life has carried many battle scars that soften and allow a 'mousy schoolteacher' to worm her way under his skin and into his heart. The saga of the Mackenzie family is a wonderful story of love and those special men and women who find their way into the other's heart.