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Lucky in Love
First released in 2009, Lucky in Love introduced charmed readers to the Luckadeau brothers and the sexy, sassy women who fall in love with them.
New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown delivers her special southern sass in this heartwarming tale about a second chance at true love.
Beau hasn't got a lick of sense when it comes to women
Everything hunky rancher -Lucky- Beau Luckadeau touches turns to gold--except relationships. He's gone and lost track of the woman of his dreams, and now he's got himself tied up with a gold-digger...
Milli can mend a fence, pull a calf, or shoot a rattlesnake between the eyes
When spitfire Milli Torres shows up to help out at the Lazy Z ranch, she's horrified to find that her nearest neighbor is Beau Luckadeau--the very man she'd hoped never to lay eyes on again. And if Beau ever figures out what really happened on that steamy Louisiana night when they first met, there'll be the devil to pay...
Lucky Cowboys:
Lucky in Love (Book 1)
One Lucky Cowboy (Book 2)
Getting Lucky (Book 3)
Talk Cowboy to Me (Book 4)
New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown delivers her special southern sass in this heartwarming tale about a second chance at true love.
Beau hasn't got a lick of sense when it comes to women
Everything hunky rancher -Lucky- Beau Luckadeau touches turns to gold--except relationships. He's gone and lost track of the woman of his dreams, and now he's got himself tied up with a gold-digger...
Milli can mend a fence, pull a calf, or shoot a rattlesnake between the eyes
When spitfire Milli Torres shows up to help out at the Lazy Z ranch, she's horrified to find that her nearest neighbor is Beau Luckadeau--the very man she'd hoped never to lay eyes on again. And if Beau ever figures out what really happened on that steamy Louisiana night when they first met, there'll be the devil to pay...
Lucky Cowboys:
Lucky in Love (Book 1)
One Lucky Cowboy (Book 2)
Getting Lucky (Book 3)
Talk Cowboy to Me (Book 4)
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Carolyn Brown
181 books4,114 followersHi! I'm twenty five years old and movie star gorgeous. The camera added thirty plus years and a few wrinkles. Can't trust those cameras or mirrors either. Along with bathroom scales they are notorious liars! Honestly, I am the mother of three fantastic grown children who've made me laugh and given me more story ideas than I could ever write. My husband, Charles, is my strongest supporter and my best friend. He's even willing to eat fast food and help with the laundry while I finish one more chapter! Life is good and I am blessed!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
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September 10, 2009
Not a bad read, just wished I could have "tweaked" it a little. The biggest tweak would have been to add some actual love scenes that were on the page, and not left to the reader's imagination. That was the biggest let-down. I also would have made the hero--"unlucky in love" Beau (who was actually a pretty sweet guy) not so darn naive or in such denial when it came to women. There were times in this book where I wondered "is he just stupid or is he actually in denial?" I also thought the heroine Milli came across (at times) as being awfully bitchy, bossy, and paranoid. Yes, yes, she had "trust" issues due to a cheating boyfriend, but did she have to paint all men with the same cheating brush--especially when they didn't deserve it? Obviously, I had a little problem myself with fully liking/respecting the two leads, which kind of diminished my enjoyment of the whole book.
The plot of the book is one that has been done before: Virginal heroine catches cheating fiancee 'in the act', days later hooks up with thoroughly hunky (but drunken) cowboy hero at a friend's wedding (in order to get back at ex); drunken cowboy is trying to get over yet another of his many failed relationships and has a blissful night with beautiful 'angel' girl of his dreams, only to awaken the next morning and find her gone. Hero searches high and low for her for almost 2 years, but because he got her name wrong has no success. Heroine is embarrassed by her actions at wedding, and even more embarrassed when she turns up pregnant. Can you get pregnant your first time? Duh. Fiercely independent heroine vows to raise baby girl (who looks just like the hero) by herself without telling hero (she knows his name), and visits cattle ranch of her ailing grandfather to help him out. (Heroine is a bigtime cowgirl, bull rider, barrel rider, and stunt pilot!) Has a run in with grandpa's next door neighbor, who just happens to be her wedding conquest--and he doesn't recognize her! They argue, they fight, he's sure he knows her from somewhere, but can't place her. He's attracted to the little bossy spitfire, but he's engaged (to a super-b**** who's going to make his life a living hell). The whole town knows it's a match made in hell (and I think he knows it too), but by golly, he gave his word, and he never goes back on his word! The super-b***** is about as subtle as a ton of bricks about her plans to take him for all he's worth, but does he cut her loose? He's sure she'll change once they're married (denial, denial). So why does his neighbor's grandaughter remind him so much of the woman 'of his dreams'? And how come her baby daughter looks so much like him? (No, he actually never thought that until someone practically hit him over the head with it, and then blessedly, the light bulb finally went off inside his head)...I could go on and on, but I'll just sum it up: he finally puts two and two together, they realize that they're still attracted to each other but she's reluctant to trust him since her fiancee cheated on her; she's reluctant to share her baby daughter with him, even though he loves the idea of being a dad; he's tired of being "unlucky in love"--he thinks he's found his dream girl, if only she wasn't so hot-headed and stubborn; she thinks she may be in love with him, but doesn't trust her judgment any more, since her fiancee cheated on her...I'll stop right there.
I'm sure you can guess how this plays out, and of course I had to keep reading to see if these two were going to make a go of it, and to see if there was finally going to be a love scene that was not left to my imagination, but...no such luck. I guess this was what you would call a 'clean' romance, and while for the most part I found it entertaining enough for me to want to turn the page, darn if I wasn't dying to "dirty it up" a bit!
The book did have it's moments. There was some colorful charcters and dialogue and some humorous 'down home' sayings, for example: "She was as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs" or, "they looked like two Chesire cats who'd dined on sauteed canary in wine sauce", or, "he was so excited he didn't know whether to wind his fanny or scratch his watch...", and my favorite, about a 'loose' woman: "...she's got round heels. If a man breathes on her, she just rolls back on them heels and lands on her back!" And yes, the H/H, after much back and forth and some arguing, and a complete turnaround by the heroine, finally got their acts together and there was a nice little HEA.
Unfortunately, the snappy, humorous dialogue wasn't quite enough for me. Maybe I like my heroes a little more 'take charge' and my heroines a little less bossy. However, since this book is the first in a trilogy, I'm willing to give the author another chance and I'll probably check out the next in the series. One Lucky Cowboy is due out this November, so I'll probably give it a look-see. As for "Lucky in Love"--3 stars.
