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The MacGregors: Serena ~ Caine: Playing The Odds\Tempting Fate (The Macgregors)
written by Nora Roberts
Studio : Silhouette
by Silhouette
Publisher : Silhouette
Released : 2006-01-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780373285136
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 35 reviews)
List Price : $14.95
Our Price : $7.00
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Product Description |
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Playing the Odds No more well-intentioned family meddling! Serena MacGregor was on her own and looking for a challenge. She found it in the arms of roguish gambler Justin Blade. His charm and ruthless good looks invaded her every waking moment, but she was wary of a man who seemed to have secrets to hide. No way was this a setup -- what were the odds? Tempting Fate Attorney Caine MacGregor had a reputation for being a demon in the courtroom -- and in the bedroom. He yearned to break down Diana Blade's icy wall of control and release the passionate woman within. When he offered Diana a partnership -- in both business and pleasure -- could he entice her to risk everything for the love of a MacGregor? |
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Americancivilwar.com Review |
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In the wake of the success of The MacGregor Brides and The MacGregor Grooms, New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts has repackaged and reissued the sagas of earlier generations, beginning with Serena and Caine, daughter and son of family patriarch Daniel MacGregor. Daniel's romantic machinations embroil Serena and Caine with another brother and sister team, Justin and Diana Blade. In Playing the Odds, Comanche gambler Justin Blade finds himself on a vacation cruise to the Bahamas where he is instantly attracted to a violet-eyed casino dealer. Only later does he learn that the lissome Serena is one and the same as the much-degreed Rena MacGregor, daughter of his longtime silent business partner, Daniel MacGregor. Serena makes it her practice to never get involved with gamblers, but the predatory gaze of Justin Blade steals her breath and steels her resolve to ignore his overtures. When Justin makes her an offer she can't refuse--the position of casino manager in his Atlantic City hotel-casino--Serena finds herself drawn to the man who worked his way up from nowhere, never swerving in his pursuit of financial success and possession of Serena. In this contemporary drama, the house (and the heart) always wins! Once settled as Justin's partner in business and in life, Serena invites Justin's sister Diana to visit. To Diana, Justin is the beloved older brother who abandoned her 20 years earlier, after their mother's death, leaving Diana to be raised by her cold Aunt Adelaide who demanded absolute obedience from her. Now a Harvard-educated lawyer in Boston, Diana is a cool operator, her emotions packed tightly away, until Caine MacGregor, her new sister-in-law's brother and infamous rogue of Harvard Law's ivied halls, greets her at the airport on her visit to get to know the brother she loved so long ago. Diana finds herself in turmoil, trying to deal with her hurt and anger toward her brother and the attraction that she feels for Caine who just happens to be near whenever Diana's well-guarded shell cracks. Caine works inexorably to overcome the much-exaggerated tales of his law school peccadilloes, slowly changing Diana's mind about his playboy reputation and teaching her to trust her heart and him. No one builds romantic tension better than Nora Roberts; even the second (or third or fourth) reading is every bit as exciting as the first! --Alison Trinkle |
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I love Nora Roberts |
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I have been reading Nora Roberts since I was a senior in high school. That was 4 years ago and I say she still has it. I recently started on the MacGregor series and I am ashamed of myself for not reading them earlier. This book of the series is my favorite as of yet. I still have two more to go though. But I do not think you will be disappointed and if you are looking for a good romantic book to crawel up with late in the night. |
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The Magnificent MacGregors! |
What more can I say? I have fallen in love with this family. From the 18th century clan to the present day, each generation's story is told in Nora Robert's most enchanting style. "Serena and Caine" is the story of two of the three offspring of our patriarch Daniel MacGregor and his wife, Anna Whitfield MacGregor. The first story in the book centers on Serena, Daniel and Anna's only daughter. Serena is out to find her niche in life by taking a break from her rigorous routine of professional student, taking graduate class after graduate class, by spending a year working as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship. Just as her last voyage sets sail, unbeknown to her, her father has decided it is more than enough time for his daughter to settle down and begin a family of her own. Daniel plants the idea of a taking a relaxing cruise on the luxury liner, The Celebration, in the ear of his business associate, young Justin Blade, with the hope that he will meet up with his daughter (of course Justin doesn't know this) and the inevitable will occur. This story, as most all of the MacGregor stories go, is pure romance with lots of laughs and plenty of soap opera-type gimmicks by the characters. Justin and Serena do meet up and Justin is immediately attracted to her, not even knowing at first that she is Daniel's daughter. Of course Serena is not that easily swayed and when the truth does come out about her father's meddling, it only makes the relationship that much more rocky. As Serena decides they would be better business partners than lovers, she takes Justin up on his offer of a job in his Atlantic City casino, The Comanche. Of course Serena will not bow to working for him, she insists that she be a full partner and they work on equal ground. This scenario sets the groundwork for some terrific storytelling.
The second story centers on Caine, the younger son of Daniel and Anna. Caine, a Boston attorney, goes to visit his sister, Serena, and Justin at their casino and meets up with Diana Blade, Justin's estranged sister. Caine is immediately attracted to Diana, but Diana has a lot of soul-searching to do as she has led a somewhat sheltered life since the age of six years old when both her parents died and her older brother Justin, ten years her senior, left her with her well-to-do, snooty, Aunt Adelaide to be raised while he went out to raise money for his family. Diana grew up believing he deserted her and has lots of ghosts to deal with as Caine decides he wants her just as she is. Diana, being an attorney as well, has decided now is the time to strike out on her own, for the first time in her life, not being told what to do and how to act by her strict Aunt. This story is every bit as good as Serena's and, although romance is a high priority; the storyline is enchanting and holds the reader's attention to the very end.
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The MacGregors: Serena Cai |
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wonderful reading...couldn't decide how it was going to end - excitement - excellent drawing of the characters and wonderful to have it within a series....and a happy ending.. |
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Excellent read!! |
The MacGregor series was incredible.
It was such a nice family to get involved with, I loved it! |
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McGregors series |
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Have read all of the McGregors books, loved the series, look forward to more from Nora Roberts, would recommend to everyone who is a romantic at heart to read about the McGregors. |
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