Lucky
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4.0 • 590 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
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A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts.
What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in?
Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity—when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learned the art of the scam.
When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, her elation is tempered by one big problem: cashing in the winning ticket means she’ll be arrested for her crimes. She’ll go to prison, with no chance to redeem her fortune.
As Lucky tries to avoid capture and make a future for herself, she must confront her past by reconciling with her father; finding her mother, who abandoned her when she was just a baby; and coming to terms with the man she thought she loved—whose dark past is catching up with her, too.
This is a novel about truth, personal redemption, and the complexity of being good. It introduces a singularly gifted, multilayered character who must learn what it means to be independent and honest...before her luck runs out.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A criminal with a winning lottery ticket scrambles to elude arrest in this thrilling adventure. In 1982, con man John Armstrong deceitfully convinces a nun that a foundling left on the church steps is his daughter, Luciana "Lucky" Armstrong, and takes custody. Twenty-six years later, John is incarcerated and Lucky, who never doubted John was her real father, flees Boise, Idaho, just as the Ponzi scheme she cooked up with her boyfriend, Cary, is cracking. She wakes up after a night in Vegas to discover Cary and their money gone, then finds out a lottery ticket she bought on a whim back in Idaho is worth $390 million. Using her skills at deception, she crisscrosses the country, trying to stay one step ahead of law enforcement and finding a way to cash the ticket without turning herself in. A poor decision ensnares her with a dangerous former associate of her father before she decides to seek out the woman said by John to be her mother in New York City. Stapley raises the stakes through Lucky's increasingly desperate moves while adding depth via flashbacks to Lucky's childhood, which was full of scams and disappointments, and through Lucky's gradual reckoning with the truth. This page-turner packs in more than its share of heart.
Customer Reviews
Quick fun read
Some interesting twists in this beach book light read.
Decent, entertaining.
An interesting read even if a little predictable. Wrapped up quickly. I enjoyed the characters.
Ehh.
It was fine. It kept my interest, but fairly predictable and a little cheesy toward the end.