Nothing to Lose - Christina Jones

Imagine that someone – in payment for a debt – gave you a greyhound. What would you do?

April Padgett, single mum, decides that she will keep the dog she has been given, and what’s more, that she will train and race him. There are a few snags – April has no money, she knows nothing about training greyhounds, and her housing has a no-animals clause. But she has nothing to lose by trying her dog in a small local race.

Imagine that you are left – in the will of a beloved but distinctly unrespectable relation – a bookmaker’s pitch at a rundown greyhound stadium. What would you do?

Jasmine Clegg, almost engaged to a suitable young man, decides to abandon a career with perks, and to take her place at the bookmaker’s stand. She has nothing to lose – if she can work out the odds.

Two women, two life-changing moments, totally unrelated. Or are they? Two determined women who by themselves can cause confusion, together can bring mayhem -to the dogs and the punters, to the stadium and to their working lives, and to those they love.

Any Christina Jones novel makes you feel elated, exhilarated, exuberant. Nothing to Lose will make you feel a winner.