LUCKY BY MARISSA STAPLEY

LUCKY BY MARISSA STAPLEY

While I'm catching up on my mini reviews ... this has been around for a minute, but it's worth the visit if you missed it. 

I was lucky enough to meet the author at an event she hosted, and she was spectacularly gracious. 

This is the one about beautiful, young Lucky Armstrong who was raised by a single dad as a part of his con artist team (reminded me of the Paper Moon dynamic where Tatum O'Neal became the youngest actress to win an Oscar.) The dad ends up in jail, Lucky ends up with a new partner and a secret burning a hole in her pocket-- it's the winning ticket for a mega millions lottery. But given her complicated past, she can't just stroll into the office and pick up her prize. 

I love a story where good people do bad things, and bad people do even worse. And this is one of those tales. Full disclosure --I've written one of my own and am querying it (pitching in layman's terms) and this book is what they call a comp --- a good comparison to my story. It's been sitting on my desk for the past year as healthy inspiration.