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Review Tour: Ms. Fortune: Jay Crownover

by - Monday, March 17, 2025



Ms. Fortune
Jay Crownover
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March 17, 2025


Tropes:

💙Black cat gf/Golden retriever BF (but he bites)

💛Small Town

💙Secret crush

💛Hidden identity 

💙Equal parts kissing and murder!

💛Very cool cameos


Sometimes the universe has jokes.


Like a woman named Lucky Fortune who has lived her whole life plagued by one mishap and misfortune after another. The catastrophes that regularly derail her life would crush a normal person, but Lucky is stubbornly resilient. 


The single constant in her life is the rustic, old ski lodge her grandparents built in a small, picturesque Colorado town. And now it belongs to her.


Lucky refuses to let her unending run of bad luck ruin the opportunity to build on her grandparents’ dream and carve out one of her own.


But forces greater than chance are out to sabotage her new life. They’re after the lodge, the land, and they want Lucky out of the way by any means necessary. Danger lurks closer than Lucky knows.


Fortunately, she’s found herself lucky in love for the first time ever, thanks to the secretive drifter she picked up and brought home on a whim. By day he plays the role of the worst handyman in existence. But when the stakes are raised, and Lucky’s life is on the line, he’ll move mountains to keep her and her legacy out of the wrong hands.



Lucky Fortune is anything but fortunate. Her mere existence has caused problems from the beginning and it’s been a string of unfortunate circumstances ever since. Now she’s back in Blue Ridge trying to get her grandparents' ski lodge back open after an absence. And things aren’t going as smoothly as she’d like. Now there’s a lot more happening than just her little klutzy accidents or storms, and she’s dealing with actual threats. Good thing her handyman who’s not so handy seems to be very well-versed in personal protection. Declan Risk was a hitchhiker who just stayed and has been doing maintenance jobs for her. He doesn’t seem to have much experience in the handyman department, but his other skills are now coming in quite handy in trying to help keep her safe. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting with this one, but I definitely got more than I bargained for. Lucky‘s unfortunate and bad things seem to happen around her. Risky tries to make her understand that she also takes the blame for a lot of things because she was conditioned that way. She thinks she is cold-hearted and has defenses up, but she is also kind and empathetic. Risky comes off as easy going, but he is also very smart, analytical, and protective, and will do anything he needs to to make sure that Lucky is safe. And he has some aces up his sleeve and some dark characters who can provide favors, and I enjoyed seeing some of the cameos from Jay’s other series. This one had a lot of antagonists, threats, suspense, twists, and action mixed in with a spicy romance. I actually found myself feeling bad for Lucky a lot because it seemed like no matter how she tried, she always ended up in the middle of things. But she also had opportunities to grow by letting down her walls and being shown what real love and care can be. I loved Risky. He’s this big, burly, tough guy, anti-hero who has come through dark situations but still has a shaky moral compass and will do anything he has to for those he cares about. She's a black cat and he is a golden retriever who will bark and bite if needed. They challenge each other and inspire passion. They are imperfect but perfectly matched, and they might’ve been the only people that could truly handle the other one.

Lucky Fortune has bad luck. But she’s carrying on her grandparents’ dream fixing up and running the lodge they built. Over her head with all the repairs the buildings need, she picks up a handyman on the side of the road, Risky. Soon things start happening around her family’s lodge that can’t be explained and put Lucky and her guests in danger. 

I enjoyed watching these two interact and take down the walls that each had up. Risky has secrets but does what he can to help around the property. He is clearly not a handyman, but is a quick learner and always willing to help fix his mistakes. 

As the danger ramps up, they pull together, Lucky quickly trusting that he has her back. 

The plot has great twists and turns, though it definitely started out with a slow burn. Once the story was really running it went full steam and kept me guessing. 

It was fun to see cameos of past Jay characters and to see how Lucky’s story mixed with those previous character’s storylines. It isn’t important to know those past events, as the key pieces play out in these pages, but it is fun for long time readers to know they are there.


Jay Crownover


Jay Crownover is the international and multiple New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Marked Men Series, The Saints of Denver Series, The Point Series, Breaking Point Series, the Getaway Series, the Loveless, Texas Series. and the Forever Marked Series. Her books can be found translated into many different languages all around the world. She is a tattooed, crazy-haired Colorado native who lives at the base of the Rockies with her awesome dogs. This is where she can frequently be found enjoying a cold beer and Taco Tuesdays. Jay is a self-declared music snob and outspoken book lover who is always looking for her next adventure, between the pages and on the road.

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