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The Mackenzie Family: Mackenzie's Pleasure / Mackenzie's Magic
Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie finds both danger and romance when he rescues an ambassador's lovely daughter from terrorist kidnappers in Mackenzie's Pleasure, while in Mackenzie's Magic, Maris Mackenzie joins forces with a dashing FBI agent to probe the disappearance of a prize horse. Reprint.
299 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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Linda Howard
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Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and in 2005 Howard was awarded their Career Achievement Award.
Linda Howard lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren.
Linda S. Howington is an American best-selling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard. After 21 years of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful. Her first work was published by Silhouette in 1982. She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and in 2005 Howard was awarded their Career Achievement Award.
Linda Howard lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F. Howington, and two golden retrievers. She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren.
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December 10, 2015
I am a huge fan of Linda Howard, and many years back I had read her books about the Mackenzie family. I have been kind of angry with the romance genre lately so I thought it was time to go back to the basics for a bit! "Mackenzie's Heroes" has been popping up recently in paperback at the grocery store and I just couldn't resist downloading it on my Kindle. This book contains two of the stories from the Mackenzie family series.
"Mackenzie's Pleasure" is the first story, and it features Zane Mackenzie and Barrie Lovejoy. This is my favorite story out of the two of them. Basically, Zane is a Navy Seal who is sent to rescue the Ambassador's daughter. Barrie was taken by some enemies, and she is a prisoner in Lybia. Of course, she is frightened and humiliated by her captors; but Zane comes in and saves the day. They are immediately drawn to each other, and considering the unique circumstances of their meeting; they end up falling in love very quickly...What they share is very intense, especially during some very scary times. I loved the chemistry with this couple, and even though it was an insta-love situation with them, I could totally find it believable because of the way they were brought together.
"Mackenzie's Magic" is the second story and it features: Maris Mackenzie (the only daughter out of all the Mackenzie men) and Alex MacNeil. Now this story I found to be less exciting and not as convincing with their immediate love for one another. First of all, the story begins with Maris not knowing how she ended up in bed with a handsome stranger. Slowly we are shown who Alex is and how they met etc... Maris is a horse trainer, and there is a mystery surrounding a horse, and also why she has a bump on her head, and why Alex is in bed with her! It all ties together; but for me I just found their insta love very unrealistic and distracting to me. My emotional investment into the couple just wasn't the same as I had with the first story. I dropped a star on my rating because of this story. Just not my favorite in the series.
All in all though, a great read; and it proves to me why I love Linda Howards writing and her heroes! To me, this is what romance is all about...Falling in love, and watching the sparks fly between the couple...No arguing, or sleeping around on each other...This is how it should be!
"Mackenzie's Pleasure" is the first story, and it features Zane Mackenzie and Barrie Lovejoy. This is my favorite story out of the two of them. Basically, Zane is a Navy Seal who is sent to rescue the Ambassador's daughter. Barrie was taken by some enemies, and she is a prisoner in Lybia. Of course, she is frightened and humiliated by her captors; but Zane comes in and saves the day. They are immediately drawn to each other, and considering the unique circumstances of their meeting; they end up falling in love very quickly...What they share is very intense, especially during some very scary times. I loved the chemistry with this couple, and even though it was an insta-love situation with them, I could totally find it believable because of the way they were brought together.
"Mackenzie's Magic" is the second story and it features: Maris Mackenzie (the only daughter out of all the Mackenzie men) and Alex MacNeil. Now this story I found to be less exciting and not as convincing with their immediate love for one another. First of all, the story begins with Maris not knowing how she ended up in bed with a handsome stranger. Slowly we are shown who Alex is and how they met etc... Maris is a horse trainer, and there is a mystery surrounding a horse, and also why she has a bump on her head, and why Alex is in bed with her! It all ties together; but for me I just found their insta love very unrealistic and distracting to me. My emotional investment into the couple just wasn't the same as I had with the first story. I dropped a star on my rating because of this story. Just not my favorite in the series.