The plot of the book is one that has been done before: Virginal heroine catches cheating fiancee 'in the act', days later hooks up with thoroughly hunky (but drunken) cowboy hero at a friend's wedding (in order to get back at ex); drunken cowboy is trying to get over yet another of his many failed relationships and has a blissful night with beautiful 'angel' girl of his dreams, only to awaken the next morning and find her gone. Hero searches high and low for her for almost 2 years, but because he got her name wrong has no success. Heroine is embarrassed by her actions at wedding, and even more embarrassed when she turns up pregnant. Can you get pregnant your first time? Duh. Fiercely independent heroine vows to raise baby girl (who looks just like the hero) by herself without telling hero (she knows his name), and visits cattle ranch of her ailing grandfather to help him out. (Heroine is a bigtime cowgirl, bull rider, barrel rider, and stunt pilot!) Has a run in with grandpa's next door neighbor, who just happens to be her wedding conquest--and he doesn't recognize her! They argue, they fight, he's sure he knows her from somewhere, but can't place her. He's attracted to the little bossy spitfire, but he's engaged (to a super-b**** who's going to make his life a living hell). The whole town knows it's a match made in hell (and I think he knows it too), but by golly, he gave his word, and he never goes back on his word! The super-b***** is about as subtle as a ton of bricks about her plans to take him for all he's worth, but does he cut her loose? He's sure she'll change once they're married (denial, denial). So why does his neighbor's grandaughter remind him so much of the woman 'of his dreams'? And how come her baby daughter looks so much like him? (No, he actually never thought that until someone practically hit him over the head with it, and then blessedly, the light bulb finally went off inside his head)...I could go on and on, but I'll just sum it up: he finally puts two and two together, they realize that they're still attracted to each other but she's reluctant to trust him since her fiancee cheated on her; she's reluctant to share her baby daughter with him, even though he loves the idea of being a dad; he's tired of being "unlucky in love"--he thinks he's found his dream girl, if only she wasn't so hot-headed and stubborn; she thinks she may be in love with him, but doesn't trust her judgment any more, since her fiancee cheated on her...I'll stop right there.
I'm sure you can guess how this plays out, and of course I had to keep reading to see if these two were going to make a go of it, and to see if there was finally going to be a love scene that was not left to my imagination, but...no such luck. I guess this was what you would call a 'clean' romance, and while for the most part I found it entertaining enough for me to want to turn the page, darn if I wasn't dying to "dirty it up" a bit!
The book did have it's moments. There was some colorful charcters and dialogue and some humorous 'down home' sayings, for example: "She was as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs" or, "they looked like two Chesire cats who'd dined on sauteed canary in wine sauce", or, "he was so excited he didn't know whether to wind his fanny or scratch his watch...", and my favorite, about a 'loose' woman: "...she's got round heels. If a man breathes on her, she just rolls back on them heels and lands on her back!" And yes, the H/H, after much back and forth and some arguing, and a complete turnaround by the heroine, finally got their acts together and there was a nice little HEA.
Unfortunately, the snappy, humorous dialogue wasn't quite enough for me. Maybe I like my heroes a little more 'take charge' and my heroines a little less bossy. However, since this book is the first in a trilogy, I'm willing to give the author another chance and I'll probably check out the next in the series. One Lucky Cowboy is due out this November, so I'll probably give it a look-see. As for "Lucky in Love"--3 stars.
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April 18, 2016
It was a cute but at times boring story. Millie was selfish and just irked me the wrong way, and Beau was just way "too goody shoes" for me.
Millie had a one night stand with Beau 2 years ago, she had his baby.. Now she is back, she has run into him, he has no idea who she is, he has held his own baby (which is supposed to be an exact replica of him) and he even commented on the baby's eyes which are the same color as his but it has yet to hit him that the baby is his?!? What are they feeding him in Oklahoma? Then his girlfriend or whatnot is the biggest bitch ever but he would have gone and married her because he gave her his word and his word is gold, so if she hadn't broken up with him he would have been married now?!? WTF... Seriously? Sometimes, you gotta break a promise buddy! No matter what! Then when he does find out that in fact Katy is his baby he wonders why she didn't name the baby Ruth? What are we in the 1920's? Ruth?!? And Millie's friggin attitude about sharing her baby, good gosh you had the kid for a whole year to yourself, let the man carry his own daughter for a minute..jeez you selfish cow!
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May 21, 2019DNF 10%
This is one that I've had on the shelf for many years, but it was a matter of when not if. I love the author's writing, her fun and heartwarming down home country charm romances. There are many on her back list that I still have left to read so I chose to start the first of the Lucky series.
Normally, I wait a bit longer before I call it quits on a story, but there are one or two elements that I won't read in a romance book because I rarely enjoy the story. It's actually a pretty scalding hot button with me and I can't get past it to respect let alone like the character when it appears no matter how much I typically enjoy the author's writing. To not belabor the point any further, I'm talking about the secret baby trope.
In this case, I had no idea it was part of the story because the blurb wasn't specific about what Milli's secret was. But by chapter two, her secret is known to me. She is on the next ranch over from her little girl's dad and she plans to keep the secret from him. Which I'm pretty sure is why she came on strong with the ugly attitude and firing at him with her rifle when he was simply headed into her grandpa's field to corral his bull. Yep, so that was that. He's a rancher, he's respected by everyone, and he's not an abusive ax-murderer. Not good enough to keep a little girl from her dad or a dad from his little girl.
I'm not saying this book is bad and that others shouldn't read it; I'm just saying that its not for me. I can and will recommend the writer for some of the best cowboy romance out there.
This is one that I've had on the shelf for many years, but it was a matter of when not if. I love the author's writing, her fun and heartwarming down home country charm romances. There are many on her back list that I still have left to read so I chose to start the first of the Lucky series.
Normally, I wait a bit longer before I call it quits on a story, but there are one or two elements that I won't read in a romance book because I rarely enjoy the story. It's actually a pretty scalding hot button with me and I can't get past it to respect let alone like the character when it appears no matter how much I typically enjoy the author's writing. To not belabor the point any further, I'm talking about the secret baby trope.
In this case, I had no idea it was part of the story because the blurb wasn't specific about what Milli's secret was. But by chapter two, her secret is known to me. She is on the next ranch over from her little girl's dad and she plans to keep the secret from him. Which I'm pretty sure is why she came on strong with the ugly attitude and firing at him with her rifle when he was simply headed into her grandpa's field to corral his bull. Yep, so that was that. He's a rancher, he's respected by everyone, and he's not an abusive ax-murderer. Not good enough to keep a little girl from her dad or a dad from his little girl.
I'm not saying this book is bad and that others shouldn't read it; I'm just saying that its not for me. I can and will recommend the writer for some of the best cowboy romance out there.
April 15, 2012
Definitely not my cup of tea. I apologize if I offend anyone, but it is just my honest thought.
For me, the book was so boring, I even skipped it up. The idea was good, I was tempted by the summary, but I was greatly disappointed by the outcome. The writing style was really confusing, and there were lots of plot hole. One time, Beau didn't remember Amanda, but he remembered Milli. What kind of amnesia was that? Or was there no amnesia at all? But then, why did he not recognize his own fiancee? What a nonsense.
