| Title | : | McKettricks Luck (McKettricks, #6) |
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| ISBN | : | 0373771851 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780373771851 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 |
| Publication | : | First published January 30, 2007 |
Like his celebrated ancestors who tamed the wilds of Arizona, Jesse McKettrick's Indian Rock ties run deep. The triple M Ranch is in his blood, along with the thrill of risk. But with his land at stake, Jesse won't get involved in Cheyenne Bridge's scheme -- despite the temptation she brings.
Cheyenne grew up in Indian Rock and left its painful memories behind to become a self-made woman. Now her job is to convince Jesse to sell his property. Jesse's not the kind of man Cheyenne could ever forget, but he's too wild and dangerous for a woman committed to playing it safe. Yet sparks of attraction fly, tempting Cheyenne to lay it all on the line for the passion she sees in Jesse's eyes.
McKettricks Luck (McKettricks, #6) Reviews
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This was my first Linda Lael Miller book, and I was pleasantly surprised. Cheyenne has come back to her home town on a mission to get Jesse McKettrick to sell a portion of his land to develop condos. He is against it, but is attracted to her. How they try to work with their attraction, and also make a deal makes for a nice romance. I love Jesse McKettrick. How could you not? It took me a while to warm up to Cheyenne, though. She's quite uptight and snappish most of the time. I'm always happy to find a new author, especially with hot cowboys in the series!
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4.5
Un toquecito más de drama y rollo malvado y hubiese sido la perfección. ¿Qué me encantó de ésta novela? El hecho de qu ee suna novela muy adulta y el comportamiento de sus protagonistas también. Cuando él le dice: sabes lo que va a pasar cuando vayas a mi casa y ella aún así va. Porque en la vida real, es así. No son niños para estarse peloteando ni nada por el estilo. Me gustan ambos personajes, aunque pensé que meterían más drama con Reegan allí, también hubiese quedado perfecto.
En fin, resumen. Ella vuelve después de muchos años decidida a comprar las tierras para su empresa, él, el dueño de ellas y aparte un amor de adolescencia de Chayenne, decide no vender. ¿Hasta donde llegará ella para obtenerlas? -
Great romance!
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I fell in love with Jesse McKettrick. I wish I can meet a passionate and free-spirited man in my life. Well, Cheyenne Bridges, you're a very lucky girl indeed. As for me, I think I should start learning poker. :D
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Two-haiku review:
Her boss wants his land
She's supposed to convince him
Falls for him instead
Good Western romance
Deep characters, well done plot
I rooted for them -
Jesse and Cheyenne knew each other as children, but now they are grown up and have sparks flying as soon as they reconnect.
The story has great elements and wonderful characters. This is a great book if you are looking for a more modern ranch/cowboy read. It builds from the earlier generations of McKettricks. I love the continued mentions of the ancestors of the ranch.
Great series!! -
“McKettrick’s Luck”, is the first in one of Linda Lael Miller’s series about the continuation of the McKettrick family. I haven’t read the previous books, and you don’t need to read the previous books. I mean there is really nothing that continues from those books into this book.
This was my first Linda Lael Miller book, and to be honest I didn’t really see what everyone likes so much about her books. I mean there is a possibility that it was just over exaggerated, but I still didn’t feel that usual connection I get when I read some of my favorite authors. I do plan to read more of Linda Lael Miller’s books, because I can recognize that I maybe just didn’t like this particular book.
It starts out with Cheyenne coming back to her childhood town of Indian Rock, where she plans to buy part of the McKettricks land. She brings her mother and her younger disabled brother with her. Jesse is the gambler; he is also the wild boy in the family. He doesn’t see the point in getting a job, because he makes so much money playing poker. “McKettrick’s Luck” was pretty much just sex, lies, and then comes love. In that order, and with very little character development.
This book was kind of slow, and it seemed like the author didn’t feel much of a connection to the characters. I couldn’t feel the passion that I usually feel when reading a romance book, the passion that is there when the author truly enjoys writing the book. I did like the relationship between Cheyenne and her mother, and the relationship between Jesse and Mitch. But that was pretty much it.
