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182 of 185 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Read, July 27, 2000
I doubt there are many romance fans out there that don't know about this series, but in case you're a Howard newcomer, here's the order: (MacKenzie's) Mountain, Mission, Pleasure, Magic, and then finally, A Game of Chance. With the exception of MacKenzie's Magic, they are all excellent reads. Anti-terrorist agent Chance MacKenzie has been trying to get to the infamous terrorist Cripsin Hauer for what seems like forever. When Chance discovers he has a daughter--Sunny Miller--he sets his sights on seducing her, figuring she can lure Hauer to him. What he doesn't know at the time, is that Sunny has been on the run from her father since birth... The book was a typical Howard in that it was fast-paced and sexy. The only reason I didn't give the book a solid five was because it was reminiscent in some ways of her early categories from the 80s...in other words, the hero infuriated me by his use of Sunny, going so far as to knowingly put her life in dire straights, even AFTER he knew of her innocence. I don't feel the reader was given enough "good" chapters at the end to completely balance out what Chance did to Sunny enough to get totally over that fact. It's common for Howard to use a misunderstanding between the characters in her books, or even an out-and-out usage of the heroine on the part of the hero, and let's face it...they make excellent premises for a hot getting-back-together scene toward the end. But this is the first time I can think of where she had a hero use a heroine to the point of putting her in a position where he purposely endangered her LIFE. If an author's going to do that, I want to read major big-time, mind-blowing grovelling scenes before the heroine forgives him. Nevertheless, A Game of Chance was a great read. Chance was sexy with a capital SEX (one of Sunny's lines in the book!) and Sunny made a great, independent heroine for the most part. Still, in retrospect, I find myself more likely to reread MacKenzie's Mountain and MacKenzie's Pleasure, Wolf and Zane's stories.
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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great ending to the Mackenzie books, July 24, 2000
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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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Game of Chance, October 21, 2000
Undercover agent Chance MacKenzie is trying to capture a terrorist and uses the man's daughter as bait. Sounds cruel and heartless? Chance is neither of these. If you like romance, anticipation and sizzling sex, Linda Howard is the writer for you. This is the fifth and last (?) of the MacKenzie series. I, along with hundreds of other readers, waited years for Chance's story. I wasn't disappointed. Chance is as sexy and exciting as we all knew he would be and Sunny is his match. Sure, we all wanted all of the individual stories to be longer, but Ms. Howard was writing for the Silhouette series which is not known for its length. Linda Howard is an extremely gifted writer; she is my favorite and I read extensively in all genres. I loaned MacKenzie's Mountain (1st of the series)to my sister-in-law (who was not a reader). When she was finished, she would not let my tall, handsome brother cut his black hair. She wanted it long like Wolf's. Readers, give Linda Howard a break when she says the MacKenzie series is over...... On the other hand, please, please, please, Linda..
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