This book is probably a love it or hate it kind of a book. I found the storyline a bit odd, wasn't a fan of Quinn's and think poor Austin was a bit hard done by. Having said all that - it was a steamy read if you can get over the plot holes in the story. Will pass a few hours anyway.

Holy hotness. One long MFM sex scene, it seems.
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This book is a second chance trope that is a flowing and entertaining read. It’s a familiar story with the Las Vegas setting but Carew manages to throw in many different twists that keeps the story flowing and compelling.

I love the characters, especially the guys. They are so sweet and caring, and boy, can they turn up the heat. Even Riana has a great personality in comparison. She’s not all about herself but is actually quite humble and it works well in this situation.

Carew sucks you in with fun, humor, and deep touching, sexy romance that is anything but boring and pushes the boundaries that ramps up the heat throughout the book. Then she throws in a big, loop with a ending that’s just perfect. Sigh.

For a change of pace and that erotic, spicy romance you know you need, Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew is a fiery choice that won’t disappoint!

Before i get into this review, I want to thank the folks at Netgalley and St Martin’s Press for getting me this ARC. I’ve read several Opal Carew stories in the past and it was nice to get into a new one, even if it was a stand alone.

So, first i have to point out that in the version that i got, her name was April, not Riana, and there was a whole story about how she came to her name. Not a huge deal, but something that i noticed. The other thing is that the summary over simplifies what happens here and the timing of it all, but again, not a huge deal.

We start off our journey at a moment in time when April wakes up to realize that she’s not alone in bed, and not just that she’s not alone, it’s not with her fiance Maurice, but instead with two men that she’s yet to identify. The other thing is the quick realization that she was supposed to have gotten married the day before and she’s now also got a hangover which makes the slow realization of reality a bit more harsh.

We then flash back to the previous 24 hours when her life came crashing down on her. They were in Vegas to get married, enjoying the weekend with their friends, when post the rehearsal dinner, April walks in on her fiance ‘getting it on’ with some random blonde woman. That turns her world upside down and now not only has she lost her fiance, but he makes it so that her entire world comes crashing down. Because he has so much power and influence, he makes sure that everyone things that she’s the one who cheated, cancels her credit cards, leaves the bill with her, takes her townhouse from her (calls in her loan) fires her from work and ensures that no one else will hire her. To add to that, he knows that April has no family and really no friends, so she’s left on an island.

It’s through a weird twist of fate that as April’s being kicked out, that a man from her past is in the hallway and comes to her rescue. We don’t know what the true background of the story is between Quinn and April, but we know that it can’t be all good (or bad) based on his reactions to her. He immediately wants to help but he has such anger for her that it’s mixed.

The journey from here is an interesting one. There’s clearly chemistry between these two and even with Quinn’s business partner Austin, so if nothing else, we’ll get a really hot and steamy story, but what we get in addition to that is a really sweet story about lost opportunities because of the lack of true communication when they were younger and a misunderstanding of motivations etc. As a result, things get sexy, complicated and so engaging.

When the guys realize that April is left with nothing, and they watch Maurice send people to come and take all her belongings, they jump in to make her feel a little better. They take her in for the night, go to the casino and drinking, try to get her mind off of things, and end up married. All three of them. Yup – you read that right. First Quinn and April get married and then immediately after, she and Austin do. and while it’s with the intention to get annulled in a few weeks, (after their month deal is over), you know that there are feelings involved and things are going to get dicey.

The bulk of this story is spend enjoying each other – we get the full expected flavor here from Ms Carew in the steamy scenes between this threesome. It’s hot and engaging and really helps take your mind off how bad April’s life can be. At the same time, we also watch April and Quinn better understand each other and Quinn’s hatred for what went down between them in the past seep away. Now that he understands her fears because of how she grew up, and understands why she walked away from him in college, his eyes are opened up to so many new things that he actually wants the arrangement that they have to be real.

Seems like everything will be perfect until Maurice comes back and begs April to take him back. Giving her back everything that he took away from her, compensating her for the past 24-48 hours of pain and fear. April doesn’t realize the motives behind it all but the guys realized quickly why he’s crawling back and it’s because she’s got something that he wants and is afraid that now she’ll have too much control over him. The problem though is that the guys see her with Maurice and make the wrong assumption, driving her to leave them earlier than their arrangement deemed fit and worlds come crashing down once again.

