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Just Our Luck by Denise Williams

I really enjoyed this book! Sybil has been lucky her entire life in a lot of ways, which she's thankful for since she's such a mess a lot of the time and people like to remind her she makes bad decisions. One excellent decision was buying a lottery ticket after a night out and then leaving it with a note on the back for the hot donut shop guy she hooked up with. Kieran is running the shop with his sister while their granddad recovers from some health issues, and isn't exactly thrilled when the ticket is a winner and he ends up fake dating Sybil. He went viral in a video trying to find her to give the ticket back, and she wanted to help him with shop bills, etc. but he wouldn't accept it unless he could help her so that's the scheme she came up with. The way these two help each other while falling in love for real is lovely. He believes in her and helps her start to believe in herself, she helps him remember how to have fun and to actually have it. There are ups and downs but their conversations are natural, funny, and sweet throughout. There's undiagnosed ADHD rep, plus fat and BIPOC rep. Overall, it's another great showing from Denise Williams, as usual!