Lucky in Love

Kendrick #1

by Beverly Barton

STRIKE THREE!Cole Kendrick couldn't take it anymore! The big-time baseball player had slid into the Holly House bed and breakfast to get some well-earned rest and relaxation. Instead, he got an eyeful -- in the form of small-town honey Lucky Darnell. But this tantalizing woman wouldn't let him steal one kiss, much less get to third base!Lucky knew Cole was definitely not the one-woman man she'd been looking for! Why, he probably had a string of brokenhearted bimbos haunting baseball stadiiums across the country. His sexy athlete's body and smoldering sensuality took her breath away, but could she ask him to give up his life-style for the pleasures of home -- rather than home plate?

Genres: Romance

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1991

About the author

Beverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.

After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.

In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable quick read I like Beverly Barton

[Alysha Speer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading Luck in Love. The tale of a 12 year old boy, who's father nicknamed him Lucky after his mother died. Lucky's trip to Hawaii while his father works is not one of the best though, lucky get a purple sunburn on his first day on the beach. And he breaks his nose windsurfing. But Lucky sees a girl he likes, will his stupid mistakes still win the heart of this fair lady? You'll have to find out.