A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts. What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn’t cash it in? Lucky Armstrong is a tough, talented grifter who has just pulled off a million-dollar heist with her boyfriend, Cary. She’s ready to start a brand-new life, with a new identity—when things go sideways. Lucky finds herself alone for the first time, navigating the world without the help of either her father or her boyfriend, the two figures from whom she’s learned the art of the scam. When she discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions...
Publisher: S&S Canada Adult (December 7, 2021) Pages: 256 pages ISBN-13: 978-1668002452 Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Marissa Stapley is the internationally bestselling author of three commercial women’s fiction novels, including Mating for Life, Things to Do When It‘s Raining and The Last Resort.The Last Resort was named one of 2019’s Best Beach Reads by Oprah Magazine, New York Post and The Globe and Mail, was recently optioned for television by CBS, and was shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award (Best Crime Fiction Novel). Marissa’s journalism has appeared in magazines and newspapers across North America, including Elle, Today’s Parent and Reader’s Digest. Her next novel, Lucky, about a grifter on a quest for redemption, will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2021. She lives in Toronto with her family and a precocious black cat named Oscar.