Furthermore, I couldn't feel any chemistry between Milli and Beau. They were deeply fell in love just because a one-night-sex? They didn't know anything about the other person and they fell in love? That was lust, not love. And Milli was so often said she loved Beau until I got fed up by it. Beau also didn't recognize his "lifemate". One time, he even said that Milli and Amelia were two completely different person. "Amelia was a gentle women, who born to love and to be loved" and on the other side, "Milli was a wild woman, who like a mountain lion having toothache and stomachache." (Yes, he said that sentence WORDS TO WORDS.) What kind of love is that?
After I knew how Beau recognize Milli as his "lifemate", I closed the book and would never return again. And the way he knew her real identity was also lame. Just before, he thought her as a wild mountain lion, but after he saw her wearing the same exact dress as before, he convinced otherwise. Such a love, I know.
For me, the book was so boring, I even skipped it up. The idea was good, I was tempted by the summary, but I was greatly disappointed by the outcome. The writing style was really confusing, and there were lots of plot hole. One time, Beau didn't remember Amanda, but he remembered Milli. What kind of amnesia was that? Or was there no amnesia at all? But then, why did he not recognize his own fiancee? What a nonsense.
Furthermore, I couldn't feel any chemistry between Milli and Beau. They were deeply fell in love just because a one-night-sex? They didn't know anything about the other person and they fell in love? That was lust, not love. And Milli was so often said she loved Beau until I got fed up by it. Beau also didn't recognize his "lifemate". One time, he even said that Milli and Amelia were two completely different person. "Amelia was a gentle women, who born to love and to be loved" and on the other side, "Milli was a wild woman, who like a mountain lion having toothache and stomachache." (Yes, he said that sentence WORDS TO WORDS.) What kind of love is that?
After I knew how Beau recognize Milli as his "lifemate", I closed the book and would never return again. And the way he knew her real identity was also lame. Just before, he thought her as a wild mountain lion, but after he saw her wearing the same exact dress as before, he convinced otherwise. Such a love, I know.
June 17, 2011
Ok, so I have read rave reviews of this author and her cowboy romances. Gotta tell you though, I didn't get any real romance feelings out of this book. The heroine, Milli, seems like she has a mental disease. One minute she's angry, the next she's in love, the next she doen't know what to feel. The hero, Beau, calls her a bitch several times, and it just didn't feel right. I didn't feel any chemistry between ANY of the characters, let alone the two who are suppose to be falling in love. Guess its just not for me. Makes me sad, as I have some more of her books and now I don't want to read them. Hope this doesn't offend anyone, its just my honest thoughts and feelings on this book.
October 2, 2017
A 30-minute story in a 275-page book. Writing was too repetitive, too folksy and trite. Story was a bit thin. I kept threatening to put it down as a DNF, but soldiered on. How many millionaire ranchers go around spitting out "aw, shucks" and "ain't" on almost every page. I'll stop now. You have probably figured out that I don't recommend this book!
August 23, 2009
Anthony “Lucky" Luckadeau is a rancher. He owns the Bar M ranch. Some people would call him lucky. He wasn’t born ranching but he has done well for himself so far. Though he may be lucky, he is not lucky when it comes to love. Beau thinks it is about time he settles down and starts a family. He plans to pop the question to Amanda, a schoolteacher that he has been dating for some time.
Jim Torres’s ranch, The Lazy Z, neighbor’s the Bar M. He had an accident and is recovering but needs help on the ranch for a little while. Millie Torres, Jim’s granddaughter arrives with her daughter Katy. As soon as Millie realizes that Beau is right next door to her, she contemplates packing up her bags and heading back home. Beau may not have recognized Millie but she sure remembers him and the night they shared so long ago.
Millie and Beau is a match made in heaven. Millie is beautiful as well as hot tempered. She is like a firecracker. She definitely shows Beau who is in charge. Beau is exactly who I picture when I dream of cowboys. A man who knows how to wear a pair of jeans. From the moment that I sat down to read this book, I was laughing and knew that I was going to really enjoy this book. I wasn’t wrong. I enjoyed this book so much that I plan to rope myself some more of Carolyn Brown and her books. Lucky in Love is a must read!
Jim Torres’s ranch, The Lazy Z, neighbor’s the Bar M. He had an accident and is recovering but needs help on the ranch for a little while. Millie Torres, Jim’s granddaughter arrives with her daughter Katy. As soon as Millie realizes that Beau is right next door to her, she contemplates packing up her bags and heading back home. Beau may not have recognized Millie but she sure remembers him and the night they shared so long ago.
Millie and Beau is a match made in heaven. Millie is beautiful as well as hot tempered. She is like a firecracker. She definitely shows Beau who is in charge. Beau is exactly who I picture when I dream of cowboys. A man who knows how to wear a pair of jeans. From the moment that I sat down to read this book, I was laughing and knew that I was going to really enjoy this book. I wasn’t wrong. I enjoyed this book so much that I plan to rope myself some more of Carolyn Brown and her books. Lucky in Love is a must read!
January 20, 2011
I didn't like this book at all. I think the story itself has potential, but the writing was horrible. Had to skim through the book just to get to the end, and even that took almost too much effort.
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12/5/2024
This one was voted for our DNF Second Chance. Finally got myself to reopen the book and start over.
Beau and Milli are our couple here. Beau has a lot of luck in a lot of things, but love? Nope. One day in Louisiana he had found the woman of his dreams, but he woke up from a drunk night and questioned if she even existed. That woman was Milli. It was a one night stand after a terrible break up. There was something about Beau but she had to leave. Time went on and the two are reunited when fighting over a cow.
This 2nd go around I actually did finish the book. *pats back* So proud. I pushed through even with the dumb-dumbs.
Let's be fair. I'm not mad at Beau. He's dumb, but harmless.
I'm still mad at Milli. They say she is stubborn but I call her a fool and selfish. A selfish little girl. I forgave her for not looking for Beau. She didn't know too much about him. But after they ran into each other? When she realized he was the papa to her baby? She should've been honest with him especially when he broke up with that gold-digger. I get keeping it to herself while he was engaged. Sure....maybe. But the moment he was free....you gotta tell him. Honestly she should've told him as soon as possible even when he was taken, but I get the hestitation....kinda.....
I won't forgive her for her selfish, "but she's MY child" attitude. You kept that baby from him and would've kept that lie until it was forced open. SELFISH. She wasn't thinking of her kid. Just herself. GAH. Millie is the worst.
But yes, I did finish it. When Millie wasn't being a child, I did enjoy myself. Especially the last quarter of the book.
The narrator is amazing. Perfect voices.
