Lady Luck (Colorado Mountain, #3)

by Kristen Ashley

Determined to change her luck and her life, Lexie Barry, making good on a promise, picks up ex-convict Ty Walker from prison and, discovering that he was framed for a crime he didn't commit, tries to stop his plan for vengeance and help him become a better man

• ISBN10: 1455599107
• ISBN13: 9781455599103
• Publish Date: 29 July 2014 (first published 1 January 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Little, Brown & Company
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 672
• Language: English

Reviews

[leelu92]

Re read 7/19/13- 7/20/13. Almost a year ago i did another re read! I love this freaking book and I love Ty, Lexie and the Carnal crew. I got chills and felt all woozy inside when I finished! Chace and Faye are next.


reread 7/18/12-7/19/12
i didn't think I could love this book anymore than I did the first time around. I was wrong...very wrong. That's about all I can say at this point.

[stacey_is_sassy]

October 16, 2018

Here we are again and it's amazing that a book I've re-read/listen over and over still gives me the same KA high that I love. Honestly, there is NO other author I re-read as much or as often as Kristen Ashley. Lady Luck is one of my favourites and I'm sure I will be back again next year.

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July 17, 2017. Re-read/listen to for the 20 billionth time and I still love it. How is it that a Kristen Ashley re-read still gives me happy buzz's and the shakes and shiveries?

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Something to talk about...

***This review will be REALLY spoilerish. I decided to put my thoughts down without holding back worrying about spoilers. I loved this book and if you agreed or disagreed with any of my thoughts, I'd love to discuss them in the comments. So shut this sucker down if you haven't read Lady Luck and you plan to, but make sure to come back for a chat when you've finished it. ***

First off...I love that Epilogue. Seriously, it was one of KA's best by far. Talk of babies, what's going on with everyone, who survived, who didn't, who has found love and who is happy to just be an observer to the happiness and love surrounding them. Sitting down to a Thanksgiving with all the characters you've loved or learned to love. Seeing Lexie at her goofiest, Ty at his sweetest and their friends happy and content to be around loved ones. I FREAKIN LOVED IT!! (channelling a little KA there).

Now, I was a little hesitant to start the audio of Lady Luck because I didn't want my happy memories to be dashed by a shoddy narrator. Luckily, I ended up having no problems with it at all. The narrator did a great job as she spoke very clearly, and I was able to tell when characters changed easily. I think, in my case, the accents weren't an issue because they are not ones I hear a lot so have no basis to compare. I don't come across big, American, mountain men on the streets of Brisbane Australia. So if Ty's accent is wrong or if Pena's was wrong, I can't judge. So overall, I enjoyed the audio of Lady Luck.

Now...time to talk Lady Luck. This book is packed full of emotions that can take you from the highest high to the lowest low. We are faced with characters who have not had the easiest life, but still manage to keep on keeping on. They recognise and have lived with injustice. Neither Lexie or Ty had good parents as role models. Luckily for both of them,they found good people who were willing to give them guidance and support they lacked at home. What makes Ty and Lexie exceptional characters is their strength and perseverance considering their negative and bad upbringings. Straight up...I loved these characters.

The beginning of the story where Ty and Lexie meet and get to know each other gave me such a goofy grin on my face. This is one of the best stories for a re-read/listen. You get excited when the good parts come (THE SHOWER SCENE) and you get sentimental when a part you know will have more meaning later in the book (the little notes) comes up. My chest puffs up with pride for Lexie when she pulls out her earrings (not knowing she just increased the believability of Ty's scam, but doing it because she's a sweetheart) in the scene at the tables and I love seeing the little glimpse of Ty's potential when he gets the vase for Lexie's flowers. These little things are what makes this book come alive for me. Even if I read this book or listened to this story 100 times, I think I'd still get that same buzz.

Lady Luck still has one of my most favourite scenes of any book I've ever read...the beach scene. Ty knows he has made a monumental mistake and needs Lexie to know how he feels. Now while that scene was one of my favourites, the scene that caused that one to happen, when Ty lashes out (with words) at Lexie, still manages to break my heart every time I read/listen to it. Later on, I wanted to kill Julius for causing Lexie heartbreak, but I loved Ty's reaction to it all. His arms wrapping around Lexie not just to comfort her, but to protect her from Julius's betrayal. Yes, Julius has success in getting them back together, but at first, I couldn't stand the pain Lexie had to deal with and what she had to recover from. I did get there in the end because I know Julius thought he was doing the right thing. He's a bloke, so, of course, he didn't understand or maybe didn't gauge the emotional devastation his actions would bring.

