Lucky in Love

July 6, 2009
In this first book of a new cowboy trilogy, prolific author Brown (To Trust
) makes plenty of amateur mistakes. Milli Torres returns to her grandfather’s Texas ranch only to find that the next door neighbor is the man who fathered her child during a one-night stand two years ago. Beau “Lucky” Luckadeau is too dense to connect the scrappy cowgirl to a woman he’s convinced was only a drunken hallucination. When Beau finds out he’s the father of Milli’s daughter, the requisite romancing begins. Stock obstacles hinder the relationship, from Beau’s gold-digging fiancée to Milli’s overly dramatic five-hour flounce off before a country song convinces her to turn around, but the conventional outcome is never in doubt. Shifting points of view and flat characters make this a decidedly subpar addition to the genre.

September 15, 2009
When Millie Torres goes to the Lazy Z Ranch in Oklahoma to help her grandfather after his accident, she finds out she has the worst neighbor possibleBeau Luckadeau. Ashamed of their passionate one-night stand after a wedding in Louisiana, Millie never wants to see him again. Beau, who was drunk during their encounter, remembers the woman he was with as the stuff that dreams are made of, but he doesnt connect her with Millie. Although he pines for his lost Louisiana lass, he has gotten himself engaged to Amanda, a gold-digging schoolteacher. Millie knows exactly who Beau is. After all, he is the father of her daughter. A spit-and-vinegar heroine who wont put up with any nonsense from a man, even if she has to use her rifle to make her point, and a hero who dances faster than she can shoot make a funny, fiery pair in this appealing novel.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)