All-in-all, I'm glad this was voted for a re-do, but I still had some major issues. Everyone was still dumb, but I could forgive them all. I just can't get over how selfish and foolish Millie was though. Gah. I'll give this 2 stars.
ONE WORD SUMMARY: Frustrating
10/19/2019
I really like the author's work so I was giddy to start this. Well...ya.
The story follows Beau and Mili. They had a one night stand a long time ago while he was drunk as a skunk because his heart was broken. Mili wasn't drunk but didn't care because her heart was broken. A year or so later Mili is back to help take care of her grandpapa and his ranch. Beau doesn't remember Mili but Mili remembers him. She has a big secret but she's not telling Beau because 1) He doesn't even remember so who cares and 2) he is engaged.
I wanted to smack everyone. EVERYONE. They are all dumb. Big fat dummies.
First, Mili. You are horrible. Beau has the right to know and you totally used him that night. Sure he was using you too, but you need to come clean and give him a chance. You are a selfish, spoiled brat.
Second, Beau. You are an idiot 100%. How can you be so blind to everyone? You are not "unlucky" in love. You are just dumb.
Third, Amanda (Beau's GF). You are horrible too. Using Beau. How dumb can you be to tell everyone you just meet that you only want Beau's money and that you want to sell everything and you are going to change Beau to be a city slicker and then divorce him? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!!!?????
Fourth, the entire town. YOU KNOW AMANDA IS HORRIBLE AND YOU SAY NOTHING. Yes, yes, love is blind, but you know she only wants Beau's money. Not from assumption. No, no but because she flat out told you she doesn't even like him and wants his money and to sell his ranch when they get married. Terrible people.
One positive...I like the narrator! I believe I had listened to stuff from him in the past. He is good, but even he couldn't keep me hooked.
I love this author. I do, I really do. This though? I couldn't finish it. I was so darn mad. Maybe someday I'll try it again, but I just couldn't do it. I know they will work it out and Mili and Beau will find each other, but it was too much dumb floating around for me to handle. DNF.
This one was voted for our DNF Second Chance. Finally got myself to reopen the book and start over.
Beau and Milli are our couple here. Beau has a lot of luck in a lot of things, but love? Nope. One day in Louisiana he had found the woman of his dreams, but he woke up from a drunk night and questioned if she even existed. That woman was Milli. It was a one night stand after a terrible break up. There was something about Beau but she had to leave. Time went on and the two are reunited when fighting over a cow.
This 2nd go around I actually did finish the book. *pats back* So proud. I pushed through even with the dumb-dumbs.
Let's be fair. I'm not mad at Beau. He's dumb, but harmless.
I'm still mad at Milli. They say she is stubborn but I call her a fool and selfish. A selfish little girl. I forgave her for not looking for Beau. She didn't know too much about him. But after they ran into each other? When she realized he was the papa to her baby? She should've been honest with him especially when he broke up with that gold-digger. I get keeping it to herself while he was engaged. Sure....maybe. But the moment he was free....you gotta tell him. Honestly she should've told him as soon as possible even when he was taken, but I get the hestitation....kinda.....
I won't forgive her for her selfish, "but she's MY child" attitude. You kept that baby from him and would've kept that lie until it was forced open. SELFISH. She wasn't thinking of her kid. Just herself. GAH. Millie is the worst.
But yes, I did finish it. When Millie wasn't being a child, I did enjoy myself. Especially the last quarter of the book.
The narrator is amazing. Perfect voices.
All-in-all, I'm glad this was voted for a re-do, but I still had some major issues. Everyone was still dumb, but I could forgive them all. I just can't get over how selfish and foolish Millie was though. Gah. I'll give this 2 stars.
ONE WORD SUMMARY: Frustrating
10/19/2019
I really like the author's work so I was giddy to start this. Well...ya.
The story follows Beau and Mili. They had a one night stand a long time ago while he was drunk as a skunk because his heart was broken. Mili wasn't drunk but didn't care because her heart was broken. A year or so later Mili is back to help take care of her grandpapa and his ranch. Beau doesn't remember Mili but Mili remembers him. She has a big secret but she's not telling Beau because 1) He doesn't even remember so who cares and 2) he is engaged.
I wanted to smack everyone. EVERYONE. They are all dumb. Big fat dummies.
First, Mili. You are horrible. Beau has the right to know and you totally used him that night. Sure he was using you too, but you need to come clean and give him a chance. You are a selfish, spoiled brat.
Second, Beau. You are an idiot 100%. How can you be so blind to everyone? You are not "unlucky" in love. You are just dumb.
Third, Amanda (Beau's GF). You are horrible too. Using Beau. How dumb can you be to tell everyone you just meet that you only want Beau's money and that you want to sell everything and you are going to change Beau to be a city slicker and then divorce him? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!!!!!?????
Fourth, the entire town. YOU KNOW AMANDA IS HORRIBLE AND YOU SAY NOTHING. Yes, yes, love is blind, but you know she only wants Beau's money. Not from assumption. No, no but because she flat out told you she doesn't even like him and wants his money and to sell his ranch when they get married. Terrible people.
One positive...I like the narrator! I believe I had listened to stuff from him in the past. He is good, but even he couldn't keep me hooked.
I love this author. I do, I really do. This though? I couldn't finish it. I was so darn mad. Maybe someday I'll try it again, but I just couldn't do it. I know they will work it out and Mili and Beau will find each other, but it was too much dumb floating around for me to handle. DNF.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 2, 2025
I cannot believe Carolyn Brown wrote a book so terrible. She’s one of my fav authors. Idk if this is one of her latter ones but she’s lost her touch. Idt I’ve ever wanted to slam down a Carolyn Brown book. The banter and humor isn’t even there.
The aggressiveness of all the characters was not funny and didn’t work in a modern book. This isn’t the 1800’s. You don’t pull a gun on someone because they made you mad. The first scene with the MC’s is her pulling a gun on him and shooting at the ground because he made her mad! He did call her a bitch but that’s not ok. Then wanting to shoot and kill his almost-fiancé. She ends up punching her later in the book. Very classy. Beau makes a comment about them not getting along for five minutes and he’d be wanting to shoot her and “knocking the hell right out of her” but his dad would be mad. Is this supposed to be funny? And the hero calling the heroine a bitch? I’m sorry, no. That is not acceptable.
I hated the plot of this book. Having a kid with a complete stranger and not even telling them. I feel sorry for his fiancé. Gilmore Girls anyone? Keeping that a secret just ruins peoples lives. You want to be dating someone, and about to be engaged, and they up and have this secret kid?? How horrible!
