Bookish Buys: Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake
Bookish Buys
Inspired by Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake
Wearing a pink sundress with brown strappy sandals, coordinating sunglasses, and even matching your four-legged bestie with a brown and pink leather dog collar and leash isn’t just a cute summer vibe—it’s your Eliza from Lucky Break moment. It’s the outfit that says: I’m leaving behind the mess I didn’t see coming, and stepping—gracefully, hopefully, a little nervously—into a brand-new chapter.
Eliza is the woman who thought she had it all figured out. Engagement? Check. Life plan? Check. The right zip code and a family-approved path? Double check. And then it all fell apart. But instead of staying stuck, she did the boldest thing: she chose herself. She traded in city sidewalks for lakefront mornings, her carefully curated apartment for a sight-unseen lake house, and her old doubts for the kind of optimism you can only find in a small town with big secrets.
That pink sundress? It’s pure hope. It’s softness meeting strength. It’s the gentle reminder that life can still be sweet, even after heartbreak. The brown sandals and sunglasses? Practical but stylish—ready for lakeside strolls, coffee shop work sessions, or chance encounters with a cute fellow newcomer named Joel. And that matching dog collar and leash? It’s you saying that even when everything else is uncertain, love (even the four-legged kind) deserves attention to detail, loyalty, and care.
So go ahead—slip into that sundress. Take your pup on a walk around your own neighborhood (or your personal Juneberry Lake). Let the sun hit your shoulders and the breeze carry away all the old plans that didn’t work out. Because this isn’t the ending you expected—it’s the beginning you chose.
And just like Eliza, you’ll find that sometimes the best plan is no plan at all—just the courage to wear something that makes you smile and to keep stepping forward, one pink-sandaled foot at a time.
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Bookish Buys: Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake
About Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake:
When a spate of bad luck upends her meticulously planned life, Eliza moves to a charming—and mysterious—Midwestern lake town, where she just might find herself while trying to find the truth. Perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary, Katherine Center, and Sophie Kinsella.
Eliza hasalways had a plan…until her seamlessly plotted life implodes, and her engagement falls apart. At thirty-two, she suddenly finds herself second-guessing the picture-perfect future she had always envisioned—one that included raising 2.5 children nearby her tight-knit Italian family in San Francisco.
Then Eliza is offered the chance to start over: in Juneberry Lake, a small Midwestern town eager to lure remote workers to their picturesque community. Shocking her family and friends (and herself), Eliza packs up her apartment and buys a lake house sight unseen.
Juneberry Lake is as delightful as it looked in the pictures. And the pictures didn’t even include Joel, a fellow new arrival who works alongside her every day in an adorable coffee shop. But if Eliza is hoping to spy her uncertain future in the shimmering waters of Juneberry Lake, she’ll find herself out of luck. Because her friendly Midwestern neighbors are keeping a marvelous secret—one that will help Eliza see that her recent spate of bad luck was never her fault…and that the tide can turn when you least expect it. With the help of her friends and family, new and old, Eliza is finally ready to build a new future that’s entirely her own.
