Playing the Odds
- Published
- 1 January 1985
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN-13
- 9780263904598
- Type
- novel
About this book
Playing the Odds (1985) opens the MacGregors saga with Serena, a blackjack dealer and one of patriarch Daniel MacGregor's four adult children, resisting the spouse her father has already decided is right for her. It runs 320 pages.
Key facts about Playing the Odds
Nora Roberts wrote Playing the Odds, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1985. The book has 320 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780263904598 to find the main one.
Playing the Odds is book 1 of 10 in the MacGregors series. The series has 10 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Nora Roberts writes Irish Hearts, Cordina's Royal Family and O'Hurleys, plus 23 more series. Those series sit on our contemporary romance, family saga romance and royal romance shelves. Meanwhile, The Final Target is the latest published Nora Roberts book on file, from 26 May 2026.
About Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is one of the bestselling authors in American publishing history, a prolific writer of contemporary and romantic-suspense fiction whose career spans hundreds of novels since her 1981 debut, Irish Thoroughbred. See every Nora Roberts book in order.
Its place in MacGregors
Playing the Odds is book 1 in the MacGregors series. It is followed by Tempting Fate. See the full MacGregors reading order.
The MacGregors is Nora Roberts's sprawling, multi-generational family saga about Daniel MacGregor, a strong-willed Scottish-American patriarch, and his lifelong, unapologetic campaign to matchmake every one of his children and grandchildren into happy marriages. The earliest books focus on Daniel's four adult children — blackjack dealer Serena, attorney Caine, senator Alan, and reclusive cartoonist Ian — as Daniel maneuvers each of them toward a spouse he's already decided is right for them, usually against their…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780263904598