Beau Luckadeau—I HATE that name—was an idiot. Plain and simple. You’re not unlucky in love, it’s that you’re a world class idiot. How would he date and end up engaged to someone like Amanda anyway? She clearly does not like ranch life, is mean to his staff, and says she doesn't want kids but he thinks she’s suddenly going to change after she gets married. He had no personality, I didn’t see the appeal in him at all. Everyone said how great he was, but he was just a cardboard cutout of a rancher. He was so stupid he deserved to be married to Amanda. One of the worst “heroes” ever.
He has a one night stand with the love of his life. He is blackout drunk so idk how he remembers anything about Milli, especially the smell of her perfume. But whatever. And somehow being blackout drunk he knew she was a virgin?? Are you kidding me? He doesn’t even know if he slept with anyone or she was a figment of his drunk imagination but he knew that?? He has physical proof he slept with someone - she left behind an earring. Really Cinderella stuff here. But his cousins convince him no one was there, though how would they know who Beau had in his room or not, especially when she left before anyone was awake. And he remembers her name as Amelia Jiminez, and Milli says her mom’s name is Jiminez and this IDIOT doesn’t put two and two together. So despite loving this person he dates someone else and gets engaged to them and won’t break it off because “his word is worth more than gold.” Again, this isn’t the 1800’s. You can break an engagement off without bringing shame to your family. There’s enough of that with the two of them anyway.
He only realizes the kid is his because someone points out how much they look alike. Without even knowing it’s his kid he starts getting weirdly involved, taking her from her mom, walking off with her, insisting she bring the baby along. It’s weird as hell to do that with someone else’s kid. You don’t grab someone’s baby and walk off with them or take them from their mom. Idc how much you like children. It only gets worse when he finds out it’s his. At one point he says he has nieces and nephews then right after he says Luckadeau’s “don’t throw girls.” So you only have nephews then.
The dating was done completely obligatory and couldn’t have been less romantic. Not a bit of emotion or feeling in it. And the romantic scenes being completely skipped over? Wth was that! This is supposed to be romance. Since when does Brown write like that? That probably contributed to this having no romantic feel whatsoever, not that it would have anyway because I disliked both of these characters. And the “proposal”?? Worst proposal ever.
‘“It’s not Katy we’re talking about. It’s us. I’m asking you to marry me, Milli. I love you with my whole heart and have for two years. I’m not going to leave you, not ever. But if you ever leave me again, you’ve got know your rights.”
“You are what?” She couldn’t believe her ears. He hadn’t touched her, hadn’t kissed her or even hugged her, and he was proposing. There was something wrong with this whole picture.
“I’m not going to give you an engagement ring, Milli. I don’t want another engagement. I want a wife.”’
Might as well use the one he was gonna give Amanda! What was that, a week ago? Who in the hell marries someone they slept with when they were blackout drunk, only saw again recently and doesn’t even know! Beau the Idiot Luckadeau that’s who! And she’s stupid for accepting.
‘She stared at him sitting by there with their daughter. He didn’t move. Neither did Milli. They didn’t reach across the span separating the two chairs and touch fingertips, or stand up and fall into each other’s arms with Katy between them. The world did not stand still and the sun continued moving toward the west. The clocks didn’t stop. It was just a normal day after all, except for the fact he’d asked her to marry him and made promises that she believed with her whole heart. She picked up the pen and signed her name right below the lawyer’s finger.’
How freaking romantic.
Milli is supposed to be so tough, from a family of honor, but keeping the baby from the dad and not planning on telling him, and then running away with the baby is not honorable in the slightest. Normally that would be the climax of the story but it was over in a few pages and had zero emotion in it. Just like this whole book! She was just a coward with no honor. She would deprive her kid of growing up with a dad, and for no clear reason. She said until Katy’s 18, as if she wouldn’t question who her dad was before then or have a right to know.
Also she’s this barrel racer, bull rider, rancher, pilot. Such an odd mashup. It didn’t feel genuine. Maybe if we had heard more of her past.
Don’t even get me started on the fact that Milli was a virgin and slept with a complete stranger for her first time and winds up pregnant because she didn’t know you could get pregnant the first time. They’re both idiots. Apparently no condoms were used either. Drunken sex - so smart. And she doesn’t sleep with anyone after Beau. Eyeroll. Drunken Beau was such a good lover he ruined her for other men. And somehow her former fiancé’s dad did a background check on her because they wanted a virgin bride for their son — 1800’s alive and strong in this book — how do you know if someone has had sex or not?? Go to all their exes and ask them?? This book wanted to be historical so bad. Despite having unprotected sex and ending up with a kid, they have sex again and there’s no mention of a condom. Trying to end up with kid #2? Way for the author to promote safe sex.
The dialogue was also pretty bad. Very redneck and more fitting of a historical novel. Both MC’s are saying “sumbitch” and using very hokey expressions. Embarrassing at times…
I wanted to DNF this early on and I wanted to DNF it at every point in the book and I wish I had because there was no reason to finish this. It didn’t get better. I started skimming early on. I need to trust my gut and learn to put books down when they’re not good. Save yourself the aggravation.
Props for this not playing out the expected way, them dating and him finding out about Katy and being hurt and mad. He found out early on but that also took away any of the suspense and drama in the book. So there was just nothing left. This book had no real climax, just a mediocre her “running away” scene and deciding to turn around so she just ended up wasting gas. The pacing was off. Very lukewarm dating and a crappy engagement between two characters with zero chemistry.
The only good thing was it had less pages than listed. It felt slapped together, quickly written with no emotion and heart. The MCs and the plot were so unlikable, there was zero chemistry, lots of telling and no showing. Brown has much better books out there, but I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone.
The aggressiveness of all the characters was not funny and didn’t work in a modern book. This isn’t the 1800’s. You don’t pull a gun on someone because they made you mad. The first scene with the MC’s is her pulling a gun on him and shooting at the ground because he made her mad! He did call her a bitch but that’s not ok. Then wanting to shoot and kill his almost-fiancé. She ends up punching her later in the book. Very classy. Beau makes a comment about them not getting along for five minutes and he’d be wanting to shoot her and “knocking the hell right out of her” but his dad would be mad. Is this supposed to be funny? And the hero calling the heroine a bitch? I’m sorry, no. That is not acceptable.
I hated the plot of this book. Having a kid with a complete stranger and not even telling them. I feel sorry for his fiancé. Gilmore Girls anyone? Keeping that a secret just ruins peoples lives. You want to be dating someone, and about to be engaged, and they up and have this secret kid?? How horrible!
Beau Luckadeau—I HATE that name—was an idiot. Plain and simple. You’re not unlucky in love, it’s that you’re a world class idiot. How would he date and end up engaged to someone like Amanda anyway? She clearly does not like ranch life, is mean to his staff, and says she doesn't want kids but he thinks she’s suddenly going to change after she gets married. He had no personality, I didn’t see the appeal in him at all. Everyone said how great he was, but he was just a cardboard cutout of a rancher. He was so stupid he deserved to be married to Amanda. One of the worst “heroes” ever.
