Patricia Kay, Wish Come True

Wish Come True

Patricia Kay

Harlequin Next, Mar 2007

ISBN: 0373881290

Kate Bishop prays to God for a miracle because she and her four teenage kids have financial problems. Her ex-spouse does provide child support for the younger two, but that is not enough, even with her salary from her job she and her offspring live paycheck-to-pacheck.

God answers her prayer when Kate wins the lottery. She assumes her troubles are over as she can afford things that she did without. However, her extended family including those related to her ex wants hand-outs as they believe she should cover their fiscal troubles. Even strangers demand she fork over money for a cause or themselves. Kate is overwhelmed with the demands as she begins to ponder sometimes you get what you wished for.

The premise is terrific as the lead protagonist learns sometimes you get what you wish for when she wins the lottery and everyone she knows and many she does not come out of the woodwork like rats leaving a ship demanding money. However, too many secondary characters overwhelm at times the premise as few except perhaps Kate's insistent sister seem developed enough to matter. Still Kate's changed status means changed woes making for an interesting tale.

Harriet Klausner