All in all though, a great read; and it proves to me why I love Linda Howards writing and her heroes! To me, this is what romance is all about...Falling in love, and watching the sparks fly between the couple...No arguing, or sleeping around on each other...This is how it should be!
October 7, 2009
This book continues the stories of the Mackenzie family with Zane and Maris (the two youngest children born to Wolf and Mary Mackenzie).
On a mission to rescue ambassador's daughter (Barrie Lovejoy....what a horrible name, BTW), Zane Mackenzie falls head over heels for the lady he rescues. They spend one night together while waiting for a rendezvous with his SEAL team and she becomes pregnant. When Zane learns about her pregnancy, he insists that they marry immediately. There's a cute surprise at the end of the book when Zane and Barrie visit his family on Mackenzie's Mountain.
The second story in the book is a novella about Maris Mackenzie and Alex MacNeil. Maris wakes up one morning in a strange bed with a strange man only to learn that she has been involved in the theft of a horse. They quickly fall in love, the horse theft is resolved, and they're married (all within a few pages). The best part of this story is the last 30 pages or so when Mac meets the Mackenzie clan. I love seeing everyone together and their interactions are hilarious (thanks in large part to the surprise from Zane and Barrie's book).
I love the Mackenzies and really enjoy reading more about them. The thing that bugs me about these stories is the time line. It's probably my accounting brain at work, but in order for the time line to make sense, these stories had to take place somewhere around the year 2020. I know sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief (which I have no problem doing in the paranormal world), but in contemporary romance I want everything to fit!
In any event, I'm giving this book 4 stars. Zane's story was good and Maris' was simply okay. While the book itself is only worth a 3, it earned an extra star from me because of the interactions of the whole Mackenzie family.
On a mission to rescue ambassador's daughter (Barrie Lovejoy....what a horrible name, BTW), Zane Mackenzie falls head over heels for the lady he rescues. They spend one night together while waiting for a rendezvous with his SEAL team and she becomes pregnant. When Zane learns about her pregnancy, he insists that they marry immediately. There's a cute surprise at the end of the book when Zane and Barrie visit his family on Mackenzie's Mountain.
The second story in the book is a novella about Maris Mackenzie and Alex MacNeil. Maris wakes up one morning in a strange bed with a strange man only to learn that she has been involved in the theft of a horse. They quickly fall in love, the horse theft is resolved, and they're married (all within a few pages). The best part of this story is the last 30 pages or so when Mac meets the Mackenzie clan. I love seeing everyone together and their interactions are hilarious (thanks in large part to the surprise from Zane and Barrie's book).
I love the Mackenzies and really enjoy reading more about them. The thing that bugs me about these stories is the time line. It's probably my accounting brain at work, but in order for the time line to make sense, these stories had to take place somewhere around the year 2020. I know sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief (which I have no problem doing in the paranormal world), but in contemporary romance I want everything to fit!
In any event, I'm giving this book 4 stars. Zane's story was good and Maris' was simply okay. While the book itself is only worth a 3, it earned an extra star from me because of the interactions of the whole Mackenzie family.
October 21, 2017
In most cases Insta-love is undesirable in a story, but Linda Howard is the queen. She knows how to do it perfectly and make the reader believe it. The heat sizzles between her characters. Lots of action makes these stories very entertaining reads. The men are oh-so-masculine but easily tamed by women who aren't afraid to stand up to them.
June 9, 2011
I really enjoyed Mackenzie's Pleasure, about Zane and Barrie. The situation of (his) seduction was just SO interesting. I was actually sitting there reading and saying out loud "Holy $%!" Considering I read romances at a pace of a book a day, that this one got a verbal reaction out of me is remarkable. It's memorable, to say the least. Howard writes a great combination of tough characters in tight situations, falling in love despite the circumstances and themselves. I've really enjoyed the whole series, but Mackenzie's Pleasure is probably my favorite.