He has a one night stand with the love of his life. He is blackout drunk so idk how he remembers anything about Milli, especially the smell of her perfume. But whatever. And somehow being blackout drunk he knew she was a virgin?? Are you kidding me? He doesn’t even know if he slept with anyone or she was a figment of his drunk imagination but he knew that?? He has physical proof he slept with someone - she left behind an earring. Really Cinderella stuff here. But his cousins convince him no one was there, though how would they know who Beau had in his room or not, especially when she left before anyone was awake. And he remembers her name as Amelia Jiminez, and Milli says her mom’s name is Jiminez and this IDIOT doesn’t put two and two together. So despite loving this person he dates someone else and gets engaged to them and won’t break it off because “his word is worth more than gold.” Again, this isn’t the 1800’s. You can break an engagement off without bringing shame to your family. There’s enough of that with the two of them anyway.
He only realizes the kid is his because someone points out how much they look alike. Without even knowing it’s his kid he starts getting weirdly involved, taking her from her mom, walking off with her, insisting she bring the baby along. It’s weird as hell to do that with someone else’s kid. You don’t grab someone’s baby and walk off with them or take them from their mom. Idc how much you like children. It only gets worse when he finds out it’s his. At one point he says he has nieces and nephews then right after he says Luckadeau’s “don’t throw girls.” So you only have nephews then.
The dating was done completely obligatory and couldn’t have been less romantic. Not a bit of emotion or feeling in it. And the romantic scenes being completely skipped over? Wth was that! This is supposed to be romance. Since when does Brown write like that? That probably contributed to this having no romantic feel whatsoever, not that it would have anyway because I disliked both of these characters. And the “proposal”?? Worst proposal ever.
‘“It’s not Katy we’re talking about. It’s us. I’m asking you to marry me, Milli. I love you with my whole heart and have for two years. I’m not going to leave you, not ever. But if you ever leave me again, you’ve got know your rights.”
“You are what?” She couldn’t believe her ears. He hadn’t touched her, hadn’t kissed her or even hugged her, and he was proposing. There was something wrong with this whole picture.
“I’m not going to give you an engagement ring, Milli. I don’t want another engagement. I want a wife.”’
Might as well use the one he was gonna give Amanda! What was that, a week ago? Who in the hell marries someone they slept with when they were blackout drunk, only saw again recently and doesn’t even know! Beau the Idiot Luckadeau that’s who! And she’s stupid for accepting.
‘She stared at him sitting by there with their daughter. He didn’t move. Neither did Milli. They didn’t reach across the span separating the two chairs and touch fingertips, or stand up and fall into each other’s arms with Katy between them. The world did not stand still and the sun continued moving toward the west. The clocks didn’t stop. It was just a normal day after all, except for the fact he’d asked her to marry him and made promises that she believed with her whole heart. She picked up the pen and signed her name right below the lawyer’s finger.’
How freaking romantic.
Milli is supposed to be so tough, from a family of honor, but keeping the baby from the dad and not planning on telling him, and then running away with the baby is not honorable in the slightest. Normally that would be the climax of the story but it was over in a few pages and had zero emotion in it. Just like this whole book! She was just a coward with no honor. She would deprive her kid of growing up with a dad, and for no clear reason. She said until Katy’s 18, as if she wouldn’t question who her dad was before then or have a right to know.
Also she’s this barrel racer, bull rider, rancher, pilot. Such an odd mashup. It didn’t feel genuine. Maybe if we had heard more of her past.
Don’t even get me started on the fact that Milli was a virgin and slept with a complete stranger for her first time and winds up pregnant because she didn’t know you could get pregnant the first time. They’re both idiots. Apparently no condoms were used either. Drunken sex - so smart. And she doesn’t sleep with anyone after Beau. Eyeroll. Drunken Beau was such a good lover he ruined her for other men. And somehow her former fiancé’s dad did a background check on her because they wanted a virgin bride for their son — 1800’s alive and strong in this book — how do you know if someone has had sex or not?? Go to all their exes and ask them?? This book wanted to be historical so bad. Despite having unprotected sex and ending up with a kid, they have sex again and there’s no mention of a condom. Trying to end up with kid #2? Way for the author to promote safe sex.
The dialogue was also pretty bad. Very redneck and more fitting of a historical novel. Both MC’s are saying “sumbitch” and using very hokey expressions. Embarrassing at times…
I wanted to DNF this early on and I wanted to DNF it at every point in the book and I wish I had because there was no reason to finish this. It didn’t get better. I started skimming early on. I need to trust my gut and learn to put books down when they’re not good. Save yourself the aggravation.
Props for this not playing out the expected way, them dating and him finding out about Katy and being hurt and mad. He found out early on but that also took away any of the suspense and drama in the book. So there was just nothing left. This book had no real climax, just a mediocre her “running away” scene and deciding to turn around so she just ended up wasting gas. The pacing was off. Very lukewarm dating and a crappy engagement between two characters with zero chemistry.
The only good thing was it had less pages than listed. It felt slapped together, quickly written with no emotion and heart. The MCs and the plot were so unlikable, there was zero chemistry, lots of telling and no showing. Brown has much better books out there, but I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2012
I got this ebook free from Amazon.
This book had a pretty good beginning. Struggling single mom disturbed by her past, meets a dense headed guy who is good looking.
The writing was okay but as the book went on it got progressively worse. The language between the characters was incredibly cheesy. No one talks like that. They started to sound like twelve year olds forcing swear words into conversation to sound cool. Lame. And If I ever see the word Darlin' again, I'm gonna pull my hair out. Freakin A! If my husband ever calls me that, I swear...
I read some other reviews on this book to get an idea of what others thought of it. I tend to agree with the majority. Seems a lot didn't like the connection that Beau and Camilla had. Agreed! In the beginning of the book, I felt their relationship would go somewhere but by the end of the book it just went all wrong.
The book really changed. It was as though the author got bored and just wanted to hurry up and finish it. The book was on the long side. I think it could have been shortened by eliminating the rambling. What I mean by rambling was the author kept adding in reminders and being over redundant with the characters. I guess Brown was trying to make it seem that Camilla was breaking down or was trying to justify the characters actions but it didn't work, it just made her seem superficial and selfish.
I did like Beau. I think a lot of people agree that he was a pretty good character.
Overall, the book had some potential, especially in the beginning but, to me, once Amanda left the picture, the book turned bad really fast.
This book had a pretty good beginning. Struggling single mom disturbed by her past, meets a dense headed guy who is good looking.
The writing was okay but as the book went on it got progressively worse. The language between the characters was incredibly cheesy. No one talks like that. They started to sound like twelve year olds forcing swear words into conversation to sound cool. Lame. And If I ever see the word Darlin' again, I'm gonna pull my hair out. Freakin A! If my husband ever calls me that, I swear...
