Two women, friends from youth and owners of a crafting business, part ways when one plans to marry a man the other knows will break her heart. Rosie, the woman planning to get married, is over weight and lacking in confidence. Her fiancee is good looking and a womanizer. Her friend, Vickie breaks her heart by not attending the wedding and leaves for Europe for three years,

During those three years, the marriage breaks down when Rosie's husband Kent won't even make love to her as he deems her too fat- a beached whale so to speak. He really married her for her money and lives the good life spending it.

Rosie finally gets angry enough to kick him out and decides to become fit and hires a fitness expert. Eventually she falls for the instructor & he for her. She eventually enters a triathlon and so does Kent. One complication for Rosie is she wins millions in the Powerball Lottery and one person knows she is the person who bought the ticket. Her plan is to keep the knowledge of her win from Kent but the boy at the gas station who sold her the ticket spills the beans.

This is much like watching a film on the Hallmark Channel. Even the villain Kent eventually sees the error of his ways and in the end decides to become a new reformed man. ( )

A lovely story of two best friends, once upon a time, who fall out over a man -- specifically Rosie's cheating husband, who only wants her money. But on the day Rosie wises up and kicks him out, she wins the lottery! How to get rid of the husband without handing over the money? And where does her ex best friend fit in the picture?

Rosie is a wonderful character and I rooted for her throughout. The story is not bad. Fun read. However, I did find the dialogue oddly choppy, especially throughout the first half of the story. ( )

This is the first time I’ve read anything by Fern Michaels. Pretty Woman was an inspiring story. I enjoyed the characters, so much. Especially Rosie. You just can’t help cheering for her. I think Kent’s change in attitude seemed a little unreal. Rosie kinda let him off easy. He was living off of Rosie in the start of the book, and because of Rosie’s generous nature, he will live well the rest of his life. It just didn’t seem right considering the years of emotional abuse he put Rosie through.What I really hated about this book was the reference of a woman, being a size 14, and being fat. Size 14 is far from fat. Fuller figured maybe. No woman should feel that they have to be a size 4 or 6 to be beautiful, and to be classified as beautiful by society. Having confidence is the key. If you are a fuller figured woman. And you are happy and confident with yourself, all the more power to you. ( )

A quick mindless read, I enjoyed it. ( )

This was the perfect break from my usual fare of dark murder mysteries; a light, fun read about friendship, love, marriage, self-esteem and winning the lottery! Put it down with a big smile on my face. ( )