Lucky Streak [Abridged, Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

Carly Phillips (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Long ago, a witch proclaimed an eternal curse that every Corwin male who married for love would be destined to lose his woman and his fortune… When Mike Corwin awakens after some wild partying in Vegas $100,000 richer and married to Amber, the gorgeous woman he met the night before, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot. The bad news is that Amber’s a con who takes his money and runs. Seems the family curse has finally hit him. Hard. But to Amber, Mike isn’t business as usual. If only she didn’t need the money to ensure her father’s safety, she might actually have fallen for the intense lawman. Instead, she’s forced to betray him. Now Mike’s hell-bent on divorce and Amber’s on the run…but when a twist of fate reunites them, can they turn their run of bad fortune into a lucky streak?

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

When Detective Mike Corwin, in Las Vegas to celebrate a co-worker’s marriage, rescues Amber Rose from a thug, events spiral rapidly out of his control, concluding with a $150K win at the slots after Mike and Amber impulsively wed. Morning-after regrets set in when Mike thinks Amber has conned him and disappeared, but she pursues him back to Boston and convinces him to give her another chance. Phillips invests the second installment in her Lucky contemporary-romance trilogy (Lucky Charm, 2008), featuring the Corwins, who were cursed long ago by a witch, with quirky characters, entertaining scenarios, and a healthy helping of skepticism on the part of the Corwin brides. This allows the couples to support the older generation’s reconciliation and recovery from the heretofore-debilitating curse, while the current crop of eligible bachelors finds happiness. --Lynne Welch --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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“Jack Higgins is the master.” —Tom Clancy

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423347404
• ISBN-13: 978-1423347408
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1.4 inches
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

More About the Author

New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips tossed away her legal briefs and a career as an attorney to become a stay at home mom. Within the year, she turned her love of reading into an obsession with writing. Over 25 published novels later, Carly writes sexy contemporary romances, striking a balance between entertainment and emotion, and giving her readers the compelling story they have come to expect and enjoy.

Carly is a New York Times bestseller, USA Today Bestseller and Publisher's Weekly bestseller. The triple play earned her a spot on Romance Writers of America's coveted Honor Roll. In 2002, Carly's novel, The Bachelor, became Kelly Ripa's "Reading with Ripa" pick on Live with Regis and Kelly, making it the first romance ever chosen on a nationally televised bookclub.

Carly received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and is a graduate of Boston University School of Law (J.D.). To date, Carly has over twenty-five novels to her credit, all available wherever books are sold.

When not writing or playing online, Carly loves to read, to knit, and to spend time with her family. She lives in Purchase, New York with her husband, two daughters and two soft-coated wheaten terriers who act like their third and fourth children.

For more information, visit Carly's always updated web site at www.carlyphillips.com where she has monthly contests, excerpts and much more.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun quirky read, but it's missing something..., June 25, 2009

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J.L. Cocca "Bookworm for Life" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucky Streak (Lucky Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)

Any time I read one of Ms. Phillips novels (or any romance novel for that matter), I know the outcome in advance. It's expected. The lure of the happily-ever-after is my biggest reason for reading books like this in the first place. But, it's the journey of the characters that keeps me coming back.

In "Lucky Streak", we're given a brilliant cast of characters, each with their own quirks, hang-ups and secrets. But, because Ms. Phillips uses an atypical formula for this story, a lot of the 'zing' is missing.

Mike Corwin, the second of the three Corwin cousins trying to deal with the stigma of the Corwin Curse, meets Amber Rose on a weekend trip to Las Vegas. Amber has a photographic memory and a history of card-counting in order to pay for her father's nursing home expenses. The two spend one day unforgetable day together and decide to go through with a 'quickie marriage'. Then life interrupts, obstacles arise and the story really begins.

As soon as Mike and Amber meet, we obviously know that their chemistry will be remarkable. However, half the fun of reading a romance novel is the build-up. I enjoy reading through the flirtations that lead up to the steamy encounters between my hero and heroine. Because those encounters came after only a few chapters in this book, I was left feeling like something was missing throughout the entire novel.

That being said, I love Ms. Phillips' character development. You always feel like you get to know each member of her cast like they're some of your old friends and the characters in "Lucky Streak" redeemed the parts of this story that were lacking for me.

For the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the happy ending that I always knew was coming. I had just been hoping for a little more 'oomph' because that's what I've come to know, love and expect from one of Carly Phillips' novels.

That lack of 'oomph' is the reason why I couldn't award this book more than three stars. But, it certainly doesn't mean that it's not worth reading, because it is.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars i tried, June 30, 2009

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joan marie (Sacramento CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucky Streak (Lucky Trilogy) (Mass Market Paperback)

i loved carly's earlier books but this one i just couldn't get through. i read a few chapters and found it offensive. the heroine meets a guy, sleeps with him the first day.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best., February 21, 2011

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Jorge Ma Trevino Garcia "Jorge M. Treviño" (Uruapan, Mich. Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Valhalla Exchange (Kindle Edition)

Jack Higgins (aka Harry Patterson) usually writes interesting, albeit fantastic yarns. However, he suffers from empty characters and unbelievable situations more at home in a sci-fi novel. This is no exception; the characters are as empty as a crushed beer can, the plots fantastic and unsubstantiated and the action, infantile to say the best. His infatuation over teutonic heroes is rather sick. Something to read on a flight if theres not anything else.