Genre: Contemporary Romance/Romantic Comedy
Publication Date: 2013
Standalone First in a Two Book Series
Page Count: 244
Rebecca Miles has won the lottery and is now living a millionaire lifestyle. The only problem is – she hasn’t told her husband. So at weekends she’s a dutiful wife in Darlington, working at the local deli and making shepherd’s pie for dinner, but during the week she’s living in her new mansion in Leeds spending her days shopping whilst her husband thinks she’s looking after her sick mother. Will she get the courage to tell him before he finds out for himself? And can several million pounds in your bank account save a failing marriage?
Purchase link – Did I Mention I Won The Lottery?
EXTRACT
We’ve all had one of those moments, spending a delicious 10 minutes wondering what you would do if you won millions on the lottery. It’s a lovely thought to have but of course for the majority of us, it doesn’t go any further, so writing about how someone would feel if they actually had the winning numbers wasn’t easy. I’m sure there must be an element of disbelief, did you really have those magic numbers, had you made a mistake? Rebecca knew deep inside that she had a winning ticket but had been putting off checking the numbers because that would be an end to her own fantasy which was keeping her warm and happy each evening. But there came a point where she had to know for sure, time to stop dreaming and face reality.
Then she picked up the lottery ticket and smoothed it out. She didn’t really need to check the numbers on her ticket. She knew those numbers like old friends. They ordered themselves in her mind as she drifted off to sleep. They welcomed her as she opened her eyes in the morning. She knew each and every one of them.
In truth, Rebecca didn’t really need to check the lottery ticket at all. She hadn’t needed to check it for the last two days. She had watched the kiosk lady write down each number and she knew. She knew that every number on the scrap of paper matched a number on her ticket. She had known immediately that they were the same. But this was making it real. This meant that it was actually happening.
She placed the ticket next to the scrap paper and this time as she read the numbers from the paper she followed the ticket with her finger. Every number matched.
She got a pen from the kitchen drawer and returned to the coffee table. She didn’t want to mark her ticket so this time she read each number on the ticket and then ticked the matching number on the scrap paper. Every number matched.
She wrote down the numbers from her ticket. She wrote down the numbers from the scrap paper. Every number matched.
She stared at the pieces of paper sitting side by side on the coffee table and then closed her eyes. She said out loud each number that was on her ticket. She opened her eyes and read each number that was on the scrap paper. Every number matched.
Rebecca picked up her ticket and stared at it. The dream was over. Reality had arrived. Rebecca Miles had won the lottery.
About Julie Butterield
Julie Butterfield belongs to the rather large group of 'always wanted to write' authors who finally found the time to sit down and put pen to paper - or rather fingers to keyboard and wrote Did I Mention I Won the Lottery? It should be pointed out this is a complete work of fiction and she did not in fact receive millions in her bank account and forget to mention it her husband - even though he still asks her every day if she has anything to tell him!
Her second book was Google Your Husband Back and the latest addition is Did I Mention I Was Getting Married? - which revisits Rebecca a few years after the lottery win which changed her life
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