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Carly Phillips | Feeling Lucky?
June 2, 2009
Everybody fantasizes about going to Las Vegas and winning big. And certainly,
we’ve all seen the "Whatever Happens …" TV commercials and secretly wished we
were experiencing the spontaneity and frenzy of Sin City shown in these ads.
Excitement and luck run rampant there. Everywhere you turn, someone or
something is beckoning to you to try your LUCK! Mike Corwin, the second Corwin cousin heads to the gambling capital for just
such an experience, but will the infamous Corwin Curse that has plagued the
males in his family for generations follow him? Or will he end up on a lucky
streak that lasts a lifetime? This is the premise of my newest novel and the
second book in my “Lucky” series, LUCKY STREAK. And sometimes, thankfully, luck pays off for me! I definitely don’t like to
presume good things will happen, I like to hope. I’m afraid of jinxing
something. Can you really do that? I rarely tempt fate. But it’s an interesting
concept, isn’t it? Luck? LUCK is fickle. And yet many of us believe. When I ask myself why, I realize
it’s because of HOPE. It’s the possibility that Lady Luck will step in and pick
us up that provides a ray of hope. LUCK causes us to play the lottery, pick up
a heads up penny, read fortune cookies, and many more crazy, superstitious
things. It was the concept of LUCK that drove the idea for my new LUCKY series
and book two is in stores now! Fortune hasn’t been so kind, however, to the men in the Corwin family. And Mike
Corwin is the latest to cross her path. Where? LAS VEGAS! The good news is that
Mike, a police officer, awakens after some hard partying in Vegas $100,000
richer and married to Amber, the gorgeous woman he met the night before. The
bad news: His last name is Corwin. The really bad news is that Amber's a
consummate con who took his money and ran. Seems the family curse has finally
hit him. But to Amber, Mike isn't business as usual. Something about her new husband
softens her steely heart, even as she betrays him. And Mike, first hell-bent on
divorce, welcomes a second chance to defy the curse... and turn his run of bad
fortune into a lucky streak!  Derek Corwin’s story, LUCKY
CHARM is already in stores; and after Mike’s LUCKY STREAK comes Jason
Corwin in LUCKY BREAK, October 2009.
I wanted to extend LUCK to my readers so I’ve created an on-going contest which
encompasses all three books in this series for those who read them. I call it
the "Lucky You" Contest! Six lucky winners will receive a special gift! For
more information on how to enter, visit: www.carlyphillips.com. Still feeling LUCKY? Enter the LUCKY STREAK Reader Contest courtesy of (me) and HQN books! One
winner will receive $1,000 to spend anyway they want … Again, visit www.carlyphillips.com
for entry rules! There’s also my monthly contest (a beautiful, LUCKY necklace); the sizzling
book video – you should see and hear the hero! And of course the book itself,
LUCKY STREAK in stores
tomorrow!
So, what do you all think of LUCK? Does it exist? Can you create your own luck?
Or does luck follow you? Tell me YOUR thoughts!
Comments
15 comments posted.
Re: Carly Phillips | Feeling Lucky?
Hmmm. I don't think it exists, as far as in an entity outside of our control. I think we create our own luck.
(Mari M. 10:24am June 2, 2009)
I believe in being in the right place at the right time is luck. Can't wait to read all your Lucky books.
(Judy Anderson 12:19pm June 2, 2009)
I have all kinds of luck in Vegas - all bad! I agree with Judy - right place at the right time!
(Karin Tillotson 12:44pm June 2, 2009)
I think you can help LUCK work in your
favor by being prepared for when good
things happen you are ready :)
(Carly Phillips 1:05pm June 2, 2009)
I'd like to think luck or lucky can happen to anybody if you put your mind to it.
(Alyson Widen 1:14pm June 2, 2009)
I think everyone is lucky, we just need to look in the right places of our lives.
(Debra Czarnogursky 5:17pm June 2, 2009)
Hey Carly, I am still waiting for this one to get to me...love the excerpt and can't wait to revisit some of the old characters...
Peace and love,
Paula R.
(Paula Robinson 6:12pm June 2, 2009)
I believe we make our own luck ... unless I'm playing yahtzee with my husband. Then, it's ONLY luck because I swear he cheats!
(LuAnn Morgan 6:38pm June 2, 2009)
Carly, I am anxious to read your 'Lucky Books'. They sound like a perfect summer read. To me luck is being in the right place at the right time.
(Rosemary Krejsa 8:07pm June 2, 2009)
I think a person's "good" or"bad" luck is at least partly determined by ones attitude; if you think something isn't going to work, it usually doesn't.
(Robin McKay 9:44pm June 2, 2009)
He sounds much more forgiving than I
would be if conned in a similar manner.
(Patricia Barraclough 10:39pm June 2, 2009)
Can't wait to read your Lucky Books! Yes I believe in luck, just have to be in the right palce at the right time!!!
(JoAnn White 11:23am June 3, 2009)
Oh, yeah, luck exists, more so for some than others!
(Kelli Jo Calvert 1:33pm June 3, 2009)
Looking forward to starting your Lucky Trilogy.. I follow you on Twitter and have not or did not penetrate the brain.. I am looking for new reads this summer so will surelly pick these up...
I have alot of your books among the 3000 I have hanging out in my home office for my online books store... but not these so will have to get to the nearest bookstore..(Walmart) no stores in our town. yet... Thanks for the blog...Dona at readerwave.ecrater.com
(Dona West 1:11pm June 28, 2009)
I do believe in luck! I also firmly believe that everything
happens for a reason we just might not know why at the time!!
(Brandy Bosquez 11:50am July 31, 2012)
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