Review: Takes what you think Karma is and turns it on its head
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
I believe in karma, although I rarely see the retribution come to most people who deserve it.  Then I read this book and it made me see life and Karma in a whole new light.  Marcy Paget is a single mother who was dumped by her husband Trent, who married her to live in her Mom's house and have her put him through Orthodontic school.  He dumps her before he starts making any money and marries another 22 year old who looks like a model with a rich father.  She gets no help for Katie and lives with other single moms and rotates child care.  She works in a casino because it pays more.  One night she sees an older gentleman dressed like a cowboy drop a hundred dollar bill.  She thinks for a second about how much she could use the money, but quickly calls the gentleman's attention to the money.  He gives her the bill as a reward for her honesty.  Then she sees a gentleman at the bar.  It is unusual because drinks are free to gamblers, but she makes him a drink and as he is waiting for someone, they talk.He has a french accent and quickly tells her things he has observed about her including her struggle over the $100 bill.  He offers her a job during school hours making more than she did at the casino.  Marcy's life changes for the better.  She meets Mike who does her background check and looks exactly like the guy in the "Transporter" movies.  Her employer Andre is a relationship counselor.  He is sort of a sex therapist but a natural one.  He honestly forms intimacy with each of the couples he counsels and it is not about sex with him.  Andre turned my idea of karma around.  He tells Marcy that people who try to do the right thing and live their lives with honesty are sometimes used by people who have no honor or ability to think of anyone but themselves.  He felt it was better to be the one who was wronged than to be the one who deliberately hurt others.  Karma eventually evens out everything.I had always believed that you should live the best life you possible could, but it seemed there was no bolt of lightning for those who deliberately hurt or cheat others.  It is not about the getting even, but the being happy.  If you do the best you can, you can have the life that makes you happy.  Marcy's life becomes one she could not have dreamed of a year ago and it all comes back to a $100 bill.  There are a few spell check editing mistakes and the story if formatted differently, but this is a great story you are going to love.  Warning:  Sex is a big part of this book.