Lucky Streak is the 2nd of the Lucky Trilogy and is a great book for mindless romantic reading. Sex starting on page 48.Mike Corwin, a Boston Police Detective and Corwin cousin, goes to Las Vegas for his partner's wedding and saves Amber Rose from being accosted by a guy she claims is her ex-partner. Amber is a gorgeous woman and the electricity is immediate. Mike invites her along for the day and at the end of the day, marries her even though he knows very little about her. What Happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Mike can only wish.The bad news is Amber wants out of her deal with the ex-partner, a sleaze named Marshal, even if it means that her dad has to go to a less desirable nursing home. Marshal isn't going to let her go and when she marries Mike and he hits is big on the slots, Marshal kidnaps the dad and forces Amber to betray Mike. Because of the Corwin Curse, Mike is happy with his hot, sexy new wife, he doesn't love her, until he wakes up and finds her gone with his money aside - Gabrielle & Derrick are having a baby (after a miscarriage)... they are support for this story and are apparently happy.Mike Corwin - detective in Boston, son of crazy Edward, indifferent to the curse, though he avoids committment - in part because concerned about his crazy father and if he might 'grow up' to be like him... in Las Vegas to celebrate a coworker's marriage.Amber - her father, Sam, was a professional gambler & when she was old enough to choose, she went to live with him and to learn his ways... she has a photographic memory, and sunny disposition... but when she turned 20 she changed to Concierage at a Beverly Hills hotel where she excelled... until 4 years later, when her father sucumbed to Alzheimer's and needed to be placed in a care facility... because of the expense, she partners with one of her father's friends to play poker and fleece rich guys... but after a bit, with a bit of cushion, she tells him she is withdrawing from the partnership, she knows it is wrong... when her partner disagrees, Mike steps in... and they spend the day together with his friends, drinking, going from hotel to hotel... we learn Mike doesn't like roller coasters (his life is challenging enough)... and when she realizes her partner's goon is following them, they duck into a chapel... and when mistaken for a customer, impulsively decide to get married... and on the way to Mike's room, they stop at a slot machine, where he 'spends' a wedding token, and wins $150,000 dollars in cash... they share a passionate night... and in the morning, Amber wakes up first - and as she is making coffee she gets a call from her partner - who has taken her father from the home, and insists she come to him with the $150,000 - she does so (it is her father) and he further forces her to join him in the game he set up for that evening...Big Bobby, Texan with connections, car dealerships, is fleeced - and her partner gets the money he needs to pay off his creditors, and she leaves with $75,000 (they had to leave a bit early)... she goes back to the room, but Mike has checked out... Mike in the meantime is shocked to wake up to an empty room - empty of both Amber & the money... he has to be at court, so he leaves with the intention of tracking her down in the future...Amber becomes aware that Big Bobby is trying to track her, and she wants to return the money and make amends with Mike - and to give their marriage a chance... so she goes to Boston... Mike is less than thrilled... he doesn't trust her... but he can't stay away from her - the sex is good, and bit by bit she tries to explain what happened... she doesn't confess her own part for a couple of days, but does so eventually... intellectually, Mike keeps his distance, but emotionally & sexually he is drawn to her... he places her with his crazy father, Edward, because he believes she will be safe at his isolated house with people in the habit of leaving him alone... and through her gentle observations and obvious liking of his father, he comes to see that his father is more than over the top, he might be mentally ill... Bit by bit, her problems resolve (she has a talk with Big Bobby, who tracked her down... she has a talk with the partner, who needs a bit more to resolve, with police intervention)... and she and Mike have good bye sex, and he tells her he can't trust her and will dissolve the marriage... she sucks it up and returns to Las Vegas... and Mike quickly realizes he loves her and wants her back...after a hiccup of his father maybe having a heartattack, but it being a panic attack, and a psychiatrist finally diagnosing him and treating him... he returns to Las Vegas, sends a text to meet him at the circus circus roller coaster - where he rides it with her as a symbol that he wants her in his life... they confess their love, they return to Boston, she gets a job a concierage, she loves his family in spite of the craziness, and they move her father to a home in Boston.Edward and Clara - First, Edward lost his first love to his brother Thomas - which 1st set him off to be a hermit, and to be obsessed with the curse... and then Clara, a wiccan, was a love interest 9 years ago, but when he catches her on a date her father had set up for her, he refused to see her, and eventually Clara gave up trying to explain... Clara and Amber meet at Clara's wiccan store, and Clara takes her invitation as a sign that it is time to reconnect with Edward... and she handles him well...Jason, Thomas son, is a skiing olympic hopeful, and has a minimal part in this story when he returns home to hide because of a steroid scandal - because he trusted the wrong woman... and they left his story up in the air - obviously, book 3 in the making...
What do You think about Spiel Mit Mir!Roman (2010)?
Lucky Streak is the 2nd of the Lucky Trilogy and is a great book for mindless romantic reading. Sex starting on page 48.Mike Corwin, a Boston Police Detective and Corwin cousin, goes to Las Vegas for his partner's wedding and saves Amber Rose from being accosted by a guy she claims is her ex-partner. Amber is a gorgeous woman and the electricity is immediate. Mike invites her along for the day and at the end of the day, marries her even though he knows very little about her. What Happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Mike can only wish.The bad news is Amber wants out of her deal with the ex-partner, a sleaze named Marshal, even if it means that her dad has to go to a less desirable nursing home. Marshal isn't going to let her go and when she marries Mike and he hits is big on the slots, Marshal kidnaps the dad and forces Amber to betray Mike. Because of the Corwin Curse, Mike is happy with his hot, sexy new wife, he doesn't love her, until he wakes up and finds her gone with his money
—rishiboy
I liked this one much better than the first. I loved that Mike and Amber were impulsive in Vegas, and that what happened in Vegas, didn't stay there. Amber's crazy past and present had the potential to really screw up things for them. While it did a little bit, it was Mike's crazy family that brought them together. I loved Mike's dad, Edward. He was so eccentric and out there it was hard not to like them. The gathering at the end so fit the extended family and had me laughing.
—aniroc
