Diving Into A Sea of Books–Million Dollar Dilemma

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As an avid reader, I get excited about the great number of books out there to read, either for entertainment, education, inspiration, or with some books, all three. The quantity available in print, audio, and e-books reminds me of the vast amount of life in the oceans, so I call these book reviews “Diving Into A Sea of Books”. As with diving into an ocean looking for interesting objects, diving into books means you come across mixed results: over here, a book you don’t bother to finish, over there, a “treasure”—one that you like so much you can’t wait to reread it, and over there, a book you read and think, “Meh”.

Million Dollar Dilemma by Judy Baer is a novel about a single woman who wins part of a multi-million dollar lottery drawing. She thinks she’s putting her money in the office kitty for another co-worker. The collection is really for a lottery drawing. The office wins, big time.

Most people probably would be extremely happy to win millions of dollars. Cassia Carr, however, considers it a huge aggravation. She tries to find a church to give it to, but runs into another problem with that idea.

As the novel unwinds, Cassia becomes increasingly attracted to the new neighbor with the feisty cat. She isn’t quite sure if he feels the same, and if he does, why does he? She still has the problem of what to do with all that money, and life seems more uncertain than it did before.

Her problems and questions are resolved in a surprising, satisfying way.

Note: Million Dollar Dilemma is in a genre known in publishing circles as Christian chick-lit. It is a romance, but “clean” in matters of romantic relationships and language. At least one of the main characters has a strong or growing faith in God, and that faith is central to how the character approaches life.

Million Dollar Dilemma is a fun read. Most of the time I don’t care for reading romance; this story has enough of a mystery in it to make it enjoyable for me. It’s a book I’ll read again.

©P. Booher