I read some other reviews on this book to get an idea of what others thought of it. I tend to agree with the majority. Seems a lot didn't like the connection that Beau and Camilla had. Agreed! In the beginning of the book, I felt their relationship would go somewhere but by the end of the book it just went all wrong.
The book really changed. It was as though the author got bored and just wanted to hurry up and finish it. The book was on the long side. I think it could have been shortened by eliminating the rambling. What I mean by rambling was the author kept adding in reminders and being over redundant with the characters. I guess Brown was trying to make it seem that Camilla was breaking down or was trying to justify the characters actions but it didn't work, it just made her seem superficial and selfish.
I did like Beau. I think a lot of people agree that he was a pretty good character.
Overall, the book had some potential, especially in the beginning but, to me, once Amanda left the picture, the book turned bad really fast.
October 24, 2011
Milli is betrayed by her fiance, finds his cheating while she has been saving herself for him. She heads to her friend's wedding shortly after determined to get back at him. Milli runs into Beau, who is obviously much more inebriated than she is. Milli heads to his trailer with him for a night of love making that makes her see stars, still she leaves in the middle of the night. 2 years later Milli's grandfather has hip surgery and needs help on his ranch, so she heads there with her daughter Katy, the product of her one night stand. To her dismay the first day on the ranch she has a run in with Beau, but she is relieved when he doesn't remember her. But can she avoid recognition a whole summer while living next door to the father of her child?
I truly enjoyed this book. Beau is such a likable character, hard to resist. The supporting characters, especially her grandparents, are so fun. Great happy ending, cant wait to read the next story.
I truly enjoyed this book. Beau is such a likable character, hard to resist. The supporting characters, especially her grandparents, are so fun. Great happy ending, cant wait to read the next story.
January 11, 2012
Not my cup of tea.
Didn't like it. It was a pain to read. Didn't like the way it was written. Though I think more skilled writer could have written and used that idea very well.
Milli...i got the impression that she was not the most even-tempered person around. She had no control over her temper what's so ever. Like non. She just started to shoot people. I know she was supposed to be the intependent woman, no mans doormat etc. She was just crazy...like 1 minute she was happy, then angry, then running. She also had a sadistic side.
Beau didn't look like the most reliable man. But I liked him more than Milli. Though poor him.
Didn't like this book.
Didn't like it. It was a pain to read. Didn't like the way it was written. Though I think more skilled writer could have written and used that idea very well.
Milli...i got the impression that she was not the most even-tempered person around. She had no control over her temper what's so ever. Like non. She just started to shoot people. I know she was supposed to be the intependent woman, no mans doormat etc. She was just crazy...like 1 minute she was happy, then angry, then running. She also had a sadistic side.
Beau didn't look like the most reliable man. But I liked him more than Milli. Though poor him.
Didn't like this book.
November 14, 2018
I really love contemporary cowboy romances but unfortunately something about Carolyn Brown's romances just don't do it for me. There's just something about the writing style, the conversation pattern that just doesn't sit well with me. I've tried a number of her books and even though I've finished them, I tend to not find a connection between the hero and heroine. This is a second chance/secret baby romance, tropes I normally love, but I never really felt a connection between Beau and Milli. It's like they fell in love off the page and we only saw the aftermath.
June 30, 2020
At 20% in and I was bored.
At 50% in and I was actively skipping paragraphs.
At 75% in and I was skipping pages. So much so that I skipped right past the end and into the fluff at the back of the e-book.
I didn't like the characters, I didn't like the build-up of the relationship, and I didn't particularly care for the writing. I'm not saying the author is a bad writer since I'm not very familiar with their work, but this book didn't capture my attention and the majority that I did read didn't flow well.
At 50% in and I was actively skipping paragraphs.
At 75% in and I was skipping pages. So much so that I skipped right past the end and into the fluff at the back of the e-book.
I didn't like the characters, I didn't like the build-up of the relationship, and I didn't particularly care for the writing. I'm not saying the author is a bad writer since I'm not very familiar with their work, but this book didn't capture my attention and the majority that I did read didn't flow well.
February 25, 2017
If I hadn't previously read some Carolyn Brown books and loved, really enjoyed, them I would have come to a crashing halt with this one. I couldn't believe this was the same author. I couldn't warm up to any of the characters except for the little girl, and the plot was nothing special. I have the two remaining books in this trilogy and I'm holding out hope they will be much better. There was just something in LUCKY IN LOVE that remained completely off-kilter for me.
April 19, 2012
Like one of the other reviews mentioned, the plot had promise, but it would have been done better by a more skilled writer. Very difficult book to read, especially when I kept wanting to re-write the dialogue to make it more clear. Not sure that I will bother with anything else written by this author.
April 10, 2015
I have a weakness for cowboy romance. Unfortunately this wasn't my favorite out of the three. There were a lot of mistakes and rambling. When someone would talk they'd get everything out about three different subjects and be done. It was really annoying. Although I like Millie. The heroines are all strong, hard working women including their female family members. You don't see that often.
May 25, 2020
DNF at 70% and sad that I stuck with it as long as I did. It just got so ridiculous. Immature characters and just not believable. This is my first book by this author and not sure that I would give another a go after this one.
February 24, 2018
Lucky in Love review
Lucky in Love is a sweet and funny romance written by author Carolyn Brown. The characters and storyline are wonderful.
Lucky in Love is a sweet and funny romance written by author Carolyn Brown. The characters and storyline are wonderful.
May 20, 2019
Not really my thing because of all the metaphors and general silliness, but probably good if you like this sort of thing.
April 19, 2024
In my opinion an extended Hallmark Special that I’d watch with my grandmother and be in love with all of it ♥️
January 9, 2014
I've been suffering from a drama withdrawal and was looking for some distractions when I saw this book under a recommendation here after rating a few other novellas I've manged to finished before this.
What got me interested was the actually the third book in the series, but since I don't like starting a series out of its place, I decided I like the plot of this one enough to give it a try.
The pacing was a little slow for me. I hoped the story picked up, but it was pretty steady throughout. What I like is that there wasn't too much drama in the story. Most of the problem were based on the heroin's insecurities after having been betrayed by her fiance before her wedding. And since I was looking for a light read, it was a good thing.
Characterization wise, I'm very glad the hero has obvious flaws and quirks. His being "unlucky in love" curse and his obvious bad judgement of the women he fell in love with in the beginning. I don't think he even was in love with them. He was just in love with the idea of being in love. That and a few other quirks about him makes him very relatable. As for the heroine, she's very outspoken and sassy. I love her spunk and how headstrong she was. Compared to the hero, she obviously have the upper hand. Their chemistry is great, though the author didn't really get into the juicy details, so don't be expecting to read about them under the sheets. lol
Anyway, it was a good read. If i could change something about this book, it would be how the style of writing the author use. The way she transition between character's POV and thoughts needed a lot of work. when reading I was often confused at who's point of view I'm reading.