Some of the other reviews I have seen were of people who have read all of the McKettricks books before this one, and they stated that “McKettrick’s Luck” was not one of their favorites. I think that if you want to read this book than you should, but if you were wondering if it was good, than maybe you should just pass…, because it just wasn’t worth it for me. -
The entire series:
9. The McKettrick Way 2007
8. McKettrick's Heart 2007
7. McKettrick's Pride 2007
6. McKettrick's Luck 2007
5. Sierra's Homecoming 2006
4. McKettrick's Choice 2006
3. Secondhand Bride 2004
2. Shotgun Bride 2003
1. High Country Bride 2002
But, #'s 6, 7 and 8 can be read alone as a trilogy!!!! I'm not sure about #9 because I have not read it. But, I did read Luck, Pride and Heart in 2007 and then went back to read some of the earlier. There are slight references to the earlier book as they are their relatives, but I found that I didn't miss anything. FYI
This is a modern day romantic western. -
Apparently I have read this book before (I made notations in the book and dated it) but don't remember a thing about it or nor did anything seem familiar. But anyway, I enjoyed it and thought the author did a great job with the development of the characters. There were some "deep" thoughts/expressions throughout that made me want to hover and sit and process. She truly has a way with words and I love that about a book.
This book is about love and truth and coming to know who you are and what your capable of despite everything that is thrown at you.
Jesse Mckettrick and Cheyenne Bridges
Rating: R+ (some sex scenes and language)
Language: use of deity and other profanity -but nothing crazy and not overbearing
Recommend: Yes -
Es tan malo que es divertido ver lo malo que es.
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2,5 stars
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Última apuesta
Interesante, sencilla y fácil de leer.un amor de juventud ,un regreso a su pueblo natal .la búsqueda de la realización personal.chayanne encontrará más de lo que nunca imagino.la recomiendo. -
This book was a pleasant surprise.
I had never read a modern-day cowboy romance. Back in the day--like twenty years ago--I read historical romance and historical romance only, so I'd read a few westerns and wasn't all that impressed.
Linda Lael Miller changed my mind on cowboys. *rawr* This was my first jaunt into this genre and I have to say that I was thoroughly sucked in. So much so that I bought several other cowboy romances, though I haven't been as impressed with Miller's stories(but that's another review).
Jesse McKettrick is the bad boy we all want to reform. He gambles, has a long line of women and doesn't care about the family business. However, there's a soft spot in him that cares about the environment, he's a perfect gentleman, he wants to prove that he's something without the family name, and he does kind acts of service for Cheyenne and her family even though she's trying to get something out of him that he doesn't want to give up. You can't help but fall in love with him.
Then there's Cheyenne. She has a horrid boss that manipulates her to get what he wants, but through it all she's an extremely strong heroine with difficult decisions she needs to make and she figures out that sometimes the right thing to do is the hardest.
The chemistry between these two was electric and sizzling and you can't help but fall in love with Rance and Keegan (the other two McKettrick men) that encourage their relationship and even push some buttons to make Jesse get off his duff and realize a few things.
Overall, I enjoyed the story very much and if you're looking for some sexy cowboys this is the series for you. The other two books were equally engaging. -
"I haven't read this series in order, but have enjoyed every one I have read. Jesse's a good man, who refuses to see that he needs a family to love. Cheyenne has been in love with Jesse ever since she was a pre-teen. Watching them move through falling in love is joyous!" from an eHarlequin.com community member review, read more
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Felt like the descriptions were very slim I felt more frustrated as the story line continued. This could have been a good book in my opinion but just lacked the detail that makes a person become fully engrossed in a book.
To add a note to the audio version. Mispronunciations are very annoying! Was it a Escalad? (Don't know what type of car that is) or an Escalade? -
Cheyenne Bridges is back in Indian Rock and must convince Jesse McKettrick to sell 500 acres of land.
