Count Your Lucky Stars: A Novel

Alexandria Bellefleur

Feb 2022 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

"Bellefleur has a droll, distinct voice, and her one-liners zing off the page, striking both the heart and funny bone... There's a sparkling quality here, one that mirrors the starry title. Bellefleur writes as if she's captured fairy lights in a mason jar, twinkly and lovely within something solid yet fragile." – Entertainment Weekly

Following Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon, Lambda Literary Award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love…

Margot Cooper doesn’t do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. But now her entire crew has found "the one" and she’s beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant—her childhood friend, her first love, her first… well, everything. It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest.

Olivia must be hallucinating. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn’t gone exactly as planned. At almost thirty, she’s been married... and divorced. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client’s Best Woman would be the one that got away.

When a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she’s a Very Good Person. Obviously. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. Olivia is everything she’s ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. Will history repeat itself or should she count her lucky stars that she gets a second chance with her first love? 

Ratings and reviews

Loved WITS and now CYLS! It was great to get into Margot's mind. Lots of funny moments and times when I wanted to yell at her and Olivia for being silly but I live for the pining. Also super happy to see Elle and Darcy's relationship blossom, was really nice seeing the gang together again. Can't wait to read The Fiancee Farce!

Margot is shocked to learn that her friend's wedding planner is her high school crush. After a brief fling, Olivia went back to her boyfriend, breaking Margot's heart. When Olivia suddenly finds herself homeless, Margot invites her to move in. Can they remain just roommates, or will history repeat itself? This is a fun, emotional, steamy read with a ton of unresolved tension between the heroines. It's fairly long angst, with the main obstacles being past misunderstandings. The characters from the previous books in the series make a strong showing in this novel as well. If you like sapphic romance with a little humor and a lot of heat, this book is a good choice. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

really sorry but the story was mid and the ending horrible "after five years" yeahhh not my type of ending sorry

About the author

Alexandria Bellefleur is a bestselling and award-winning author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. A Pacific Northwesterner at heart, Alexandria has a weakness for good coffee, Pike IPA, and Voodoo Doughnuts. Her special skills include finding the best Pad Thai in every city she visits, remembering faces but not names, falling asleep in movie theaters, and keeping cool while reading smutty books in public. Her debut novel, Written in the Stars, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.