Unlucky For Some

By Carla Caruso

Synopsis

Raffy Fortuna knows all about luck, and she’s not interested in pushing it. But sometimes luck pushes you to the places you least expect.

Sassy Italian-Australian newspaper reporter Raffy has been ultra-superstitious ever since her ex-fiance saw her in her bridal gown before they got hitched – and left her at the altar. But as luck would have it, one of her new assignments at Press Publishing is a feature series challenging some of the most common superstitions in the lead-up to Friday the thirteenth. It’s her worst nightmare – not helped by the grumpy, yet annoyingly handsome cameraman accompanying her to film the daily online videos for the newspaper’s site.

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Tina’s Review

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Raffaella Fortuna has the right to be superstitious. When your name literally translates to “Rough Luck”, you’d be, too. She works as a lifestyle reporter at Press Publishing in Adelaide (Australia). Growing up in an Italian family, superstitions run her life. Tass Bence also works for Press Publishing, but in the Video department and had the displeasure of meeting Raffy earlier that morning when her umbrella disposed of his fresh iced latte, causing her to wear half of it. Now she’s showing up in his office stating her boss specifically requested him to film her series of articles in which she has to conquer one superstition a day, leading up to Friday the Thirteenth.

Keep in mind that this is written by an Australian author and the book takes place in Australia. Some of the wording and terminology differs slightly from American. That said, the main characters are easily enjoyable. There are not a lot of secondary characters. The plot moves along smoothly and for being such a short novella, it packs plenty of content. The story is sweet. Cute ending. Overall, it ‘s a nice quick & light read.

Author Bio:

Carla Caruso was born in Adelaide, grew up amid a boisterous extended Italian family – yet somehow managed to become a bookworm… 
Carla always wanted to be a novelist, annoying the kindergarten teachers by dictating long, detailed stories to them.  It just took her a while to realise her childhood dream – journalism seemed a more practical course. Her media career has included stints as a newspaper and magazine journalist, government PR and fashion stylist. These days, she works as a freelance journalist and copywriter. She began seriously writing fiction three years ago when she went freelance full-time. 
The romance genre appeals as she is a sucker for rom-coms (especially if Channing Tatum is in the mix) and likes to think her Italian ancestry means she lives with passion. Hobbies include watching trashy TV shows, fashion (her mum named her after Carla Zampatti!), astrology and running. She lives in Adelaide.

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