Reread. This and Mackenzie's Mountain are my favorite of the Mackenzie books. I just love the resilient cheerful heroine. The hero was a jerk for using her but I guess hey it's fiction and he needed to catch the bad guy. But I did enjoy him and how he was so in love with her and desperate to have her forgive him at the end. Enjoyed seeing all the Mackenzies again. ( )

***SPOILER***
The writing was fine. The story was interesting. The major betrayal was a huge turn off. ( )

A Game of Chance
4 Stars

Chance Mackenzie, the half-wild child adopted by Wolf and Mary Mackenzie, has become a dedicated undercover agent. When information concerning the daughter of a notorious terrorist comes to his attention, Chance embarks on a mission to seduce her and discover the extent of her involvement in her father’s business. However, there is more to Sonia “Sunny” Miller than meets the eye and Chance soon realizes that he is willing to risk a lot more than his life to learn her secrets…

A sweet ending to a highly entertaining series.

While Chance is certainly overbearing, manipulative and arrogant, there is still something endearing about him. Perhaps it is his harsh childhood or his abiding loyalty to family, or perhaps it is his dark nature and tortured soul. Regardless, Chance is a particularly charming hero despite his shortcomings.

Sunny (by name and by nature) is just as appealing. She is exceedingly resourceful and copes with dire situations with a strong backbone and a calm demeanor. My one small caveat is that despite her obvious intelligence and her awareness of her situation, she still fails to notice Chance’s machinations. For someone on the run, she is far too accepting of events.

The minor suspense plot unravels quickly but plausibly and the glimpses along the way into Mackenzie family life are wonderful.

Looking forward to reading more of Linda Howard this year. ( )

Loved it. I'm really going to miss the MacKenzie family. ( )

rabck box from bookstogive 03/11; double entendre in the title. The hero's name is Chance, and he's playing a chancy game to catch a terrorist. Sunny's father is the terrorist, and Chance thinks she's running shipments for him. When he intentionally intercepts her and strands them in a box canyon in the Nevada desert, he finds that she's running from Dad - and now he makes her the bait to capture the crook. ( )