February is the month for romance and our book club pick- The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks- definitely fits that bill! It weaves together the stories of Logan Thibault, Beth Green, and Keith Clayton. Thibault, an Iraq war veteran, finds a picture of a girl while in Iraq and it changes his luck for the better. He starts winning at poker and it saves his life on more than one occassion. Once he gets back to the States, he sets out to find the girl in the photo. She turns out to be Beth Green, a divorced elementary school teacher living in Hampton, North Carolina. Beth's ex-husband is Keith Clayon. Clayton is from the family that runs Hampton and is definitely sleazy. He follows Beth around and has run off any man that dates her. He's also not a very good father to their son, Ben. When Thibault comes into town, he starts working at Beth's family kennel and slowly he and Beth fall in love.
