The Love Wager by Lynn Painter

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The Love Wager by Lynn Painter, book two in the Mr. Wrong Number series, is a one night stand, friends to lovers, fake dating, bets, and one bed story with all the feels. The wit, the humor, the sarcasm, and the back and forth banter was just perfect.

 

Hallie is bartending the wedding when she unwittingly precipitates the breakup of the best man and his girlfriend. Fortunately it turns out that he's not all that upset about it; and their commiseration over the events of the night lead to an amazing one night stand. Though they part without exchanging contact information, they are matched on a dating app, they both joined. Hallie sends Jack a message as a joke, and a friendship begins, with them making a wager to see who finds true love on the app first. They are super compatible as friends, and since neither one wants to date a one night stand they decide to be each other's eternal wingmen. They start planning concurrent dates at the same place and time so that they can meet up afterwards for tacos to debrief. When Hallie starts getting serious with another guy, Jack has to decide whether he should take the plunge and let her know how he really feels. There’s only one teeny, tiny problem. After weeks of fun and flirtatious texts and calls, one or both of them just might have some actual real feelings growing, and neither of them is prepared to risk their friendship to find out. When they decide to pose as boyfriend and girlfriend at Hallie’s sister’s wedding for the benefit of her family, it’s not the alcohol that’s blurring the lines this time.

 

Ms. Painter wrote an enjoyable, humorous, delightful story full of snark and sass and a lot of laughs that should not be missed. She provided a tale rich with sizzling chemistry, family dynamics, clever humorous banter, lots of laughs, and strong secondary characters giving Hallie and Jack the confidence to go after having a happy future together. I highly recommend The Love Wager to other readers.

 

I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.

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