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Did I Mention I Won The Lottery? by Julie Butterfield

Published 16 August 2018

Genre: Humour, Romance

244 pages

Book Description:

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?

My Review:

When I first read the description of this book, I didn't imagine for one moment that I would like Rebecca's character.  In my mind I pictured a woman who was a bit of a gold-digger, perhaps a greedy woman who wanted to keep all her winnings to herself and move on from a marriage which would 'do for now' until something better came along. How wrong was I?? Right from the first chapter I could see straightaway why Rebecca would want out from her marriage to the obnoxious, loud, selfish being that was her husband Daniel.  My hackles rose the instant he walked into their home after work one evening with zero care for anyone or anything but himself. How on earth had someone as lovely as Rebecca ever fallen in love with this nasty man? 

I really enjoyed reading about how Rebecca slowly but surely started to believe that there was more to life than the existence she had as Daniel's wife.  Even her mum and best friends suggest that she deserves more than he has to offer - and this is before she has claimed her winnings, let alone told anyone that she is a multi-millionaire. Her work colleagues at the deli don't like him and the best friends from her old life back in Leeds who she has kept in touch with (against Daniel's wishes) seem twitchy whenever his name is mentioned.  

The scenes where Rebecca nervously phones the lottery claimline and her initial meetings with her bank manager are all so well-written; the emotions she goes through are described perfectly at each stage as she doesn't wholly accept the reality of being the owner of the ticket with all six winning numbers on - until she sees the numbers on her bank statement in black and white.  

As the weeks ticked by and Rebecca still hadn't told her husband (or anyone else for that matter) I really started to take her to my heart.  The little treats she indulged herself with to begin with are quite amusing when you think about just how many zeroes she had on her bank balance - in front of the decimal point - then suddenly she makes a huge decision on what her first really big purchase will be.  A big, gorgeous house. Chosen entirely by her. Not influenced in any way by Daniel for the first time in years.  From thereon spending money suddenly gets easier, unlike the task of telling her husband.

Eventually the announcement has to be made, and I felt rather proud of Rebecca in the way she handled her husband once the news of her win was out, but it seems that Daniel has news of his own which he is equally reluctant to share. Secrets which have been hidden for far longer than just the few weeks Rebecca has been living her double life.  Maybe her gut instinct to protect herself financially were well-founded after all.

There are some great characters in this easy to read, amusing, yet touching tale. Rebecca's mum and children are all lovely, sensible souls and the slightly less significant Mr Dickinson, her bank manager and Mrs Wendover, the manager of her mum's care home are both nicely rounded characters in the story about whom we know just enough information to fit their roles nicely as the story moves along.

This is a wonderful, feel-good story which will leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy by the time you reach its final pages, and I was delighted to know that the sequel to the story 'Did I Mention I was Getting Married' was sitting waiting on my kindle for me to dive straight into.

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About the Author:

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.