The Wager (The Bet, 2)
<b><b>From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, THE BET</b><br><br>THE WAGER</b><br><br><b>Lose a bet, lose your heart...</b><br><br>What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night-and worst morning-after-of her life. Now they've been thrown together in a wedding party. It's awkward, but survivable . . . until Jake stops acting like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she'd always hoped he could be.<br><br>If watching your brother marry your best friend is weird, being attracted to your best friend's <i>other</i> best friend is downright bizarre. Unfortunately for Jake, Char hasn't forgotten how he once tossed her aside. Worse still, Jake's already-nutty grandma is even crazier about Char. Cue meet-cute shenanigans and all manner of meddling, and somehow, Jake's falling. For Char. Now all he has to do is make her believe it . . .<br><br><br><br>85,000 words