Book Review – ‘Lucky Strike’ by Janine Amesta

Synopsis 

After getting a late jumpstart in life, Luna Lanza isn’t afraid to get what she wants, including the place of her dreams. When she loses out on the perfect duplex and settles for a standard apartment, she’s disappointed. But Luna remains determined to make it work, even if it sparks a contentious relationship with her new landlord– the same guy she accidentally kissed in an impromptu photo shoot. 

Still grieving the sudden death of his brother, reformed bad boy Sam Sunderland feels trapped managing his father’s rundown apartment building. When the spunky beauty, who unexpectedly kissed him, moves in full of ideas, he can’t help being intrigued– that is until she starts changing things behind his back, endangering his position and the relationship with his father. 

Sam and Luna wrangle over rules and misunderstandings while fighting against the undeniable attraction between them. It’s a hard lesson to learn that ‘perfect’ can take many different forms. But will the renovations they do together lay a foundation to something more? 

My Thoughts 

It’s release week for Janine Amesta!  This week her latest addition to the Love in El Dorado series, ‘Lucky Strike,’ was released. This book is my very first book from this author and I have to say I am incredibly pleased and enjoyed reading this book. I look forward to reading more of her books in the future. 

The characters in ‘Lucky Strike’ are not perfect and they both have a lot of issues from the past that they need to work on. I do get how our past and issues affect our relationships in our lives but when I got to about 75% of the book, I felt like this was a bit too much. This was a strong case of one step forward and two back. When they made ground and were working forward it seemed like they kept going through the same things over and over. But what I do like is towards the end of the book they both realize that they need to work on these issues, and they do and they both end up getting their happily ever after. 

With the growth of these characters and the story they tell ‘Lucky Strike’ is a strong 4-star book. And don’t worry about spice because this book has a mild spice rating of 3.  Janine Amesta took me on a ride that I enjoyed, and I know you all will enjoy reading it as well. This book is available now wherever you get your books. 

**I would like to thank Tule Publishing for the ARC copy of this book. Getting the ARC Copy did not influence my thoughts on the book as they are all my own.**