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The Wager
Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and an awkwardness that runs them off.
John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth. There’s been no end to the women interested in him, but is it for what he has rather than who he is?
Neither has met nor knows about the other. Until fate, and their meddling fathers, intervene. Ivy makes a bet with her friend that she most certainly can work in a menial, minimum wage job for a month. Meanwhile, Will picks up the challenge thrown out by his father and Red Marshall daring him to live in a small town and get a woman to say she’d marry him while knowing nothing about his wealth.
Both wind up in Murray County, Oklahoma—Cameo as the manager of the Strawberry Moon, a small burger joint on Highway 77; Will, a chief cook and dish washer. She thinks he’s in the witness protection program. He thinks she’s a poor country girl from the boonies. But they’ve agreed there’ll be no past or future…only today while they’re working at the Moon.
When the month is over they’ll both go their separate ways and never look back at what they shared. What they don’t realize is that their future is together, in work, and in love.
John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth. There’s been no end to the women interested in him, but is it for what he has rather than who he is?
Neither has met nor knows about the other. Until fate, and their meddling fathers, intervene. Ivy makes a bet with her friend that she most certainly can work in a menial, minimum wage job for a month. Meanwhile, Will picks up the challenge thrown out by his father and Red Marshall daring him to live in a small town and get a woman to say she’d marry him while knowing nothing about his wealth.
Both wind up in Murray County, Oklahoma—Cameo as the manager of the Strawberry Moon, a small burger joint on Highway 77; Will, a chief cook and dish washer. She thinks he’s in the witness protection program. He thinks she’s a poor country girl from the boonies. But they’ve agreed there’ll be no past or future…only today while they’re working at the Moon.
When the month is over they’ll both go their separate ways and never look back at what they shared. What they don’t realize is that their future is together, in work, and in love.
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First published April 30, 2005
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Carolyn Brown
182 books4,130 followersHi! I'm twenty five years old and movie star gorgeous. The camera added thirty plus years and a few wrinkles. Can't trust those cameras or mirrors either. Along with bathroom scales they are notorious liars! Honestly, I am the mother of three fantastic grown children who've made me laugh and given me more story ideas than I could ever write. My husband, Charles, is my strongest supporter and my best friend. He's even willing to eat fast food and help with the laundry while I finish one more chapter! Life is good and I am blessed!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
Reading has been a passion since I was five years old and figured out those were words on book pages. As soon as my chubby little fingers found they could put words on a Big Chief tablet with a fat pencil, I was on my way. Writing joined reading in my list of passions. I will read anything from the back of the Cheerio's box to Faulkner and love every bit of it. In addition to reading I enjoy cooking, my family and the ocean. I love the Florida beaches. Listening to the ocean waves puts my writing brain into high gear.
I love writing romance because it's about emotions and relationships. Human nature hasn't changed a bit since Eve coveted the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Settings change. Plots change. Names change. Times change. But love is love and men and women have been falling in and out of it forever. Romance is about emotions: love, hate, anger, laughter... all of it. If I can make you laugh until your sides ache or grab a tissue then I've touched your emotions and accomplished what every writer sets out to do.
I got serious about writing when my third child was born and had her days and nights mixed up. I had to stay up all night anyway and it was very quiet so I invested in a spiral back notebook and sharpened a few pencils. The story that emerged has never sold but it's brought in enough rejection slips to put the Redwood Forest on the endangered list. In 1997 Kensington bought two books for their Precious Gems line. Two years and six books later the line died with only four of those books seeing publication. But by then Avalon had bought a book and another, and another. Ten years later the list has grown to thirty nine. Last year Sourcebooks bought the Lucky Series which is in the bookstores now. They've also bought The Honky Tonk Series which will debut with I LOVE THIS BAR in June and will be followed by HELL, YEAH, MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED, and HONKY TONK CHRISTMAS.
Folks ask me where I get my ideas. Three kids, fifteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Note: I was a very young grandmother! Life is a zoo around here when they all come home. In one Sunday afternoon there's enough ideas to keep me writing for years and years. Seriously, ideas pop up at the craziest times. When one sinks its roots into my mind, I have no choice but to write the story. And while I'm writing the characters peek over my shoulder and make sure I'm telling it right and not exaggerating too much. Pesky little devils, they are!
I have a wonderful agent, Erin Niumata, who continues to work magic and sell my work. I'm very lucky to have her and my editors who continue to believe in me.
Happy reading!
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November 16, 2019
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The Wager is a stand-alone contemporary romance by Carolyn Brown. It is based on wagers between the hero and heroine between themselves and their fathers. The main characters didn't even seem to realize how extraordinary the situation was. In order to prepare for their future merger, father's had set-up a wager. They filled the restaurant with an effervescent cohesiveness.
AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION:
Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and awkwardness that runs them off.