Mackenzie's Magic is more of a novella, a little more than 100 pages long I think, about the youngest Mackenzie sibling and only girl, Maris. Maris is a horse trainer in Kentucky who finds herself with Mac embroiled in a plot to kidnap the most famous horse in the country. And finds herself half-naked in bed with Mac, to be specific. It's a fun story with a bit of mystery. The final scene where Mac meets the rest of the alpha males in her family is great stuff.
Mackenzie's Magic is more of a novella, a little more than 100 pages long I think, about the youngest Mackenzie sibling and only girl, Maris. Maris is a horse trainer in Kentucky who finds herself with Mac embroiled in a plot to kidnap the most famous horse in the country. And finds herself half-naked in bed with Mac, to be specific. It's a fun story with a bit of mystery. The final scene where Mac meets the rest of the alpha males in her family is great stuff.
December 12, 2010
Could do 3.5 stars on this one I think. This is two seperate stories. Mackenzie's Pleasure is about SEAL Zane Mackenzie and it is a classic guy saves girl and girl falls in love with guy. While the story may be a classic Howard does an excellent job of making it current and exciting. She leaves you thinking it may not be so bad to be kidnapped by terrorists if Zane shows up to rescue you.
Mackenzie's Maggic is the second story. This is the story of Maris, horse theft, murder, and love. Very short, but fun.
Mackenzie's Maggic is the second story. This is the story of Maris, horse theft, murder, and love. Very short, but fun.
January 27, 2010
I loved the first two Mackenzie stories and I loved these too. Zane has to be one of the hottest Seals Ive read. I loved his story and I laughed real hard in Maris' story. I give this one 5 out of 5 stars.
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October 10, 2015This was out years ago? has it been greatly expanded or something?
September 11, 2018
This purchase contains 2 different books in this series.
(1) Mackenzie's Pleasure - 4.5 Stars
Mackenzie’s Pleasure is the third book in the series and I loved that the story started out being told from Wolf’s POV bringing us up to speed on Mary and all their kids. Zane is their intense son and the one most like Wolf.
Zane is a Navy Seal and Barrie is a kidnapped Ambassador’s daughter who he saves. Their attraction is strong and their chemistry even stronger. Zane will do whatever is necessary to keep Barrie safe.
Zane and Barrie are both good characters, although Barrie is a little naive and hardheaded, and stupidly places herself in danger. But luckily Zane was good at keeping her safe and had enlisted the help of his brother Chance. I’m looking forward to Chance's book also.
(2) Mackenzie's Magic - 4 Stars
Maris is the only daughter of Wolf of Mary Mackenzie. Just like her dad, she’s amazing with horses. When she discovers that someone is threatening to harm one where she works, Maris takes the horse to protect him. Only she doesn’t remember doing it and she certainly doesn’t remember how she ended up in bed with Mac, the sexy drifter who works at the ranch.
I liked both Maris and Mac, but I wished that their story was longer. I felt like we didn’t get enough time with them. I did enjoy getting to catch up with all of the Mackenzie’s at the end and am excited about reading Chance’s story next.
(1) Mackenzie's Pleasure - 4.5 Stars
Mackenzie’s Pleasure is the third book in the series and I loved that the story started out being told from Wolf’s POV bringing us up to speed on Mary and all their kids. Zane is their intense son and the one most like Wolf.
Zane is a Navy Seal and Barrie is a kidnapped Ambassador’s daughter who he saves. Their attraction is strong and their chemistry even stronger. Zane will do whatever is necessary to keep Barrie safe.
Zane and Barrie are both good characters, although Barrie is a little naive and hardheaded, and stupidly places herself in danger. But luckily Zane was good at keeping her safe and had enlisted the help of his brother Chance. I’m looking forward to Chance's book also.
