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FINAL DECISION: This book suffers from the middle book syndrome. If a reader hasn't read the first book in the series then it will feel incomplete and it needs the third book in the series to complete the story. As a family saga, I enjoyed the characters and the sweeping story. I ended up liking the first book in the story better after reading this and liked this book better after reading the third.

THE STORY: The Dominick family saga began with the story of Sabrina and Lucien. Now seventeen years later their past has come back to haunt them as an old enemy ends up orchestrating the kidnapping of their oldest daughter Lady Rhea. Rhea is sent as an indentured servant to the Americas. There she ends up meeting Captain Dante Leighton, lord turned privateer. Dante doesn't believe Rhea's story of kidnapping and instead believes she might be acting as a spy for those who want the treasure he and his crew are seeking.

OPINION: I ended up liking this book even more than the first book in the Trilogy. I really ended up liking the saga and epic feel of this book. It is not a standard romance where the hero and heroine meet and the spend the book working out their romance. Instead the book chronicles how the lives of these two end up intersecting. The book feels like a transition between the first book and the third and I recommend reading all three to get the best sense of this family. I liked the romance between Dante and Rhea although it was more abbreviated than I expected. There is still more to their romance as the third book works itself out. Rather than thinking of this series as three separate books, readers would be better served by thinking of them as three parts of the whole.

WORTH MENTIONING: This book is more epic than mere romance. It is the saga of this family and thus Rhea and Dante don't even meet until halfway through the book.

CONNECTED BOOKS: CHANCE THE WINDS OF FORTUNE is the second book in the Dominick Trilogy. It is an overlapping book with Sabrina and Lucien and Rhea and Dante. Readers should read MOONSTRUCK MADNESS before this book.

STAR RATING: I give this book 4.25 stars.

NOTE: I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in order to provide a review. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions contained herein are my own.


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Chance the Winds of Fortune Laurie McBain 9780380757961 Books Reviews

This is the third book i read that continues the story of a great family
I LOVE THIS BOOK AND ALL OF HER BOOKS
Fantastic book!
I loved it! Loved Dante and Rhea Claire! It was wonderful reading so much about Rhea Claire's life with Sabrina and Lucien and getting to meet the rest of the family. Can't wait for the final one!
Own these in paperback and now can read as many times as I want without worrying about them falling apart.
I am sorry I love her books but this one is an exception, the hero and heroine don't even meet until over half way thru the book and develop a loose relationship the last 20 percent of the book, how did they fall in the last 20% of the book. I would not recommend this book as a romance or read it again.
I enjoy Laurie McBain's books and this one is no exception. WOW! Laurie builds her characters and places historical glimpses in their surroundings. She researches thoroughly and it shows! In this book, Dante is the captain of the Sea Dragon. He and his crew are looking for treasure in the Caribbean. Dante is also a Marquis (but doesn't flaunt it until he has to). Rhea is a Dominick in England. Her father is a Duke and has a sworn enemy from long ago. Rhea finds herself indentured, crosses the Atlantic, then is chased onto Dante's ship - the Sea Dragon. The story is about the perils of the time and the finding of love across the Atlantic. This story kept my attention from beginning to end. This is a great book!
For those of you who read and loved McBain's Moonstruck Madness, as I did, this is the next book in the Dominick trilogy. The first was set in England and this one begins there but soon takes off for America and the Caribbean. You should read all three, as they comprise one story. This one begins the romance of Dante and Rhea which concludes in book 3.

Set in 1769, it tells of Dante Leighton, captain of the Sea Dragon and Marquis of Jacqobi who is hoping a buried treasure will return him the wealth he needs for revenge against the man who took from him Merdraco, his family estate in England, and Rhea Dominick, the beautiful and sweet oldest child of Sabrina and Lucien, Duchess and Duke of Camareigh, who we met in the first book. Rhea is now seventeen and the object of revenge by the Duke's cousin. Abducted and sent aboard a ship to the Colonies, Rhea escapes one man's evil plans for another's.

McBain weaves many threads together for an exciting tale of betrayal, revenge and love wrapped around a hunt for a sunken treasure ship. Actually it is a very long but very absorbing introduction to the third novel, Dark Before The Rising Sun. I could not put it down and so appreciated McBain's command of the English language and her attention to vivid detail. It is superbly written. You will soon be lost in the world of Dante's ship the Sea Dragon and feel Rhea's intense longing to return home to Camareigh even as her desire grows for the brooding ship's captain. Rhea is a courageous, unselfish heroine with a fondness for God's creatures and those in need of help. Dante is a self-absorbed aristocrat turned hardened American privateer and smuggler who is not beyond taking a duke's daughter.

I promise you will love it but get the next one for the end of the story!
The Dominick trilogy

* Moonstruck Madness (1977) Sabrina and Lucien
* Chance The Winds Of Fortune (1980) their daughter, Rhea and Dante
* Dark Before The Rising Sun (1982) Rhea and Dante (cont'd.)
FINAL DECISION This book suffers from the middle book syndrome. If a reader hasn't read the first book in the series then it will feel incomplete and it needs the third book in the series to complete the story. As a family saga, I enjoyed the characters and the sweeping story. I ended up liking the first book in the story better after reading this and liked this book better after reading the third.

THE STORY The Dominick family saga began with the story of Sabrina and Lucien. Now seventeen years later their past has come back to haunt them as an old enemy ends up orchestrating the kidnapping of their oldest daughter Lady Rhea. Rhea is sent as an indentured servant to the Americas. There she ends up meeting Captain Dante Leighton, lord turned privateer. Dante doesn't believe Rhea's story of kidnapping and instead believes she might be acting as a spy for those who want the treasure he and his crew are seeking.

OPINION I ended up liking this book even more than the first book in the Trilogy. I really ended up liking the saga and epic feel of this book. It is not a standard romance where the hero and heroine meet and the spend the book working out their romance. Instead the book chronicles how the lives of these two end up intersecting. The book feels like a transition between the first book and the third and I recommend reading all three to get the best sense of this family. I liked the romance between Dante and Rhea although it was more abbreviated than I expected. There is still more to their romance as the third book works itself out. Rather than thinking of this series as three separate books, readers would be better served by thinking of them as three parts of the whole.

WORTH MENTIONING This book is more epic than mere romance. It is the saga of this family and thus Rhea and Dante don't even meet until halfway through the book.

CONNECTED BOOKS CHANCE THE WINDS OF FORTUNE is the second book in the Dominick Trilogy. It is an overlapping book with Sabrina and Lucien and Rhea and Dante. Readers should read MOONSTRUCK MADNESS before this book.

STAR RATING I give this book 4.25 stars.

NOTE I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in order to provide a review. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions contained herein are my own.