Lucky Penny by L.A. Cotton on 30 November 2015
Genres: Contemporary
Pages: 266
Format: eARC
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I was his lucky Penny. He was my light in the dark, hope in despair. Our bond was one of survival, friendship... first love. But then we were ripped apart and Blake Weston became the memory I turned to when everything else in my life fell apart. Seven years later, a summer working at Camp Chance is supposed to be my fresh start. Beautiful scenery and the chance to better the lives of foster children - kids like me. But when my eyes land on him across the fire, time stands still and feelings come rushing back to the surface. I thought I'd moved on, tucked him away in my heart. One look into his soulful blue eyes and I know I'm wrong. Blake Weston can heal the broken parts of me. Restore my hope. Love me. It's our second chance. A sign we are supposed to be together. Isn't it? I was twelve when I survived the accident that killed my parents. Fourteen when I survived the devil. And sixteen, when I survived a heartbreak of the worst kind. But in my twenty-three years, Blake Weston might just be the first thing I won't survive. WARNING: This book contains references to abuse that some readers may find distressing.
I was his lucky Penny. He was my light in the dark, hope in despair. Our bond was one of survival, friendship… first love.
But then we were ripped apart and Blake Weston became the memory I turned to when everything else in my life fell apart.
Seven years later, a summer working at Camp Chance is supposed to be my fresh start. Beautiful scenery and the chance to better the lives of foster children – kids like me. But when my eyes land on him across the fire, time stands still and feelings come rushing back to the surface. I thought I’d moved on, tucked him away in my heart. One look into his soulful blue eyes and I know I’m wrong. Blake Weston can heal the broken parts of me. Restore my hope. Love me.
It’s our second chance. A sign we are supposed to be together.
Isn’t it?
I was twelve when I survived the accident that killed my parents. Fourteen when I survived the devil. And sixteen, when I survived a heartbreak of the worst kind.
But in my twenty-three years, Blake Weston might just be the first thing I won’t survive.
WARNING: This book contains references to abuse that some readers may find distressing.
> I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
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> Lucky Penny by LA Cotton is a beautiful second chance love story.
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> Penny and Blake are thrown together in a foster home when he was twelve and she came to live with the Freeman’s after her parents died. Blake and Penny become fast friends and their relationship develops as they were each other’s first loves and protectors. Future plans were made and suddenly Blake is gone. Gone to live with a very rich Aunt and Uncle he want not aware he had. Blake finds himself thrown into a life he doesn’t want. He just wants his Lucky Penny back. But is never able to get in touch with her again. No thanks to his Uncle and his meddling.
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> Penny after aging out is trying her hardest to recover from the horror of being in the Free,an home. She has no close friends, is closed off and is really struggling to keep a roof over her head and hates her job. Applying for a camp counselor job at Camp Change, a summer camp for foster children, seems the perfect place for Penny to try to heal. Determined to make the most of her summer Penny is loving the camp and all it offers until one night she looks across a campfire and none other than Blake Weston is staring her in the eyes. Can they get back what was torn away from them? Have the years and different life styles pulled them to far apart?
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> I loved this story. It is so beautifully written. While you are reading things in present time you also flash back to the past as told by each character. It helps you to understand what they went through and how they came to love each other so clearly. I loved to watch them grow as individuals in the worst of circumstances. Life is not all sunshine and roses and at times this book just absolute broke my heart. It’s certainly full of angst but it is so worth everything you go through. L.A Cotton has written a beautiful book.
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> If second chance loves stories with angst are your thing, and really who doesn’t the love a good second chance romance, then Lucky Penny should not be missed.
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