(2) Mackenzie's Magic - 4 Stars
Maris is the only daughter of Wolf of Mary Mackenzie. Just like her dad, she’s amazing with horses. When she discovers that someone is threatening to harm one where she works, Maris takes the horse to protect him. Only she doesn’t remember doing it and she certainly doesn’t remember how she ended up in bed with Mac, the sexy drifter who works at the ranch.
I liked both Maris and Mac, but I wished that their story was longer. I felt like we didn’t get enough time with them. I did enjoy getting to catch up with all of the Mackenzie’s at the end and am excited about reading Chance’s story next.
April 18, 2020
I didn't realize I had already read Mackenzie's Pleasure (insert my rant about combining books and renaming then and then repackaging, etc). I got excited that there were several more in this series and nope. There's isn't.
Anyways, MacKenzie's Pleasure is cheesy as all get out but if that's your jam, you're going to really like this. Even more so if you like your hero to be military based and you want a dangerous rescue. Linda's earlier works had morons for the heroines and Barrie is no exception. She might be book smart, and she maybe doesn't freak out easily, but some of her logic is kind of bizarre. Or her attempt to do her own thing at the end... sigh. Why are they always so dumb?! LOL!
Mackenzie's Magic is a short novella at the end featuring the only daughter of Wolf and Mary Mackenzie, Maris. I didn't totally love Maris and this was written at a time when novellas weren't their own category of book that readers intentionally seek out, so I'm giving it a little slack on that. It wasn't awful but the cheesy plot was almost too much for me.
Anyways, MacKenzie's Pleasure is cheesy as all get out but if that's your jam, you're going to really like this. Even more so if you like your hero to be military based and you want a dangerous rescue. Linda's earlier works had morons for the heroines and Barrie is no exception. She might be book smart, and she maybe doesn't freak out easily, but some of her logic is kind of bizarre. Or her attempt to do her own thing at the end... sigh. Why are they always so dumb?! LOL!
Mackenzie's Magic is a short novella at the end featuring the only daughter of Wolf and Mary Mackenzie, Maris. I didn't totally love Maris and this was written at a time when novellas weren't their own category of book that readers intentionally seek out, so I'm giving it a little slack on that. It wasn't awful but the cheesy plot was almost too much for me.
September 25, 2020
Favorite series.
I love this series and have re read it so many times. My first Linda Howard book was Mackenzie’s Mountain and so Wolf and Mary are my faves. Loved seeing them as parents and grandparents. The first story in this anthology is of their son Zane and how he rescues Barrie. Who kidnapped her and is she still in danger? Loved how quickly they fell for each other too. The second story revolves around Maris, the only daughter Wolf and Mary had. Loved how she realizes she loves Mac, she’s always seen how much her parents love each other and she’s never come close to the heat she gets when she’s around Mac. It’s a very heartwarming story. I highly recommend each book in this series.
I love this series and have re read it so many times. My first Linda Howard book was Mackenzie’s Mountain and so Wolf and Mary are my faves. Loved seeing them as parents and grandparents. The first story in this anthology is of their son Zane and how he rescues Barrie. Who kidnapped her and is she still in danger? Loved how quickly they fell for each other too. The second story revolves around Maris, the only daughter Wolf and Mary had. Loved how she realizes she loves Mac, she’s always seen how much her parents love each other and she’s never come close to the heat she gets when she’s around Mac. It’s a very heartwarming story. I highly recommend each book in this series.
April 8, 2022
This book contains two Linda Howard works: MacKenzie's Pleasure and MacKenzie's Magic.
I read and reviewed MacKenzie's Pleasure in the standalone edition.
MacKenzie's Magic - Maris MacKenzie wakes up in bed with a splitting headache and a man she doesn't remember, Alex MacNeil.
Once she admits to Mac that she doesn't remember him, he starts filling in the blanks. Maris is a horse trainer and Mac is a stable hand. She called him to help her steal a price-winning horse because she said someone was trying to kill the horse.
