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Thriller · 2000 · R

A game of chance

by Linda Howard

He used her to catch a terrorist. Then he had to decide if she was worth the lie.

For17+GenreThrillerLength375 pagesRead time~10.4 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

A lot

Action sequences include gunfights and genuine threat to life

Language

Some

Moderate profanity consistent with the action/thriller setting

Sexual Content

A lot

Open-door sexual content — moderately explicit

Substance Use

None

No significant substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

The betrayal dynamic — Sunny falls for a man who is using her as bait — creates real emotional stakes

What this book is about

Chance MacKenzie is a government operative tasked with using Sunny Miller — a woman whose terrorist father has gone underground — as bait to flush him out. The plan works. The problem is that Chance falls hard for Sunny, and she's falling for the man she knows rather than the agent working her. Linda Howard's tight romantic thriller is part of her MacKenzie family series.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Terrorist threat and gunfight violence

Romantic deception — hero uses heroine as an unwitting decoy

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