{"product_id":"lucky-enough-9781944831011","title":"Lucky Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Evanovich...with a dash of CSI.\" - Publishers Weekly (review of Lucky Stiff)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLucky's story comes full circle in the conclusion of the Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventures.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHome: A refuge. An escape. Where the heart is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a high-body count trip through Europe, Lucky O'Toole, the Chief Problem Solver for the Babylon, Las Vegas's most over the top Strip casino, is home and searching for peace, quiet and a quick fix for a broken heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe should know better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer father is failing in his fight to regain his health after taking a bullet to the chest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer mother, Mona, is increasingly desperate to be \"useful\" which usually results in her being anything but. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer love life is in shambles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe DEA is after her, but not giving a hint as to why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe NBA is in town for their All-Star break extravaganza highlighting the new rookies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomebody got cute and put a Bugatti on top of her hotel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd a dead guy turns up in delivery bay seven with his skull bashed in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot exactly the soft reentry Lucky had hoped for. But she can handle it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUntil her father, after checking himself out of the hospital, summons Lucky for a \"family\" meeting. A secret from his past puts the future of the Babylon and the family in jeopardy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd he expects Lucky to fix it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorse, a financier who played cat-and-mouse with Lucky around the globe, striving to leave her holding the bag, could hold the key to her saving it all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan she trust him? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoes she have a choice? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind out by getting your copy of this light, funny, romantic mystery today \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy did you decide to write humor?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI'm not sure I decided to add snark to the Lucky books, specifically to Lucky's own voice, it just happened that way. When I was a kid, my mouth always got me into trouble. Finally, I've found a way to harness the sarcasm for the Forces of Good-or at least in a way not to anger my grandmother. And when Lucky started talking to me, she had a strong dose of sass in her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure series is hard to categorize. Is that by design?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen I set out to write \u003cem\u003eWanna Get Lucky?\u003c\/em\u003e, I knew I wanted to write a romp through Las Vegas. I had the characters and the setting but no real understanding of narrative drive. So, I threw a young woman out of a tour helicopter into the middle of the Pirate Show and let the story unfold. A bit of murder to keep the plot moving, some wisecracking and Vegas mischief to make you laugh, and some romance to keep it interesting. A bit of a mash up, but it works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR THE LUCKY O'TOOLE VEGAS ADVENTURE SERIES\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lucky's story is \u003cstrong\u003efunny, fast-paced, exuberant and brilliantly realized\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eSusan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Get ready to \u003cstrong\u003ewin big--with a novel that will keep you glued to the pages\u003c\/strong\u003e all the way to the end.\" - \u003cem\u003eBrenda Novak, New York Times \u0026amp; USA Today bestselling author\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eMore fun than a winning streak in Vegas\u003c\/strong\u003e. Lucky O'Toole is a character with brains, beauty, and a wry sense of humor. Readers will want to meet her again-and soon.\" - \u003cem\u003eDiane Mott Davidson, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deborah Coonts...\u003cstrong\u003eentrusts the sleuthing to a brainy beauty who sees the lighter side of human folly\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Las Vegas is the perfect setting for this witty tale of misdirection and larger-than-life characters. \u003cstrong\u003eFans of J. A. Konrath's Jack Daniels series will love this\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal, starred review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoonts, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Deborah Coonts swears she was switched at birth. Coming from a family of homebodies, Deborah is the odd woman out, happiest with a passport, a high-limit credit card, her computer, and changing scenery outside her window. Goaded by an insatiable curiosity, she flies airplanes, rides motorcycles, travels the world, and pretends to be more of a badass than she probably is. Deborah is the author of the Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure series, a romantic mystery romp through Sin City. Wanna Get Lucky?, the first in the series, was a New York Times Notable Crime Novel and a double RITA(TM) Award Finalist. She has also penned a few standalone novels; After Me, a medical thriller, Deep Water, a romantic suspense, and Crushed, a contemporary romance set in Napa. Although rarely there, Deborah calls Houston home. 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