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The Love Wager

#2 in series

by Lynn Painter
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Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number.
Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of. 
After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realize they’re each other’s perfect wing-person in their searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same restaurant so that if things don’t go well, the two of them can get tacos afterward. 
Spoiler: they get a lot of tacos together. 
Discouraged by the lack of prospects, Jack and Hallie make a wager to see who can find true love first, but when they agree to be fake dates for a weekend wedding, all bets are off. As they pretend to be a couple, lines become blurred and they both struggle to remember why the other was a bad idea to begin with.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Mr. Wrong Number

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 14, 2023

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780593437292

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780593437292
      • File size: 1678 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 28, 2022
      Painter follows up Mr. Wrong Number with an equally cute friends to lovers romance. Jack Marshall has a crisis about his love life after the playboy uncle he’s always idolized dies alone, leading Jack to cling to his own toxic relationship. That plan blows up in his face at the wedding of his sister, Olivia, to his best friend, Colin—the protagonists of the previous book—where Jack gets dumped and winds up hooking up with the bartender, Hallie Piper, instead. For Hallie, drunkenly hooking up with a stranger in the middle of her shift is rock bottom, but Jack turns out to be a kind and supportive confidant. The two of them make a bet: the first one to get their lives in order and find true love wins. Wing-manning for each other over a series of disastrous dates brings them closer—so close that when Hallie needs a date for her own sister’s wedding, Jack steps in to play her fake boyfriend. Though Jack doesn’t feel quite as fleshed out as potty-mouthed spark plug Hallie, their equally filthy sense of humor makes their connection feel real and their game of constant one-upmanship is a lot of fun. Painter’s fans won’t be disappointed. Agent: Kim Lionetti, Bookends.

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2022

      Hallie Piper feels like she has hit rock bottom as she finds herself crawling out of a hotel room, without a bra and in squirrel panties, after a drunken and steamy one-night stand. After that, she decides to make over her life with a new full-time job, haircut, wardrobe, apartment, and profile on a dating app. With this fresh start, why does she swipe into her one-night stand, Jack? Swearing they don't want to date each other, they instead make a friendly wager over who will find true love via app first. Speed dating, with dates that start out as The One but quickly turn sour, Jack and Hallie are there for one another, meeting at a local taco shop to rehash their bad dates. When Hallie needs a date for her sister's wedding, Jack steps in, agreeing to be her fake boyfriend for the weekend. As any romance fan can guess, this fake dating is the push that the friends-to-lovers couple needs to finally give into their feelings. VERDICT A fun, flirty, and timely read from Painter (Mr. Wrong Number), with likable characters to boot.--Erin Holt

      Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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