When two small-town country dudes win the lottery, they finally find the courage to speak their truth.An unexpected adventure follows.Linwood “Woody” Robinson has a routine. He works for his baby brother in construction, buys three lottery tickets every week, and lusts after his best friend from high school. He’s done the same thing for twenty years.Eddison “Eddie” Howard owns the only gas … years.
Eddison “Eddie” Howard owns the only gas station in their small South Carolina town, sells lottery tickets, and lusts after his best friend from afar. They joke around but never speak their truth. He knows they’re cowards but can’t seem to find the courage to bridge the gulf between them.
And then they win eighty million dollars.
Life changes.
They go from never talking about their feelings to facing the world together.
Can anything pull them apart?
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4 stars
Heat Level: 3
A cute and sweet, adventurous best-friends love story!
This is an enjoyable bit of adventurous escapism with best-friends turned lovers Woddy and Eddie. They have been in love with each other for years and have been best friends forever. When Woody’s “pure dumb luck” finally wins them 80 million dollars they finally embrace their life long love for each other and escape their small town for a trip of a lifetime.
The story focuses on their hiking adventures through various parts of the world and their families reactions (good and bad) to their relationship and their winnings. Eddie’s family is full of love and had been waiting years for them to finally quit dancing around their love for each other. While Woody’s bible bashing parents through Woody out when he came out, now what to reconnect because he’s a millionaire. The challenges and harsh realities Woody (and his brother) has to face in this story broke my heart but Eddie and his family are there to pick up the pieces and shower Woody and his brother and family with the love they deserve.
This is an easy read with an adventurous edge and a whirlwind, yet not, type of relationship that in ways seems fast-tracked and in others took too damn long to get there. I also love Dahlia’s take on colorful language and really enjoyed a good “mothertrucker”, “Lord, love a duck” and “Son of a gun”
As Woody so eloquently states, this story is a story of “love, adventure and ram testicles”!
Enjoyable and fun!
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As usual Donovan created two lovable (however clueless) main characters that you can’t help but love to pieces. The writing is flawless and the whole story is imbued in the kind of humor I came to expect from this writer. I did cringe a little about these guys’ nutritional (or lack thereof) choices and worried about the future state of their health, lol.
I loved their relationship, how they helped each other face the world, and their suspiciously growing and one-track-minded to-do checklist. An easy, sexy, and funny read.
This was a wonderful surprise of a book and I loved every page. When the story starts, you meet Woody, who does what he’s done every weekday morning since he’d graduated high school and started working for his brother in his construction business. He goes into his best friend and long time crushes convenient store and buys breakfast and matching lottery tickets for himself and Eddie. Unlike the many tickets over the years, this one turns out to be a winner for both men.
The story has a great backstory for both characters, but you understand throughout the book why Woody is the more hesitant out of the two. Eddie family is absolutely spectacular, funny, and one you find yourself wanting to be a part of. Both men realize they want to travel and see more of the world, and it also benefits them so Woody can get away from his toxic parents.
After they win the lottery, Eddie and Woody now feel they can express their attraction for each other, one that started during high school, and finally be free to be together the way they want. You can feel the love coming from both of them, love for each other, and you root for these two throughout the book.
It is a unique read, focusing on Woody and Eddie’s travels, their relationship with their family and friends back home, and the fact they won the lottery and now can do anything they want. It was so intriguing that I couldn’t put it down and now I highly recommend you get to know Woody and Eddie, and their assorted crazy family, for yourself! A lovely must-read!!