Lucky Streak

June 15, 2009
Boston cop Mike Corwin has always tried to ignore the ancient family curse that dooms the Corwin men to lose both love and fortune if they marry for love. Yet when he wakes after an impulsive Vegas marriage to find his sexy new wife, Amber Rose, and the $150,000 he'd won gone, he thinks there may be something to it after all. But with her father's life on the line, Amber had no choice but to take the cash and play along with her former partner in one last card-counting cona decision that eventually has her running from thugs and back into Mike's wary, unwelcoming arms. VERDICT Quirky, even slightly crazy secondary characters join these strongly developed protagonists and add to the fun in this sassy, sexy story with a rapid-fire pace. Second in Phillips's trilogy about the Corwin curse, this winner will send readers looking for the rest. Phillips ("Lucky Charm") lives in Purchase, NY.

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May 1, 2009
When Detective Mike Corwin, in Las Vegas to celebrate a co-workers marriage, rescues Amber Rose from a thug, events spiral rapidly out of his control, concluding with a $150K win at the slots after Mike and Amber impulsively wed. Morning-after regrets set in when Mike thinks Amber has conned him and disappeared, but she pursues him back to Boston and convinces him to give her another chance. Phillips invests the second installment in her Lucky contemporary-romance trilogy (Lucky Charm, 2008), featuring theCorwins, who werecursed long ago by awitch, with quirky characters, entertaining scenarios, and a healthy helping of skepticism on the part of the Corwin brides. This allows the couplesto support the older generations reconciliation and recovery from the heretofore-debilitating curse, while the current crop of eligible bachelors finds happiness.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)