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Review: Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew

Review: Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew
STROKE OF LUCK
by Opal Carew
Quinn never forgot the girl who broke his heart. So when he finds her in his hotel, crying from discovering her fiancé cheating on her, you'd think he'd walk away to leave her in pain. But no, he pays her hotel bill and brings her to his suite and ends up indulging in an "arrangement" of sorts that will allow her to pay back her debt. Will this end up being a second chance for Quinn and April? What about the third part of their arrangement Austin, Quinn's best friend and business partner? Will the three of them find feelings start developing or will it truly just be sex as Quinn declares in the beginning?


Hmm, this menage did not quite work for me. Purely from an erotica standpoint, I guess it was good, but as a fully rounded, second chance, MFM romance, it did not work. I did not like Quinn for one, he was an ass and the arrangement he forced April into was seiously shady. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for a good blackmail romance, but the way Quinn executed it just felt wrong, gave me the heebie jeebies. April was an OK character, but she didn't particularly stand out in any way, she was a bit meek and cardboard-ish. Austin, though, saves the whole story and kept me from taking even more stars off. I loved him - he's sweet and sexy, and really deserved better than a threesome with two exes.


ARC via St. Martin’s Press.
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