Sometimes the universe has jokes.
Like a woman named Lucky Fortune who has lived her whole life plagued by one mishap and misfortune after another. The catastrophes that regularly derail her life would crush a normal person, but Lucky is stubbornly resilient.
The single constant in her life is the rustic and rundown ski lodge her grandparents built in a small, picturesque Colorado town. And now it belongs to her.
Lucky refuses to let her unending run of bad luck ruin the opportunity to build on her grandparents’ dream and carve out one of her own.
But forces greater than chance are out to sabotage her new life. They’re after the lodge, the land, and they want Lucky out of the way by any means necessary. Danger lurks closer than Lucky knows.
Fortunately, she’s found herself lucky in love for the first time ever, thanks to the secretive drifter she picked up and brought home on a whim. By day, he plays the role of the worst handyman in existence. But when the stakes are raised, and Lucky’s life is on the line, he’ll move mountains to keep her and her legacy out of the wrong hands.
Tropes:
💙Black cat gf/Golden retriever BF (but he bites)
💛Small Town
💙Secret crush
💛Hidden identity
💙Equal parts kissing and murder!
💛Very cool cameos
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Review:
Lucky Fortune feels anything but–her life hasn’t been traditional or easy, and plenty of people have taken advantage of her along the way. During the events in this book, though, she’s actually been lucky more often than not–but it takes a man named Risky to make her see just how lucky she really is.
Told from mainly the FMC’s POV (Risky narrates the epilogue), Ms. Fortune is heavier on the starting over and mystery/suspense aspects of the story than the romance, and I have a feeling that other characters from Ms Crownover’s books popped up in the story, though I haven’t read many of them so I can’t say which books/series were represented. Lucky’s a likable character though she’s a bit on the dense side at times–she was a little slow to pick up on what Risky’s previous life was, though he gave her plenty of clues to point her in the right direction. Still, they were really cute together and it’s easy to see them enjoying a long HEA together (as long as his previous associates keep their word, that is).
Rating: 4 stars / B+
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
