LADY LUCK is book three in the Colorado Mountain series. If you have read any other Kristen Ashley books, you know what kind of man and woman you're going to get. The women are "cute" and whisper their responses. We also get the stereotypical hero, who doesn't like to use pronouns and drops all the G's from the end of his words (and so engages in fuckin' instead of fucking). Ty is even more crude than most in Ashley's Colorado Mountain series, throwing out such charming phrases as "My Mama owes me some pussy" and musing 'He didn't talk during sex and didn't like his pussy to do it either.' I find many of her men to be caricatures, but Ty was over the top in terms of crudeness.

The overall story is good, but I had a hard time enjoying it given that I was so turned off by Ty. Granted, he is an ex-con, and the way he speaks elicits the feel of a criminal, but calling women cunts is not a way to endear me. So you've been warned. If these things don't bother you, and you enjoy a book with a He-Man kind of guy who's been done wrong, LADY LUCK is for you.

Ty has just been released from the penitentiary for a crime he didn't commit. He was framed by dirty cops, in payback for winning big at a poker game as a half black man. He comes wanting a fake wife to act as a distraction while he is going about enacting his revenge. Lexie is offered unknowingly up to Ty by Shift, a con who was in business with Lexie's ex-boyfriend. Shift tells Lexie to show up and do what Ty tells her. Lexie is expecting to just drive Ty where he needs to go and drop him off. After meeting him, though, she agrees to marry Ty in exchange for $50,000 and Ty getting Lexie out from Shift's thumb.

Ty and Lexie return to Ty's home town and Ty sets in motion his retribution, intending to expose the dirty cops who sent him away. Lexie decides to be Ty's support and goes all out in making a home for him where he is happy and taken care of. Ty has trust issues, though, and manages to hurt Lexie deeply and repeatedly. Slowly their marriage becomes a real one, with deep and true love, growing even stronger through their many tribulations.

There is a lot happening in LADY LUCK, with deep-rooted corruption in the town that is slowly being exposed and corrected throughout the Colorado Mountain series. This book is long- 650 pages. But there is so much emotion and growing intimacy packed into the pages that it is a pleasure to read. The sex is vintage Kristen Ashley HOT. While I did not care for the hero much, I did enjoy the underlying story. I'll definitely read the next in the series, and hope that Ms. Ashley gives me a hero I can love the next time.