The goose egg on her head explains her short-term memory loss. And slowly she remembers Mac and the fact that she's been ignoring him as she felt herself drawn to him. With three brothers in special ops, it doesn't take long for Maris to realize Mac is with the FBI. Mac is working undercover because someone is killing horses for the insurance money.
Once they figure out who would want a price horses dead, Maris has already told Mac he'll have to marry her afterward.
I read and reviewed MacKenzie's Pleasure in the standalone edition.
MacKenzie's Magic - Maris MacKenzie wakes up in bed with a splitting headache and a man she doesn't remember, Alex MacNeil.
Once she admits to Mac that she doesn't remember him, he starts filling in the blanks. Maris is a horse trainer and Mac is a stable hand. She called him to help her steal a price-winning horse because she said someone was trying to kill the horse.
The goose egg on her head explains her short-term memory loss. And slowly she remembers Mac and the fact that she's been ignoring him as she felt herself drawn to him. With three brothers in special ops, it doesn't take long for Maris to realize Mac is with the FBI. Mac is working undercover because someone is killing horses for the insurance money.
Once they figure out who would want a price horses dead, Maris has already told Mac he'll have to marry her afterward.
October 24, 2019
Navy SEAL Zane Mackenzie is a pro. No mission has ever gotten the better of him ... until now. Saving the ambassador's gorgeous daughter, Barrie Lovejoy, is textbook—except for their desperate night of passion. Though his job as a soldier ends with her freedom, he would sooner die than let the enemy harm the mother of his child.
April 12, 2020
Mackenzie’s Heroes : an anthology by LindaHoward
Breathtaking men,smart women who know how to handle them keep your attention and heart in this story and every Mackenzie story. Ms Howard makes them so real, you laugh and cry with them. MsHoward is a wonderful, masterful story teller and I am entranced by her novels. Reviewed by Heide Katros, Winter Haven News, Florida
Breathtaking men,smart women who know how to handle them keep your attention and heart in this story and every Mackenzie story. Ms Howard makes them so real, you laugh and cry with them. MsHoward is a wonderful, masterful story teller and I am entranced by her novels. Reviewed by Heide Katros, Winter Haven News, Florida
January 14, 2018
Mackenzie's. Heroes : Mackenzie's Pleasure
A stunning fast moving book. Great dialogue, great plot, and absolutely impossible to put down. I would recommend this book highly. Phyllis
A stunning fast moving book. Great dialogue, great plot, and absolutely impossible to put down. I would recommend this book highly. Phyllis
May 16, 2019
Good
Howard draws us in right from the beginning and keeps you so you want to read on. I've been soaking up all her books. I love that she deals with every area of life in her books!
Howard draws us in right from the beginning and keeps you so you want to read on. I've been soaking up all her books. I love that she deals with every area of life in her books!
January 28, 2025
So good I read it twice !
Really, thoroughly, enjoyed Maris & Mac's story......The excellent storyline and characters were engrossing and the humour had me laughing out loud very, many times. I sincerely hope there is a book for Chance !
Really, thoroughly, enjoyed Maris & Mac's story......The excellent storyline and characters were engrossing and the humour had me laughing out loud very, many times. I sincerely hope there is a book for Chance !
June 23, 2017
Really liked these two stories. Zane and Barrie are great together! Loved Maris and Mac - just perfect together!
August 23, 2017
Personally, I think I would've liked to have read these two as separate stories. Both were good reads, but I think would've been better as separate ones, especially the second one about Maris.
July 10, 2020
Oldie but goodie. Love all the early Linda Howard books and all the MacKenzie family ones for sure.
September 1, 2020
I really like the Mackenzies.
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July 30, 20210
September 29, 2021
Wonderfully written romances that were a pure joy to read.
October 14, 2021
Love this family!!
January 24, 2023
A daughter of the diplomatic service is kidnapped. The seals are sent in to rescue her. Will they get to her on time.
