Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Spotlight and Giveaway: The Odds of Getting Even

Today we're excited to celebrate the publication of Amanda Sellet's latest rom-com, The Odds of Getting Even. This sounds really fun and entertaining and we're pleased to share about it here. Thanks to St. Martin's Press, we have FIVE copies to give away!

A fling with a mysterious stranger leads to a rollicking adventure in the wilds of South Dakota in this madcap and romantic follow-up to Amanda Sellet’s Hate to Fake it to You.

The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find on a middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only as “Charlie” lessons in poker.

He’s reserved and she’s chaotic, but together, the two of them just click. It’s like a honeymoon without the hassle of a wedding, until Jean discovers there’s a lot more to Charlie’s story than shyness and snakes—and she isn’t the only person with a pressing interest in his whereabouts, not to mention his secretly scandalous dating history.

When Charlie has the audacity to abandon her without a word, Jean has a score to settle. She’ll do whatever it takes to get him back—no, get back at him—even if it means chasing him across an ocean to brave the wild west of his remote hometown, and the famous family business he neglected to mention. With flames from their pasts raising the stakes, Jean is gambling she can get the upper hand before Charlie calls her bluff.

The real trick will be remembering what they’re playing for, when the biggest risk is putting all their cards on the table.

“Witty, charming, and highly romantic, The Odds of Getting Even is a delightful romp with a hint of slapstick and the obligatory snake-in-the-grass―I loved every page.”
―Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“Sweet and fizzy, like a champagne cocktail―The Odds of Getting Even takes misunderstood snake-lover Charlie and jaded artist Jean on a bouncing adventure through the far corners of America. I had so much fun!”
―Katie Shepard, author of Sweeten the Deal

Amanda Sellet is a former journalist and the author of romcoms for teens and adults, including By the Book, which Booklist described in a starred review as, “impossible to read without laughing out loud.” She loves old movies, baked goods, and embarrassing her teen daughter. Hate to Fake It to You is her adult debut. Visit Amanda at her website and on Instagram.


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Giveaway ends July 20th at midnight EST.

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