Lady Luck is a story that features Lexxie and Ty. Lexxie has been living in Texas, and hasn’t had the easiest of lives, she has had constant bad luck. But with a man she cared about having died, she is under the thumb of a gang leader and even though she has a boundary on what is acceptable she never sees herself finding an escape from him. But when he tells her to pick up a man he owes a favor to, Ty Walker who spent five years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Ty gives her a deal, marry him and act as his wife and he will give her enough money when he gets his vengeance to start a new life anywhere she likes. But what starts out as a practical arrangement turns into a match of love. “Fell in love with you when I opened my eyes in Vegas, turned in bed and saw you put my bouquet in a vase.” Fuck him. Fuck…him. “Shut it, mama.” He was still whispering. “At the pool, when you showed, my day started.” His arms now gave her a warning squeeze. “Shut it,” he growled. “Sitting at the breakfast table, seeing your wedding ring, being able to really look at it on your finger up close for the first time, I had to touch it so I could remind myself I was the one who tot to put it there.” Fuck. Him. “Shut it.” This time, it was a rumble. “The next morning, when you didn’t show at the pool, I had to find you so I could start my day.” He rolled and shifted until he was top of her and he repeated, “Shut it.” “Six weeks without you, I’d wake up and hours later go to sleep and not once did my day dawn.” “Baby, shut…it.” “You took the shadow off my world.” I adored Lady Luck, and even though the first part of the book takes a little while to get into, it does pick up pretty quickly and then you can’t put it down. I really loved that the hero is a ex con though especially when he is trying to prove his innocence. This story is pretty packed with lots of intrigue and suspense as Ty and Lexie work together to find proof against the Canal Police Department, who are pretty corrupt and framed Ty for a murder he didn’t commit because he is half black. I really liked that Ashley brought up the issue of racism and handled it very well and we see what a great man Ty is and I loved seeing these two characters shine in only the way that Kristen Ashley can write. Simple adored this book and definitely going to be a keeper on the shelf.

I feel like the quality of writing heavily declined in this one for some reason

2nd edition shelved for book challenge purposes. (for re reads of books within the same year) Full review here - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I really enjoyed this book. The Colorado Mountain Series books are all lengthy and contain lots of problems for the protagonists. This book seemed a bit padded to add that extra length, but the story was excellent and delved more into the corruption in the Carnal Police Department. The story of Ty Walker who was framed due to this corruption was front and center. I found the story contrivance of the "car accident" and the couple's immediate reconciliation a little hard to swallow, but the rest of the story was well thought out and very satisfying.