A LAST CHANCE CHRISTMAS – Vicki Lewis Thompson
Sons of Chance , Book 17
Harlequin Blaze #823
ISBN: 978-0-373-79827-8
December 2014
Contemporary Series Romance

Last Chance Ranch, Wyoming – Present Day

Christmas is just around the corner and the Chance brothers are celebrating their mother's birthday in grand style. They've commissioned Ben Radcliffe to design and make a saddle, and he's now arrived on the ranch to deliver the present. Ben is invited to stay over for the birthday party, which he accepts, especially when he gets an eyeful of Chance cousin Molly Gallagher, a college professor by day and a genealogist by night. Molly couldn't be the more opposite of loner Ben as she probes his past by asking questions about his family. But Ben has a secret he doesn't want to share with anyone.

Molly thinks Ben is a sexy cowboy and recognizes the attraction between them. With Ben and Molly the only two occupying the top floors of the Chance house, it doesn't take long before they're steaming up the sheets together. As they grow closer, Ben refuses to tell Molly why he plans to never marry. Molly doesn't push too much, because soon after Ben leaves the ranch, she'll be heading home to Arizona for Christmas. But a fierce snowstorm changes everyone's plans. Will it give Ben and Molly enough time to think about a possible future together?

A bit of a warning for readers of the Sons of Chance series: A LAST CHANCE CHRISTMAS is the last book Vicki Lewis Thompson plans to write in this sizzling hot cowboy series set around the Last Chance Ranch. As such, readers get a heavy dose of several characters from the series, including the mother, Sarah, and the three sons, Jack, Gabe, and Nick. But it's a great way to catch up with them and smile a goodbye to this enjoyable family, though if you haven't read the series, it might be difficult to follow.

Ben's childhood was filled with abuse and he's made up his mind that he won't become a parent for fear of continuing the pain. Yet he gets along with the Chance grandchildren, and Molly makes him open his mind to the possibility that he can change the family pattern. Molly has his body humming and he can't get enough of her, even with a large crowd of people around them. Of course, while they try to keep their fling a secret, it's pretty apparent to a few exactly what's going on.

Molly is using this trip to Last Chance to compile a book on the family lines of the Chance family. After she discovers Ben is from Sheridan, she asks him about an aunt and cousin from another side of her family, because that is where they were last known to be. He doesn't know them, but readers get a sneak peek into Vicki Lewis Thompson's upcoming series set around Sheridan, Wyoming.

As the sex continues to sizzle between Ben and Molly, the harder it's going to prove to say goodbye. Is there any possible way they could make a long distance relationship work? Can Ben think about marriage when he doesn't want children? As Christmas approaches, the answers to these questions will be found in the heartwarming and sexy A LAST CHANCE CHRISTMAS.

Patti Fischer