Loving Lucy

by Kay Keppler

Lucy O’Halloran always picks the wrong guys because in her life, whomever she truly loves will leave her. She learned that the hard way, when her parents died when she was five. Now Lucy always picks unsuitable boyfriends—men she can’t love, who don’t love her back.

Then she meets Jonas Holliday, a divorced cop with a need to help and an ex-wife who thinks she needs him. Lucy likes Jonas’s dedication to the job, to her town...and maybe, to her. He thinks Lucy’s only fault is her unwillingness to commit.

But when Jonas learns that Lucy’s grandmother is defrauding life insurance companies to support her church’s program for the homeless—and Lucy thinks she shouldn’t go to jail for it—that’s the last straw for them both. Now Jonas is looking like just another Wrong Guy and Lucy like just one more nutcase.

But Jonas figures out how to go the extra mile, and Lucy finds the courage to go the distance. Together they follow the path to true love and marriage. Even with that grandmother…

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

315 pages, ebook

First published January 21, 2012

About the author

Kay Keppler likes happy endings, whether they’re in the fiction she writes, the fiction she edits, or the fiction she reads. After all, an unhappy outcome is what the newspaper is for! Her characters are resourceful to a fault, hard-working to the extreme, and loyal to the end—qualities she absorbed growing up in a small town in Wisconsin. Resisting the character-building aspects of deep snow and cold, she now lives in California and spends her time creating happy endings.

You can reach her at
kaykeppler.com, kaykeppler@yahoo.com, @KayKeppler, or facebook.com/kaykeppler.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun read

This story had a fun cast of characters, an entertaining plot, and a believable happy ending. I’m looking forward to reading more by this author.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lucy's life is upended in epic fashion when her fiancee steals her car and her best friend. When she calls the police a detective shows up to fill out a report and Lucy can't help but notice his good looks and kind manner.
The detective, Jonas, is new to Berkley and is cleaning up some relationship woes of his own and isn't on the hunt for a relationship but when Lucy appears he is smitten with the free spirit and asks her out.
Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler gets even more involved when Lucy's grandmother repeatedly gets herself arrested and Lucy ends up in the police station bailing her out. Berkley is known for political protest and Lucy ends up being a co-conspirator of sorts as her Grammy fights the machine.
Lucy has no idea how deep the protest goes until she accidentally runs across one of Grammy's projects. Unfortunately, the police are also looking into the charitable work that is being done.
When Jonas comes home to find his obsessed ex-wife and her son hanging out in his apartment he is shocked. Rita has never accepted the fact that Jonas has moved on and makes it perfectly clear that she is there to win him back. Will Lucy believe him when he assures her that the marriage is over and how does he get Rita to move back to her home and leave him alone?
Lucy may be forced to choose between the man she loves and the only family she has as Grammy is arrested for a crime much bigger than the normal disorderly conduct she is normally taken in for. Lucy must save her Grammy and stand up for what she believes in but the price may be the love she has for Jonas.
This book was an easy read and I had a hard time putting it down. I really cared about the characters and wanted to find out where there lives would end up. Good combo of complete fluff and a little food for thought.

[Sophie Narey (Bookreview- aholic) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Published: 21/01/2012
Author: Kay Keppler
Recommened for: fans of chick lit
Edition: Kindle

I found this book on the Kindle Store for free so I thought that I would give it a go. I thought that it was a very sweet book, I hadn't read a book by Kay Keppler before but I found the writing style to flow very nicely throughout the story. The characters that feature in the story are very likeable, well described, and interesting. It is a book that is lighthearted and can make you laugh in certain parts. I would definately read another book by Kay Keppler and would recommend it for people who like 'chick lit' books.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute book. This is the first book I read on a Kindle, so it was a new experience for me, and I think it was a good choice. The book is super-fluff, and I don't mean that in a negative way. The characters are likeable and interesting, and I really cared about what happened next. There are some very clever lines, and it was a breezy read. I would like to read more of Ms. Keppler's work.

[J.J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF for me. It wasn't bad; I just couldn't get into it and my loan expired. I don't think I'll try to get it again to finish it just because there are some many other books that I'm more excited for.

[Shelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this one for free and it was actually quite good. It made me laugh quite a bit and I liked the characters for the most part.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a fun read! A little racy at times & the setting of Berkeley, CA is a fun town to read about.

[Vickycampbell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute story. The characters were underdeveloped but likeable enough that I kept going back to the story because I wanted to know how it ended.

[Shayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

easy read but fun enough

[Gaele · Rating 3 out of 5]

A read I enjoyed

Please read my full review at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/review

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved It!