Just Our Luck

Williams (Technically Yours) charms in this steamy interracial rom-com. Recently jobless and ping-ponging between friends’ apartments, Sybil Sweet decides to try her luck at the lottery, buying herself a ticket and a donut with her last few dollars. Donut shop proprietor Kevin Anderson deferred his medical school dreams to help his ailing grandfather’s failing business. Sparks fly when these two meet, leading to a red-hot one-night stand. In the morning, Sybil jots a farewell note on the back of the lottery ticket before taking off—only for Kieran to later learn that it’s the winning ticket. When he goes on a local news show to find Sybil and return the ticket, viewers take it for a grand romantic gesture and the segment goes viral, drawing much-needed business to the donut shop. So the reunited Sybil and Kieran make a pact: they’ll keep the publicity going by fake-dating for three months, hoping to use the relationship to save the shop and convince Sybil’s concerned family that she has at least one area of her life under control. The plot already has a lot going on, so the fake dating angle feels a bit contrived, but the story is fun enough and the relationship sparky enough to hold interest. Williams’s fans will not be disappointed. (Mar.)