Review: Luck Be a Lady by Cathie Linz
October 21, 2010 
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Luck Be a Lady
by Cathie Linz
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Available: October 5, 2010
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: Publisher
A shocking announcement at her cousin’s Vegas wedding sends retro- loving librarian Megan West on a whirlwind tour across Nevada with brash cop Logan Doyle. It’s the gamble-and perhaps love affair-of a lifetime…
Megan West is a librarian from Chicago spending the weekend in Las Vegas for her cousin’s wedding. Her cousin already had a previous failed attempt at marriage before even getting down the altar. So this time around control freak Megan is determined to not let anything stand in the way of her cousin finding wedded bliss. But in runs hot cop Logan Doyle just before the “I Do’s” thinking he’s stopping the marriage of his grandfather, only to be surprised when Megan takes control of the situation and him.
After a long day and successful wedding reception, Megan is ready to call it a night. But Megan forgot her purse, so she heads back and overhears the secrets of all secrets that causes everything in this control freak’s life to unravel – her mother isn’t really dead. In her attempt to the flee the hotel she runs into Logan who wants to help her. Megan and Logan then set off on a interesting weekend around Nevada and encounter one bizarre circumstance after another before they head their separate ways back home to Chicago. Back in Chicago, Logan still can’t resist what he is feeling for Megan or his desire to help her find her mother even though he is trying to resist his usual predicament of helping damsels in distress which always ends badly for him.
Luck Be a Lady was a very quick read that I got through all in one sitting. It is heavy on the dialogue which I felt was a good thing because the banter between Megan and Logan made up for the depth that was lacking in the story. I would say this is a simple contemporary romance that was fast paced but also came off a bit campy at times. Some of the things they encounter while in Nevada trying to find information on Megan’s mother were kind of “out there” for them to be believable. With Logan being a cop I would have thought he would have been a little more forceful and in control with some of the crazy cast of characters they met. It was like the first half of the book was a campy comedy. Once everyone got back to Chicago, the story got more serious especially as Megan finds out more information about her mother and Logan’s family grows more concerned with how he is grieving over the loss of his partner. In addition, the sexual tension between Logan and Megan really started to heat up. I will say I was quite pleased with the way the author handled the growing intimacy between Logan and Megan, and I thought these scenes were well done for this genre. I think that’s what kept me going on this book – the chemistry between the two made me want to get to the steamy stuff instead of putting the book down and never picking it up again. If you are looking for a quick lighthearted read and you like a book with lots of dialogue then this might be a good read for you.
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This is really shallow, but I passed on it because the cover makes me ill.
Glad I didn't miss anything great! Nice review
Mandi–Sometimes covers really put me off too. There is one series that everybody rave about and I just can't bring myself to read it because of the covers. They freak me out LOL.
LOL! I kind of like the cover.
Sam, sorry this didn't read better for you, but I know what you mean about chemistry between characters. Sometimes that is all I need as well, to get me through a story that I find kind of sloppy in other parts.
FV – now I need to know what this series is…..:)