Cheyenne managed to get out of Indian Rock and leave her troubled past behind. Her father was a compulsive gambler who died in prison. Her mom is a sweet woman but has bad taste in men. Her younger brother Mitch is still recovering from a four-wheeler accident that left him a paraplegic and Cheyenne to cover the bills for the uninsured family.
Cheyenne's boss is property developer Nigel Meerland. He's offered a bonus that will set the family up if Cheyenne can convince Jesse to sell the land. He wants her to do whatever it takes to bring the deal home.
Jesse McKettrick is a scion of those McKettricks but he doesn't work in any of the family businesses. He's a world class poker player having won tournaments. In fact, it was one of his wins that gave him the extra money that let him buy the piece of land that Meerland wants for his condo development. Jesse is content to raise his horses, play some poker, and just live his life. He is lonely, though, and tired of rattling around alone in the big house his parents gave him.
Cheyenne had a monstrous crush on Jesse when she was a teen. They even dated a couple of times. But now that they are both grown up, the attraction between them is all grown up too. I enjoyed their sparring over the land. I liked that Jesse pushed Cheyenne to try things she hadn't done before and how helpful he was with her brother.
I liked that she got a new job doing Human Relations for the McKettricks which was good for her and for the community. I felt bad for Cheyenne that she was under so much pressure from her boss who wanted her to spy on the McKettricks in order to get some sort of advantage over them. I also liked getting to know some of the other McKettricks who are stars of other books in this series.
The romance was well done and the suspense added just enough extra interest to the story to keep it fast-paced. I liked the cast of characters and look forward to reading about more of them. -
A Linda Lael Miller book is always a treat to read, and this series looks to be another one. The current generation of McKettricks (though this book is from 2007, so there might be a newer one), consists of 3 male cousins and their sisters. This book is about Jesse, who lived alone on the old homestead house, after his parents retired to Palm Springs, takes care of the Triple M, riding, occasionally entering a rodeo, but mostly playing poker and living on his dividend checks, while cousin Keegan runs the family conglomerate, McKettrick Co and cousin Rance travels the world making deals for the company. Keegan is divorced, Rance a widow and Jesse thinking of a family maybe some time in the future, because it is lonesome in that big ranch house. Cheyenne Bridges never planned to come back to Indian Rock, where she had grown up on the other side of the tracks from the McKettricks, had a crush on Jesse and had even dated hom a few times. But she had gone to college and worked hard to her current position in an investment company that wants a property owned by Jesse, adjacent to the family spread. He has no intention in selling, but she needs the bonus to pay off medical debts from an accident that her younger brother, Mitch had, which left him permanently in a wheelchair. Her boss refuses to take no and has other plans up his sleeve, but Jesse while being quite clear that he will not sell the land, does have plans to help out Cheyanne and her small family. The chemistry between them is strong, but they are both also hiding pesky secrets, which if course will be exposed at the worst time. Strong characters, easy banter provocative story.
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Jesse McKettrick has too much money. His family has even more. He plays poker for a living. He won 5 million in a poker game and bought a huge piece of land. He's a playboy/rancher/card shark. Cheyenne Bridges wants the land for her boss to develop for condos. If she can get him to sell it to her she will get a big bonus. There are so many twists and turns on their romance it is a fun read. I'm reading this series of books and they are great. can't wait to read the next one. Great series.
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A woman returns to her home town, to try and persuade the man she crushed on to sell some of his land. It's fun to watch these two play with each other but I'm a bit tired of the withholding vital info storylines
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Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. Great author.
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The "sex" scenes were a "little much" for me; but I loved the characterizations and the way she referenced previous characters and stories.
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4-5 Stars. Clearing off books from shelves. No idea when I bought this or what it was about. Enjoyable read. Makes me consider the next book in the series...
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Very good couldn't put down
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Decent but not great. No steamy romance.
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I loved this series.
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This was an overall great book after a slow start. I love this author and her wonderful stories. I am anxious to read the next in the series
