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Bet me, by Jennifer Krusie, narrated by Deanna Hurst, produced by Brilliance Audio, downloaded from audible.com. Minerva Dobbs goes with her two best friends, Liza and Bonny to a singles bar. She actually is there with her boy friend, David, and they’ve been together for two months. But her mother keeps considering her over-weight and David seems to agree, making comments and then trying to get her to go to bed. She won’t, so that night at the bar he dumps her. She rejoins her girl friends, and they start looking for pickups for the evening. They see three young men, Cal, Roger and Tony, and each of them is drawn to one of the men. But Min is not about to take a chance, especially when she’s just been dumped. Cal Morrisey has never had trouble getting the girl he wants but knows commitment is impossible. Min’s former boy friend bets Cal he can’t get Min into bed in a month. Cal doesn’t take the bet, but Min, who has heard part of the conversation doesn’t know that. They end up going out for dinner-Cal doing his charm boy bit and Min being as cranky as anyone can be. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again.But Fate has other plans, and it's not long before Min and Cal are dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, a jealous ex-girl friend who considers herself an expert on love, chaos theory, a mutant cat, Chicken Marsala, two sets of parents from hell, Min’s sister’s ill-fated wedding, and against their better judgment, they begin falling in love. This is a good escapist novel and has some laugh-out-loud funny moments.

2023-02-10 17:03