March 27, 2025
Really enjoyed
November 21, 2025
Very insta-love. Very alpha hero. Very 1990s.
October 24, 2023
The last (for me) of the Mackenzie family stories, these are Zane's and Maris' stories, and they continue to be fun reads.
Mackenzie's Pleasure - Barrie Lovejoy, the daughter of our ambassador to Greece, has been kidnapped. Zane's SEAL team are the closest rescuers available, two men down, Zane accompanies his team. Managing to rescue Barrie, but almost caught, Barrie and Zane spend a day in hiding. Barrie wanting to forget what happened and what might of happened, asks for Zane's help. When fleeing with his team, Zane is shot, Barrie is returned to Greece before his fate is none. Later, between her father and Naval authorities all Barrie can find out is that Zane survived. Barrie, realizing that the reason behind her kidnapping still exists and that she's pregnant, so she decides to run. Meanwhile, Zane knowing Barrie's rescue was his last mission, resigns his commission and takes a job as a sheriff in rural Arizona. He knows Barrie and her father have returned to the States, but it occurs to him that Barrie may be pregnant, so he goes to her. Upon his arrival, she confirms his concern and she agrees to marry him and they head to Las Vegas. She tells him that the reason she was kidnapped still exists, he calls for help and makes plans for finding who was/is the responsible party.
Mackenzie's Magic - Maris Mackenzie has made a point distancing herself from relationships in order to build her career and reputation as a horse trainer. She wakes up one night in bed with a man, having no memory of the last few hours, or the name of the man with her and is suffering from a concussion. After some conversation with the man, who she now recognizes from the stables where she trains (someone she's avoided having recognized she is attracted to him), he confides that he's FBI, investigating the killing of horses for insurance money, that resulted in the murder of a sixteen year-old stable boy. Apparently, Maris knows something that she's forgotten and asked him to assist her in stealing the racehorse that she's been training. Now between the two of them can they find out what happened to her and solve his case.
Mackenzie's Pleasure - Barrie Lovejoy, the daughter of our ambassador to Greece, has been kidnapped. Zane's SEAL team are the closest rescuers available, two men down, Zane accompanies his team. Managing to rescue Barrie, but almost caught, Barrie and Zane spend a day in hiding. Barrie wanting to forget what happened and what might of happened, asks for Zane's help. When fleeing with his team, Zane is shot, Barrie is returned to Greece before his fate is none. Later, between her father and Naval authorities all Barrie can find out is that Zane survived. Barrie, realizing that the reason behind her kidnapping still exists and that she's pregnant, so she decides to run. Meanwhile, Zane knowing Barrie's rescue was his last mission, resigns his commission and takes a job as a sheriff in rural Arizona. He knows Barrie and her father have returned to the States, but it occurs to him that Barrie may be pregnant, so he goes to her. Upon his arrival, she confirms his concern and she agrees to marry him and they head to Las Vegas. She tells him that the reason she was kidnapped still exists, he calls for help and makes plans for finding who was/is the responsible party.
Mackenzie's Magic - Maris Mackenzie has made a point distancing herself from relationships in order to build her career and reputation as a horse trainer. She wakes up one night in bed with a man, having no memory of the last few hours, or the name of the man with her and is suffering from a concussion. After some conversation with the man, who she now recognizes from the stables where she trains (someone she's avoided having recognized she is attracted to him), he confides that he's FBI, investigating the killing of horses for insurance money, that resulted in the murder of a sixteen year-old stable boy. Apparently, Maris knows something that she's forgotten and asked him to assist her in stealing the racehorse that she's been training. Now between the two of them can they find out what happened to her and solve his case.
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July 4, 2013
Two great Linda Howard stories in one book published in 1996.
