Review: GREAT SERIES!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
Game on, all bets are on the table and the wager is high!!  Grandma and Kacey have a bet.  Who will win?  Will Grandma be singing at Kacey and Travis’ wedding?  It sure does look like she will be belting out a few tunes at the wedding.  Grandma better get her microphone out and start practicing.  The odds sure are looking in her favor.Jake Titus is arrogant, we all know that, however there is a softer side of Jake that he doesn’t reveal often, but when he does, he is a total sweetheart.  Jake is Seattle’s confirmed bachelor and is loving every minute of it. But is he really?  Everyone looks at Jake as a man whore, a funny guy.  Is there more to Jake than that?  Does Jake want what Travis and Kacey have?  Is there someone out there for him?  Has she been in front of him the entire time?Char is Kacey’s best friend.  She grew up with Kacey, Jake and Travis.  Char always felt like the third wheel with Kacey and Jake.  Through the years, Char has always had a crush on Jake, but the summer leading up to high school, Jake crushed Char’s heart.  Jake didn’t know this, but Char and Jake’s friendship dissolved that summer.  Char distanced herself from Jake and didn’t speak to him.Many years later, Jake and Char happen to run into each other and things seem to get hot and heavy real fast.  After a night of passionate sex, Char wakes up to a note on the pillow next to her.  A Thank You not, nonetheless. Char was livid, and she hasn’t seen Jake since.  That is until they are on the same flight returning from Kacey and Travis’ engagement party. Immediately, all of the hate that Char has for Jake is front and center.“The man needed to be neutered.  He was like walking sex and everyone around him knew it.  Even if he wasn’t a real celebrity, he still attracted women like rats to cheese.” ~ CharGrandma has something up her sleeve.  She plans on breaking Jake, ruining him.  Grandma believes that Jake needs to be reminded of how he was raised and what is expected of him.  Grandma plans on turning Jake’s life upside down and in the process she plans on making Jake realize that his “future wife” has been by his side for years, he just didn’t notice her.  Grandma sets her plans in motion, and Char is thrown in to her plans.  Grandma has a list of duties that need to be completed for Kacey and Travis’ wedding.  Who better to do it, than Jake since he is currently unemployed.  Grandma has Char help Jake out with the list.  The two of them cannot stand to be in the same room with each other.  The snarky comments back and forth between the two will have you cracking up.  Has grandma lost her mind to have the two of them work together to accomplish the tasks at hand?  Does Grandma know something that we don’t know?  Will Jake and Char end up killing each other before the wedding?  Can Char put her feelings aside to help Kacey out?As we know Kacey’s parents passed away in a car accident while Kacey was in college.  Kacey’s mother had left behind some letters for Kacey and her father, Bill left a letter as well. Bill loved Travis and Jake as if they were his own sons.  Bill was a very wise man. In his letter he says,“Never forget that if it’s not worth fighting for, it’s not worth having.” ~ Bill (Kacey’s father)Grandma is a conniving little old lady.  She brings other players into this game to make it more interesting.  Grandma plays a huge role in trying to get these two together.  She has several tricks up her sleeve and she will stop at nothing to win this bet.When Jake finally realizes that he was fallen for Char, is it too late?  Does Char feel the same way about Jake after all these years?  Can Char see past the womanizer faade that Jake displays for the world to see.  Is there more to Jake than the playboy image?  Can Jake prove to Char that he is worth the risk?Throughout The Wager, I was laughing out loud.  The bantering between Jake and Char is hysterical.  The chemistry between the two is amazing.  As they both try and fight the feelings that they have for each other, I was routing for them the entire time.  I have never laughed so hard reading books, as I have when I read The Bet and The Wager.  Rachel you are AMAZING, and your books were like a breath of fresh air.