What we have form this story is the notion that there’s really no such thing as happily ever after and that sometimes the idea of ‘what happens in vegas stays in vegas’. You want more for everyone and yet you don’t know what’s possible and the only way to truly find out if anything was real or fantasy is to read this story and engage with them all. I think that you’ll enjoy this one for sure and i can’t wait to see what’s next from our author

When Rihanna is left with a hefty bill from her ex-fiancé, Las Vegas becomes a nightmare. Her old boyfriend Quinn sees her and comes to her aid. His business partner Austin also steps in for support and romance. A fair story with a lot of hot romance. Quinn’s on and off anger got to me after awhile though. A lot of change in a short time. Would recommend but more story depth would’ve helped.

Thank you to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, and Opal Crew for this arc.

The premise of this book is what grabbed my attention. I'm all for an alpha male, billionaire love story, but double that? Wow. There was so much potential for this storyline and it definitely could've been turned into a slow burn trilogy. The beginning of the book had everything you could want in, the damsel in distress, the villain ex-fiance, and the angsty ex-boyfriend (and his best friend). But where I would've liked to have an intense confrontation between the damsel and her ex-fiance, it turned into a too fast amends. I'm all for bygones be bygones, but this was a bit hasty considering he cheated on her the night before their wedding and then tore her entire world from her.

I do love that there was a happy ending and the some intensely hot scenes and for those, it was worth the read.

I could not get into this book at all. I think that the plot and storyline were decent enough, but the way the book is executed just doesn't work.

This is the first book I have read by this author. The plot was a bit far fetched, but honestly, who really cares. It was steamy and I stayed up too late reading. I will try out other books by this author now.

First off, I want to make a note to NetGally of the written description on Stroke of Luck. It says that the heroins name is Riana, but it's not, it's April. Hope that helps in fixing the name mixup!

Stroke of luck was extremely sexy and entertaining. From the beginning the author did a great job in keeping my attention glued to the writing. The story starts off with heartbreak and sadness but it slowly but surely takes a turn when the heroin finds love in an unexpected relationship.

A wedding day is every girls dream, especial a girl that has grown through the system without much love, April's wedding day was one that was supposed to be the happiest day of her life but it ended up being a day that shattered her heart when she witnessed her soon to be husband's infidelity. April couldn't go through the wedding after what she witnessed leaving her vulnerable in a hotel with a massive bill to pay on her own that she couldn't afford. Her ex fiancé canceled all their credit cards leaving her penniless.

Quinn's world tipped on its side when he saw the beautiful mess of a woman sitting close by was the one girl that broke his heart back in college. She looked broken. Quinn couldn't help himself, he needed to know what was leaving her looking so devastated. After receiving the information, he paid the enormous bill.

By paying the bill, April was now helpless and eager into paying Quinn back anyway she can. Even if it meant giving him something that he has always longed for when they where together. That's where the proposal comes in, starting their deal. April would have to not only be Quinn's lover for a month, but also be a lover to his business partner Austin at the same time.

Stroke of Luck was incredibly hot to read. I loved how the men wanted to do nothing but to take care of April, even though at time Quinn was a complete jerk to her. After all the past was rehashed between the two of them, the three characters relationships flourished with so much love and affection. This is a relationship of three, something not everyone can handle, but for April, Quinn and Austin, it worked beautifully!

Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew, published by St. Martin's Press, is a stand-alone, mfm, romance novel.
Meet April. She's a young woman, about to marry the love of her life, she thinks. But she cancels the wedding and in the aftermath she's out of everything. No job, check, no money, check. no home, double check and triple for the debts he left her with.
So good for her when she runs into an old friend and his friend.
Quinn and April share a past, and Austin takes one look at her and he's smitten, hook, line and sinker.
But Quinn has reservations.
I started reading and was like phew, a scorching story, only the heroine is a bit annoying. When you can overlook her insecurities and shallow reasons to break up with Quinn in the past, you'll have a great read, well written and highly entertaining.

Stroke of Luck is a fiery modern romance, I found the story to be fast-paced and quite delightful. Good characters and great writing.