MacKenzie's Pleasure
This is the youngest brother, Zane's story. He is a Navy SEAL leader but goes back in for a last mission when he loses two of his men and must quickly act to bring back an American Ambassador's only daughter, Barrie Lovejoy. Barrie has been protected from the world by her over protective father, but she has had 15 hours of terror and abuse when she is suddenly kidnapped off the street in front of the Embassy in Greece and taken hostage in Liberia. Just as she is starting lose her cool, Zane shows up to cut her free but the escape is not as easy as planned. There is lots of action and violence in this story which makes it almost unbelievable that Barrie keeps her cool until the end (which is in a Vegas hotel room, go figure?!). Good book but I still prefer Mackenzie's Mountain as the best story in this series. 3 stars
MacKenzie's Magic
This is Maris's love story, the youngest and only daughter (sister) in the MacKenzie family. So she is tiny like her mother and headstrong, but she has her love of horses from her big father. So she travels around healing and training blue ribbon horses. So when she wakes up with a short-term amnesia and can't remember the last 24 hours and why she stole a horse and is in bed with a strange man whilst half dressed. So there is a FBI mystery at the same time as a very quick HEA romance between Maris and 'Mac'. This was a 100ish pages and more like a short story.
2 stars
MacKenzie's Pleasure
This is the youngest brother, Zane's story. He is a Navy SEAL leader but goes back in for a last mission when he loses two of his men and must quickly act to bring back an American Ambassador's only daughter, Barrie Lovejoy. Barrie has been protected from the world by her over protective father, but she has had 15 hours of terror and abuse when she is suddenly kidnapped off the street in front of the Embassy in Greece and taken hostage in Liberia. Just as she is starting lose her cool, Zane shows up to cut her free but the escape is not as easy as planned. There is lots of action and violence in this story which makes it almost unbelievable that Barrie keeps her cool until the end (which is in a Vegas hotel room, go figure?!). Good book but I still prefer Mackenzie's Mountain as the best story in this series. 3 stars
MacKenzie's Magic
This is Maris's love story, the youngest and only daughter (sister) in the MacKenzie family. So she is tiny like her mother and headstrong, but she has her love of horses from her big father. So she travels around healing and training blue ribbon horses. So when she wakes up with a short-term amnesia and can't remember the last 24 hours and why she stole a horse and is in bed with a strange man whilst half dressed. So there is a FBI mystery at the same time as a very quick HEA romance between Maris and 'Mac'. This was a 100ish pages and more like a short story.
2 stars
May 9, 2022
This is part of the MacKenzie Family series so I've read it several times. Though it's not my favorite of the series, there are things I really like about it. Of course it's two separate books in one, so you can read one or both. The first is Zane and Barrie's story and it's fun to see the instant connection between the two and how they are so in-tune that even though they meet and are together for only a single day, two months later they are drawn back together by Zane's "knowing" that she needs him. It's fun watching her outwit him and the big alpha male being brought to his knees. The second story, about Maris and MacNeil is fun in an entirely different way. Maris has a core of steel that is disguised from most by her slight figure and her almost magical way with horses. But MacNeil manages to hold his own when a concussion and attempted murder throws them together. This is a short story so everything happens fast (overnight!) but somehow it feels right and believable with these characters.
June 5, 2008
E acabei a saga, embora gostasse que houvessem mais volumes!
Gostei muito. O meu prefrido continua a ser a história do pai Wolf e de seguida a do filho Zane.
Esta sobre o Chance está boa, com acção e romance, mas não consegue superar as outras duas.
A mais fraca é a da Maris, talvez por ser um pequeno livro e tudo se desenrola mais rapida e facilmente.
Pronto, agora já posso descansar!
(Ebook)
Gostei muito. O meu prefrido continua a ser a história do pai Wolf e de seguida a do filho Zane.
Esta sobre o Chance está boa, com acção e romance, mas não consegue superar as outras duas.
A mais fraca é a da Maris, talvez por ser um pequeno livro e tudo se desenrola mais rapida e facilmente.
Pronto, agora já posso descansar!
(Ebook)
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