Lady Luck

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.

Alexa is sent to pick up Ty from prison and is instructed to follow his instructions. Ty was set up by bad cops and wants revenge with a vengance until he mets and convinces Lex to marry him until his 'shit' is done. This is another awesome read by Kristen Ashley. Complex, gritty and funny. This story just keeps going and even in the end you don't want it to end. Kristen makes you want to live in this world, with these great people with rich character, they aren't perfect and they feel really real. Only thing that I really didn't get is a childless couple and the man calling her 'Mama'. Bugged me every time but that's just me.

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.

Lexie is roped into picking up an ex-con the day of his release. Taciturn to extremes, Ty doesn’t fill her in on his plans, but they include getting revenge for the 5 years he spent in prison after a wrongful conviction. Getting married to Lexie is part of that plan. Fake marriage! What could go wrong?

Ok and so here is where the cons of reading an Ashley book really start to kick in for me. The obsessive descriptions of clothes, houses, jewelry, etc. The inability of people to speak in complete sentences. And more than anything else, the dang pacing.

What starts off as a hot forbidden attraction kind of thing is immediately transformed almost overnight into a devoted relationship. It’s jarring, it’s a little unbelievable, and it show more makes the external plot suffer, because there really isn’t much of one. So it’s a lot of Lexie and Ty setting up house and having sex and making friends and having sex and meeting each other’s family and having sex, etc. etc. Honestly, I was bored. The whole quest for vengeance kind of gets put on the back burner for most of the book, until an avalanche of events near the end. The book could have been 200 pages shorter and would have been much better for it. 3 stars, only because the pace picks up at the end and I got into it again. show less

At the end of this book I still don't really know why Lex didn't get out of the situation she was in a heap earlier (but only a little... and truth be told if she hadn't she'd never had met Ty and had a very good ending)

Ty is a poster child for 'brooding uncommunicative hottie' but oh my!! ::stops to fan herself. He had a lot of 'mental baggage' to get over but it was definitely worth doing so and at least he acknowledged quite quickly that he had a short-circuit between his temper and his mouth and learnt his lesson (I loved the analogy of her shedding light around her and shutting it down).

The bad guys were not hidden in the least in this one and it was great to have that particular story arc tied off.

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Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance, Suspense
4 Stars

First the bad.
There are a couple of places in the story that tend to ramble.
This seems to be a Kristen Ashley trait as she loves to give great detail information about the surroundings of her characters.
So even though I list it as bad, it is also good. You easily visualize the surroundings and the supporting characters in each story of hers you read.

Lexie and Ty are awesome characters and you are immediately drawn into their show more story.

The suspense in this one is well depicted and has some great tense moments.
However, I felt there were some crucial moments that were a bit rushed and other areas that could have been sped up. This is my reason for 4 instead of 5 stars.

There is loads of snark and attitude.
I love the words that come out of Lexie's mouth.
Here is one of my favorites.

“Ty, it comes down to it, I’ll be lying to dirty cops, and everyone knows a double negative is a positive.”

There is also plenty of adult steamy romance. Lexie and Ty set the pages on fire.

It's official. I am addicted to Kristen Ashley books. show less

Lady Luck
4 Stars

Lady Luck has never looked kindly upon Lexie Berry, but a life of hardship has made her resilient in the face of adversity. This is a good thing as Lexie is going to need every ounce of courage and determination to cope with the new challenge in her life - Ty Walker, an ex-convict seeking revenge against those who imprisoned him for a crime he did not commit.

Kristen Ashley’s writing style and language are usually a shock to the system, but in this installment of the Colorado Mountain series it is even more startling albeit not necessarily in a bad way. That said, if crude domineering alpha males and wild, snarky heroines are not your thing, then Lady Luck is not the book for you.

Lexie is somewhat different from show more Ashley’s customary heroines as she is not a 100% good girl and has had her share of wild times. However, the fact that she has experienced a darker side of life makes her all the more appealing and the perfect match for Ty. Moreover, her loving nature and powerful sense of loyalty are just what he needs to come back from the abyss that he is rapidly approaching.

Ty’s personality is not for the faint of heart. Unjustly incarcerated, he is consumed with the need to clear his name and exact vengeance on those who wronged him. Not only does he have an appallingly crass attitude toward women, but he is not shy about expressing his opinions in exceedingly harsh and hurtful ways. Thankfully, Lexie is not about to put up with his obnoxiousness and forces him to grovel (which he does really well, I might add).

The corrupt cops storyline is one of the darker and more gripping of Ashley’s suspense plots and there are moments when the outlook for both Ty and Lexie is exceedingly dire. Alls well that end well though, and the epilogue is a masterpiece as usual.

The next book is Faye and Chace’s and the glimpses we get of their characters has me eager ro get to it sooner rather than later. show less