I have it a three because although I really enjoyed it and stayed up most of the night reading it, I was left with a not so satisfactory feeling I usually get when reading a good book.
What got me interested was the actually the third book in the series, but since I don't like starting a series out of its place, I decided I like the plot of this one enough to give it a try.
The pacing was a little slow for me. I hoped the story picked up, but it was pretty steady throughout. What I like is that there wasn't too much drama in the story. Most of the problem were based on the heroin's insecurities after having been betrayed by her fiance before her wedding. And since I was looking for a light read, it was a good thing.
Characterization wise, I'm very glad the hero has obvious flaws and quirks. His being "unlucky in love" curse and his obvious bad judgement of the women he fell in love with in the beginning. I don't think he even was in love with them. He was just in love with the idea of being in love. That and a few other quirks about him makes him very relatable. As for the heroine, she's very outspoken and sassy. I love her spunk and how headstrong she was. Compared to the hero, she obviously have the upper hand. Their chemistry is great, though the author didn't really get into the juicy details, so don't be expecting to read about them under the sheets. lol
Anyway, it was a good read. If i could change something about this book, it would be how the style of writing the author use. The way she transition between character's POV and thoughts needed a lot of work. when reading I was often confused at who's point of view I'm reading.
I have it a three because although I really enjoyed it and stayed up most of the night reading it, I was left with a not so satisfactory feeling I usually get when reading a good book.
February 9, 2012
Beau has a drunken memory from two years ago about his dream girl 'Amelie'. The granddaughter of his neighbor shows up for the summer with her 14 month old daughter that looks remarkably just like Beau. Beau has plans to get married and fill his ranch with little children (probably boys as there are a lot of males in his family) so that night he has plans to ask his gold digger girlfriend to get engaged to be married.
BAM.
Camilla Torres (the granddaughter) 'Millie' shows up with her temper blazing and a series of events like dominoes falling in an elaborate pattern, which changes Beau's plans (for the better). I like that Millie was saving her virginity for marriage, that is so sweet to see in this day and age. There is lots of courting old school in the middle of the story and funny moments with the different families and ex-lovers. This is a contemporary western romance novel that mostly occurs in Oklahoma and Panhandle Texas with some mentions of Louisiana.
Cute good storytelling in a full length novel.
2 stars
BAM.
Camilla Torres (the granddaughter) 'Millie' shows up with her temper blazing and a series of events like dominoes falling in an elaborate pattern, which changes Beau's plans (for the better). I like that Millie was saving her virginity for marriage, that is so sweet to see in this day and age. There is lots of courting old school in the middle of the story and funny moments with the different families and ex-lovers. This is a contemporary western romance novel that mostly occurs in Oklahoma and Panhandle Texas with some mentions of Louisiana.
Cute good storytelling in a full length novel.
2 stars
May 24, 2017
For the last two years Beau Luckadeau has been dreaming of a black-haired angel who he's sure he met and had a romantic encounter with but everyone tells him he dreamed it during a drunken binge. Turns out he wasn't dreaming after all. Milli Torres has returned to her grandfather's Oklahoma ranch and literally stumbles upon Beau who promptly accuses her of cutting his fence and letting his prize bull out. The sparks literally fly between them but Beau doesn't remember her at all.
This is a fun romance that is spiced up by a hoity-toity fiancee who is planning on divorcing Beau even before the marriage takes place. Of course, Milli heard the harridan telling her best friend her plans but keeps it to herself. Misunderstandings abound. Sparks snap. Romance crackles. And love wins the day. Hmmm a HEA for Beau and Milli. Who woulda thunk it?
I like Carolyn Brown's writing and her easy style. I don't usually enjoy the "clean" romances but this one was darn good. I will definitely continue the series.
This is a fun romance that is spiced up by a hoity-toity fiancee who is planning on divorcing Beau even before the marriage takes place. Of course, Milli heard the harridan telling her best friend her plans but keeps it to herself. Misunderstandings abound. Sparks snap. Romance crackles. And love wins the day. Hmmm a HEA for Beau and Milli. Who woulda thunk it?
I like Carolyn Brown's writing and her easy style. I don't usually enjoy the "clean" romances but this one was darn good. I will definitely continue the series.
September 4, 2009
I'll be honest and admit that this wasn't one of my first picks when presented with the list from Sourcebooks. Cowboys aren't really my "thing"... But after reading Carolyn Brown's writing, I couldn't wait to pick up the next Lucky book. Good thing that was in my TBR pile already!
Milli is sassy. Just like I like 'em. Surprise, surprise! She also has a secret, one that she can't tell Beau. Who happens to be stubborn. And cranky. Perfect for the repartee that just rolls off the pages in this entertaining read. Carolyn Brown had me going from page 1 to 293 with hardly a break in between. If you're looking for a late summer or early fall, easy romance read, pick this up.
Milli is sassy. Just like I like 'em. Surprise, surprise! She also has a secret, one that she can't tell Beau. Who happens to be stubborn. And cranky. Perfect for the repartee that just rolls off the pages in this entertaining read. Carolyn Brown had me going from page 1 to 293 with hardly a break in between. If you're looking for a late summer or early fall, easy romance read, pick this up.
February 7, 2019
A VERY light read and not exactly what I was expecting after Magnolia Inn. Still, it was fun, so I will continue to try a selection of books that Ms Brown has written and will finish this Lucky series at least. I don't need more heavy reading at the moment anyway. The characters are interesting, although I can't say I always understood them or their actions. It did make me wonder about idiomatic ways of speaking. Some people claim that they don't have the accent of their parents due to listening to TV, and I would think that would go for local idioms as well, but maybe not. There were so many in ths book, that I had to reread a number of them to grasp their meaning.
May 28, 2012
Maybe more like 2.5 stars. This book was a unique blend of contemporary setting with historical themes that just didn't really work all that well for me. Both the heroine and hero got on my nerves with their archaic views of sex, marriage and (even at times), general roles. I remember thinking at about the half-way point that this book was a little manic-depressive in that the characters and even the situations in the book had drastic mood swings. If all of Brown's books are like this, I don't know that she is the writer for me. :(
August 10, 2017
I really enjoyed this book! Carolyn Brown is an amazing author who draws you into the story and makes you feel a part of it. Milli and Beau had a one night stand a few years back. Now two years later Milli shows up at her Grandparent's ranch to help out for the summer. Low and behold, Beau owns the ranch right across from her Grandparent's! Milli has a secret. What a fun story filled with sassy banter and quick witted humor!
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