Whitney has a weird quirk. She sits on her hands when she's nervous or doesn't know what to do with them. I found that to be very endearing. 
Sam is a workaholic whose family is trying to get him to slow down. I found, Betting on Love, to be a sweet and funny romance.

I loved this book!  Whitney is a woman trying to start over after divorcing her cheating husband and returning home to nurse her wounds and get back on her feet.  A chance meeting in a bar seems to be a chance at a good job and a way to get started.  Unfortunately, there's lots of complications.

Sam is the boss and is driving himself into the ground trying to prove himself to his dead father.  When he meets Whitney, his is interested in her as a woman, but needs her as a boss.  What follows is the  beginning of what could be a beautiful love story or the thing that destroys him. 

If you enjoy the genre, you will love this book.  The characters felt real and relatable  - especially Whitney.  I doubt there's a woman among us that has been involved with at least one toad at some point in their lives.  That makes Whitney's story feels especially relatable.  

Put this one at the top of your TBR list.  While part of a series, this is a stand alone novel, however, it's so good that you really owe it to yourself to read them all. The author is on my must read authors list.

I would like to thank Entangled: Bliss for sending me an #ARC of Betting on Love by Jennifer Hoopes via #NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

    When I first came across this book on NetGalley and requested it, I had no idea it was part of a series.  If I knew, I wouldn't have requested it, as I am the type of reader that wants to start a series from the very start.  Luckily for me, it seems like you don't really need to read the book beforehand, to understand this one.  While the couple from the last book are in this one, their story has no part in this one, so in a way, I felt like it was, or could be, a stand alone.

    First of all, I was surprised at how short this book was.  I was able to finish it in just a few hours.  I really like the story.  It was a cute, instant-attraction sort of romance, with the chemistry that comes along with that.  But it was short.  I like build-up.  I like a story.  We get the stories of what led these two characters to the path they are on now, but we see very little of what draws them together.  It's easy to excuse it as "love at first sight", like the Ellis patriarch's supposedly had, but that falls flat for me.  The saving grace was that the book ended (not including the epilogue) with them proclaiming to like each other.  Not love.  Like.  At least it wasn't THAT fast of a romance.

    Where the stories lacked detail, the characters did not, and were well written.  Sam's struggles with something he overheard as a child, and shaped who he is in the present.  The problem is, he let it override his life.  Whitney also had an interesting backstory, and one that happens all the time.  She was recently divorced, after finding out her husband was cheating on her, and was left with nothing, because she let him take care of her.  Her need to get back on her feet and be independent was relatable to a lot of women out there.

    If you like short and sweet romances, than you would really enjoy this book.  The characters are written well, their conversations with one another are good, and there is obvious chemistry.  It's a whirlwind.  It's sweet.  I think it could have been better with more time ... perhaps the 30 days of the bet drawn out, with more one on one time with them, and some dirty details on the sex scenes (so if you like romance that leaves out the details in the bedroom, you will like this one).  

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A man on a mission to prove himself worthy of his family's legacy, a woman on a mission to reclaim her independence and a bet. Great easy read with a fun and heartfelt familiar trope. I really enjoyed reading this novel in one day and look for to looking for more titles from this author.