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.

Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy this book. It was written well. The plot was alright. I just couldn’t stand the way the sexual scenes were played out. Juvenile and immature are the best words that come to mind when referencing the intimate encounters between the three MC’s. The female MC was just so plain and vanilla and the men were boring. The sex was even more so. And that might very well be someone else’s cup of tea, it’s just definitely not mine.

ARC received for review

A much improved book by Ms. Carew. The last couple serials I read by her were just bad. I decided to give this one a shot, when I saw it was just one book.

Rianna runs into her first love when her fiancee dumps her on the wedding day. Quinn was burned by her before and wants to make her pay. His business partner steps in and help them back on the path to true love.

The only part I didn't like was the resolution with her ex. It seemed glossed over for all the drama and pain he caused.

This book is HOT! After discovering her fiance cheating the night before her wedding, April wakes up the next morning being booted out of the penthouse suite at a Las Vegas resort and having to foot the bill that her fiance left her with. Along comes her ex-college sweetheart ,Quinn, to the rescue. Quinn and April has many unresolved issues that Quinn's business partner, Austin, helps the two reconcile after both men come to April's rescue. The connection between the three is steaming as Quinn uses April's dire situation as a method to finally get her into his...and Austin's bed.

While this one is considered an erotic story, I thought this one had a nice storyline.
April has just caught her fiancé cheating in her. Then she wakes up to knocks on the door kicking her out of her unpaid hotel room and telling her she owes $100,000 (something like that) for her cancelled wedding. Enter Quinn - her ex boyfriend who is now seeing her at her lowest. He’ll help her though. She can stay with him in his room. Did he mention his best friend is here as well???

I recommend this one.

This book was amazing. Though I got confused about who was talking. The dynamic between Quinn, April and Austin was so hot.... Even when I wanted to smack Quinn at times lol... I love how April's courage to walk away from someone who could give her what she craved all her life.... Even when she chose to walk away from Quinn and put him first and foremost so he could achieve his dream....

Phew! This was a romance I did not see coming. The cover for Stroke of Luck caught my eye as I scrolled through NetGalley recently, and the story summary sounded intriguing. Not an author I recognized and not my usual preference for romance novel tropes, but intriguing. So I was happy to see yesterday that St Martin’s Press approved my request. Per my usual routine, I downloaded all the titles for which I’d been approved last night, and glanced through them, opening them up to their first page.

That is, until I opened up Stroke of Luck. I read the first sentence, and then the first paragraph, and then the first chapter, and then 2 hours later, at 1:30am, I finally made myself go to sleep. And yes, this was yesterday. I finished the book today. It turns out this is the perfect pandemic isolation read, keeping me glued to the pages until the end of the book. I never expected I’d have this reaction to a M/M/F erotic romance (and even this story still has not sold me on that lifestyle). But wow, I did not want to put this story down.

What you need to know is that Stroke of Luck is mainly composed of two things–sex and feelings. The book is at least half, if not more, steamy, explicit, sensual, non-traditional sex scenes. In between the sex, the three protagonists, April (not Rian, as the Goodreads blurb says), Quinn, and Austin get to know each other. April and Quinn have a back story and personal baggage that makes their developing relationship more complicated, while Austin is just a sweet and sunny golden boy, bursting with muscles and brilliant insights into the people around him. The only possible complaint about Austin is that he is too perfect–generous, patient, optimistic, and tender. Quinn’s got baggage that he allows to make himself a bit of jerk from time to time. And April is sweet, gorgeous and horny as anything, but she’s also shy and deeply insecure. She has her reasons for those qualities in the personal history she slowly reveals, but the resulting caution and reserve she exhibits complicate the development of their burgeoning relationship.

Because it is definitely THEIR relationship. April is equally with Austin as she is with Quinn, although it seems Quinn is the leader of most of their joint endeavors. Most of the sex scenes are joint, as is the emotional side of their relationships. For all that this is a silly, over-the-top story about obscenely wealthy people having endless sex in a fancy hotel, it is also a deeply felt emotional story, with three likable if somewhat flawed characters. It made me believe that a relationship like this could work romantically as well as sexually.

The writing isn’t perfect. There’s a lot of awkward transitions in narration from scene to scene and among the rotating perspectives of the three main characters that can cause some confusion and require brief rereading. The three main characters, and all the secondary characters in the book, are also resoundingly white, which is not something I appreciate. There was no diversity in this book; the best representation offered was of a person who’d grown up poor in the foster care system, and of the characters’ non-traditional romantic relationship. And nothing is realistic about their obscenely wealthy life, stunningly gorgeous bodies, and unstoppable sex drive, if such lack of realism is something that distracts you.

But in the dumpster fire world of 2020, as I’m sitting at home trying to avoid death by pandemic, this sweet and steamy, filthy dirty erotic romance was just the candy I needed to pass a happy day safely inside my home. For a few blissful hours, I forgot about constant news cycles and rising death tolls and just enjoyed myself. If what I described above isn’t to your taste, don’t bother reading this, as it is exactly what it claims to be. But, if you would like a book that revels in being exactly what it is–a book about beautiful rich people having all the sex in all the different ways, with plenty of feels to go with it, then this could also be the book for you. Highly recommended escapist fare.

Thank you so much to #NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for letting me read a free advanced copy of #StrokeofLuck. This is my honest opinion.