The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks

I have to say over the last year I have become somewhat of a fan of Nicholas Sparks writing, for some reason he manages to make me feel so many different emotions in his work I just cannot put his books down. I was so pleased when hubby spotted this book and so treated me to it, that was 2 days ago and I have just finished reading it! The story starts by introducing us to Clayton who is hiding taking photographs of topless college girls sunbathing, he is disturbed though by a travelling man with his dog who we get to know as Thighbolt. Clayton is not happy at being disturbed so decided to use ... more

US Marine Logan Thibault has been to Iraq three times. Once when deployed to Kuwait he finds the laminated photo of a pretty young American woman lying in the sand. He takes it to the barracks and when no one claims it, he keeps it and is lucky forever after, not only when playing poker but also when being attacked by Iraqi bombs. His friend Victor tells him that he owes the woman something. Back home in Colorado he doesn’t quite know how to get on with his life and decides to look for the woman; from writing in the background of the photo he assumes that it was taken in Hampton, North ... more