Is Playing The Odds part of a series?

This book is the first in the MacGregors series, which follows the romantic entanglements of the MacGregor family members. While it introduces the family, it can be read as a standalone story.

How does Playing The Odds connect to Nora Roberts' other books?

Playing The Odds introduces the MacGregor family, who become a recurring element in Nora Roberts' broader body of work, with several subsequent books focusing on different family members. This book establishes the family's patriarch, Daniel MacGregor, who often plays a matchmaking role in later installments.

Playing The Odds

Contemporary Romance Romance

Pages: 256
Published: 1985
Language: English

Serena MacGregor's father orchestrates a Caribbean cruise for his daughter, hoping she'll meet Justin Blade, a part-Comanche gambler. Serena, working as a blackjack dealer, is unaware of her father's matchmaking scheme. As fate brings them together, the odds are in favor of a connection, proving that in this case, being lucky in cards might just lead to luck in love.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Lighthearted Adventurous

Forced Proximity Family Saga

Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of more than 225 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty. Roberts was the first author to be inducted into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame.

Serena MacGregorProtagonist

Justin BladeProtagonist

Daniel MacGregorSupporting

All characters in Playing The Odds

Frequently asked questions

Is Playing The Odds part of a series?
This book is the first in the MacGregors series, which follows the romantic entanglements of the MacGregor family members. While it introduces the family, it can be read as a standalone story.
How does Playing The Odds connect to Nora Roberts' other books?
Playing The Odds introduces the MacGregor family, who become a recurring element in Nora Roberts' broader body of work, with several subsequent books focusing on different family members. This book establishes the family's patriarch, Daniel MacGregor, who often plays a matchmaking role in later installments.