Riana is left holding they bill for a hotel room she could never afford from her ex-finance. Enter her first love Quinn who has coming into his own fortune and wants a bit of revenge on his first love. Quinn and his friend Austin want to make the day special for Riana and themselves. This triad starts in revenge and ends in love.

I devoured this book in less than a day. I loved the characters and the premise of the story. Looking forward to reading more from this author. Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book.

I ended up skimming through this book towards the end. It just became endless scenes of a woman being passed back and forth between the two men. I just never got a sense of who these people were and that they ever really liked each other. They just liked what they did to each other. In this day and age, reading about a woman prostituting herself was just not appealing

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for providing this book in exchange for my honest review.
I’m going to start with the description on Goodreads – the MC’s name is incorrect and that threw me when I started reading. April, the MC, is left on her wedding day by a jerk of a man. The hotel in Las Vegas is kicking her out because her ex left the bill for her to take care of. She, of course, cannot pay it.
This was SO tough to get through. I didn’t connect with April or Quinn, which made it tough to care about what was going on. I found Austin to be interesting but again since I didn’t like April, I scanned a lot. I haven’t skipped over pages in a long time. I just could not get into this. I’m sure it will work for some people but I’m a hard pass on Stroke of Luck.

Unfortunately this book didn't do it for me. I liked Austin's character but didn't particularly connect with April or Quinn. I realize it's supposed to be an outrageous story but I guess I prefer things to be more realistic. I also wanted a final scene between April and Maurice to wrap everything up.

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

April, a woman who grew up in the foster system, is in Las Vegas to get married but at the rehearsal dinner she finds her fiancé having sex with another woman. She is devastated. The next morning she is thrown out her room and her ex leaves her with the bill. Down the hall, Quinn exits his room and sees April, who is his ex and she left him in college, which he thought was because he had no money. Quinn and his best friend Austin are there to start their new life of leisure. They made a bundle off their company for cryptocurrency. Quinn pays her bill and April comes up with a way to pay him back, she will sleep with him. Quinn agrees but he wants to share her with Austin. They all become involved but will they all end up with a broken heart?
Ok first off, I know it’s an ARC but some of the dialogue ran together and some was separated too much. I like to be able to tell who’s talking or thinking. Ménage. M/F/M sex. And a second chance at love.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *

This second chance menage a trois romance burns red hot from beginning to end. I hope the author revisits these characters again to see what their futures hold.

4 Stars for Stroke of Luck by Opal Carew

ARC received from Netgalley & Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed are my own & have not been influenced in any way ....

I am fairly new to M/F/M genre & I have to say it might not normally be my “jam” I’m definitely more of a one /one relationship but this book is just off the charts HOT!! I will definitely be checking out this author’s back list.. So glad I gave it a read ...

Let me just begin by saying how much I liked the cover & it immediately got my attention - also the setting is a favorite - being Las Vegas ❤️ 💰 🎰 ❤️

Great story ... April comes to Vegas for her wedding only to catch her fiancé in the act of cheating on her - she breaks things off but Maurice being the spiteful - wealthy - connected person that he is leaves her with a mountain of debt in her hotel bill & wedding expenses - even being so low as to demand back his engagement ring & the designer clothes off her back .... as April sits outside her penthouse suite waiting to be thrown out & berated by the hotel manager she meets up again with Quinn - her old boyfriend - the one in fact she left for Maurice ....

Quinn has never really gotten over April & offers to help her by paying her debt. He has also never forgiven her for breaking up with him with little to no explanation. Quinn’s friend Austin is also at the hotel - the two are very successful businessmen - both attracted to April. April insists on paying Quinn back somehow and they enter into a one month - no strings attached relationship. The only stipulation is that she agrees that Quinn & Austin will share her for the month.

You can’t help but love these (2) guys - although Quinn has definitely been burned by April - after now understanding her abandonment issues as a child and several foster care situations she never knew what it felt like to be loved or safe - confusing feelings of security for love.

The only reason I did not rate this 5 stars is that I would have liked to see how all three characters were doing a few months to a year down the road. Things ended a little abruptly & selfishly I just wanted to see more of these three living together day to day !

Really great book !!

This book has.... how do we say?? Too much miscommunication.
They're too busy fucking to have a conversation which was v annoying

This was a good love story. I liked all three characters. I wasn’t sure how it was going to end with all of them. A good read.