Betting On You
From the author of Better Than the Movies comes a sun-soaked teen rom-com with all the banter, awkward feelings, and slow-burn tension fans of She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You will recognise instantly. Seventeen-year-old Bailey is not exactly thrilled when her new waterpark job comes with an unwanted face from the past. Charlie was her insufferable seatmate on a flight to Omaha a year ago, his relentless cynicism clashing badly with her careful, keep-it-together composure. Not a great first impression, to put it mildly. But proximity has a funny way of changing things. What starts as mutual eye-rolling gradually shifts into something warmer, and the two find themselves bonding over gossip about their coworkers, including a flirtatious duo who may or may not be harbouring feelings for each other. Bailey and Charlie place a wager on the outcome, with Charlie convinced that men and women simply cannot be just friends, and Bailey absolutely set on proving him wrong. The situation gets stickier when the pair agree to fake-date, partly to put a stop to the awkward pleasantries between Bailey's mum and her new boyfriend. It's a practical arrangement, naturally. Except Charlie has quietly, inconveniently, fallen for Bailey, and he's terrified of what telling her might cost him. When Bailey begins to see him differently too, things look genuinely promising. Then his secret surfaces. It's a secret tied directly to her, and to another bet. Warm, witty, and a little bit painful in all the right ways, this is a story that earns its happy ending.
- Author: Lynn Painter
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Genre: Romance
- ISBN: 978-1665949422
- Pages: 432 pages