What Misty Keaton did is one of the evilest and self-serving things I've ever read. I absolutely HATED her...but then I felt sorry for her. Then, I felt guilty for feeling sorry for her. Then, I didn't feel guilty for feeling sorry for her because I remembered what I'd read in Breathe on how she was murdered. Guilty or not, no-one deserves to die that way. Chace Keaton is a character I struggle with. Even after reading Breathe I still struggled with him a little. He made some really dodgy decisions and completely disregarded his marriage vows. I mean, I understand why...but in some ways, I don't. I think I'll have to re-read or maybe listen to Breathe to see if that will help.

Lady Luck deals with a lot of betrayal. Parents who don't do their job right. The law not being upheld because of crooked cops. Friendships and family members who took advantage of their loved ones. While we had plenty of examples of what greed and selfishness can do, we also had shining examples of what good people can and will do. Samuel Sterling with his romantic heart. Detective Pena with his need to make sure that justice is equal whether you are a black or white. Tate who always has his man's back. Ella, Bessy and Honey...not of blood but definitely family to Lexie. I enjoy seeing people come together to do good and when Ty's mates have a welcome home party when he got out of jail, and then when they are all there with the house check/inspection by Fuller, it just reinforces that there are good people out there.

Wow...the sex scenes...oh my lordy!! Sitting in my car and listening to Ty and Lexie getting it on...I had shivers up my spine. Look, I'm not a huge fan of the "mama", but in Ty's case his actions were WAY better than words.

I'm sure there are plenty of other things I could talk about from Lady Luck but I'd be here all day (and probably tomorrow) coming up with more reasons why I love it. I love that Lexie has had it tough but manages to find her happy place in a man who walked out of a prison with revenge on his mind. I adored that such a big, tough man who had 5 years taken from him, walked out to a woman who would blur the memories of those 5 years and make a life where his biggest worry was painting over nail polish on the walls, or standing on glitter pens.

I'll be taking a break from listening to the Colorado Men Series because WILDEST DREAMS (Fantasyland #1) comes out next week. Once I've finished that, I think I'll be listening to the audio of Breathe.


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[Linda]

This review was originally posted on (un)Conventional Bookviews
Lady Luck was more tender than the other stories in this series, both Ty and Lexie had been through hell, and it wasn't over by a long shot.



The beginning of Lady Luck showed me straight away that this was going to be a quite unconventional romance! Lexie and Ty were strangers, but somehow, Lexie had been persuaded to pick up Ty when he left prison after several year on the inside where he served time for murder. And she was to drive him wherever he wanted to go. Little did she know that Ty had planned to marry the woman whom he had arranged for to pick him up. And his first stop after prison was Las Vegas. Not exactly your everyday falling in love story, right? Strangely, though, Ty and Lexi just might be my favorite Colorado Mountain couple... Which is to say that they really touched me deeply, and their development throughout the story worked very well for me.

Several of the characters from the two first books in the series showed up in Lady Luck, and it was really great to see how enthusiastic everybody was to have Ty back in town. Everybody, that is, apart from the police. They would have been quite happy to have him stay far, far away from Carnal. Even if they were a bit calmed by the fact that he brought a beautiful new wife back home with him. The corruption in the police department seems to have no end, and as what had really happened before Ty was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit came to light, it became clear that both he and Lexie were in great danger.

The mystery and suspense had an added aspect, too, because part of it happened in Carnal, while another part happened in Lexie's hometown. The romance in Lady Luck made me swoon so hard, because Lexie was definitely a strong woman, one who had been through hell, but still managed to hope and see the good in people. Ty, on the other hand, started out hell-bent on revenge. Spending time with Lexie, and thinking there might be more to their relationship than a marriage of convenience made him more open to the future and to hope as well - up to a certain point. Something happened, though, that threatened to make everything fall apart for both of them, and my heart broke in so many pieces I still haven't found them all.

Written in third person point of view, changing between Ty's and Lexie's perspectives, and in past tense, Lady Luck also has some truly excellent dialogues, and the story overall just has everything a good romantic suspense should have!



"Keys," he repeated. My eyes went back to his beautiful ones. "But... it's my car." "Keys," he said again, same rumble, same tone, no impatience, no nothing, and I got the sense he'd stand there all day fencing me in and repeating that word until I complied.

But I wondered why Ty Walker chose Liberace. I didn't think he got a kick out of it because, as far as I could tell, he had no sense of humor... or any emotion, really. It was likely because it was the first wedding chapel we happened upon so he swung the Charger in.

"Got good friends," he murmured. I nodded again because he did. He had good friends. The kind of friends you didn't just get. The kind of friends you earned. And I didn't know what to do with that either.

[Eve1972]

I think this book has one of the most heart wrenching scenes I have ever read in a book. That beach scene still makes me sob uncontrollable and I've read it over, and, over again!