John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth.
Neither has met nor knows about the other. Until fate, and their meddling fathers intervenes. Ivy makes a bet with her friend that she most certainly can work in a menial, minimum wage job for a month. Meanwhile, Will picks up the challenge thrown out by his father and Red Marshall daring him to live in a small town and get a woman to say she'd marry him while knowing nothing about his wealth.
Both wind up in Murray County, Oklahoma---Cameo as the manager of the Strawberry Moon, a small burger joint on Highway 77; Will, a chief cook, and dishwasher. She thinks he's in the witness protection program. He thinks she's a poor country girl from the boonies. But they've agreed there'll be no past or future...only today while they're working at the Moon.
When the month is over they'll both go their separate ways and never look back at what they shared. What they don't realize is that their future is together, in work, and in love.
Much happened between the hero and heroine as they lived and worked side by side in the restaurant. After the thirty-day wager was completed, there were instant fireworks when they were placed side by side in the oil business company merger.
This is a clean and wholesome read, providing an entertaining journey down two completely different worlds which definitely leads to an H.E.A.
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The Wager - Kindle Edition
by Carolyn Brown (Author)
Print Length: 198 pages
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The Wager is a stand-alone contemporary romance by Carolyn Brown. It is based on wagers between the hero and heroine between themselves and their fathers. The main characters didn't even seem to realize how extraordinary the situation was. In order to prepare for their future merger, father's had set-up a wager. They filled the restaurant with an effervescent cohesiveness.
AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION:
Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and awkwardness that runs them off.
John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth.
Neither has met nor knows about the other. Until fate, and their meddling fathers intervenes. Ivy makes a bet with her friend that she most certainly can work in a menial, minimum wage job for a month. Meanwhile, Will picks up the challenge thrown out by his father and Red Marshall daring him to live in a small town and get a woman to say she'd marry him while knowing nothing about his wealth.
Both wind up in Murray County, Oklahoma---Cameo as the manager of the Strawberry Moon, a small burger joint on Highway 77; Will, a chief cook, and dishwasher. She thinks he's in the witness protection program. He thinks she's a poor country girl from the boonies. But they've agreed there'll be no past or future...only today while they're working at the Moon.
When the month is over they'll both go their separate ways and never look back at what they shared. What they don't realize is that their future is together, in work, and in love.
Much happened between the hero and heroine as they lived and worked side by side in the restaurant. After the thirty-day wager was completed, there were instant fireworks when they were placed side by side in the oil business company merger.
This is a clean and wholesome read, providing an entertaining journey down two completely different worlds which definitely leads to an H.E.A.
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The Wager - Kindle Edition
by Carolyn Brown (Author)
Print Length: 198 pages
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June 3, 2018
3.5 rounded up to 4 stars
Cute idea that has much more potential than the author develops. Two rich 30-ish-year-olds whose family oil businesses are on the cusp of merging get goaded into betting with their fathers that they'll be able to last a month working at a minimum wage job.
It's a set-up. Neither knows about the other. Ivy Marshall becomes Cameo Johnson. John Dalhart becomes Sonny Johnson. The two of them end up working together at the Strawberry Moon Cafe. She's the waitress/manager. When Sonny shows up, he actually agrees to take a temporary job as her short order cook when she has no other applicants. She rents him a room at the double wide trailer she's living in.
Cameo and Sonny adapt unbelievably well despite having no prior experience at their respective jobs. I'd have expected them to have more difficulties. Yes, these are intelligent people, but you only have to watch an episode of the U.S. TV show Undercover Boss to see intelligent people struggling to do working class jobs. Sonny and Cameo do find the work physically demanding and they're usually bone tired by the end of their 12-hour shifts, but they still get up early each day to run a few miles. (Really??)
By mutual agreement, they never discuss the past or the future, which leaves each speculating and making assumptions about the other. Naturally, they fall in love. John's wager includes getting a woman to agree to marry him, but he's certain a country girl like Cameo would never be happy in his world. She's equally certain that drifter Sonny would never be happy in hers.
Here's where it really lost me: When Cameo and Sonny get back to Austin, Texas and meet each other as Ivy and John in a board meeting to discuss the company merger, they're not thrilled to find each other again. Their fathers immediately confess. The rules of the bet prevented them both from being completely honest. So why are they so angry with each other? Shouldn't they be ecstatic that the person they love IS accustomed to stuffy society events and the lifestyle of the rich and famous? The logic here escapes me.
The story is well-written, and I don't note any misspellings or grammar errors. I like the leading characters, even though they don't always make sense to me.
The content is completely clean, though not without some heat between Ivy/Cameo and John/Sonny. The plot includes the two attending church functions together and the owners of the cafe needing the month off to travel doing mission work. The author never uses these as an excuse to get all preachy on the reader. The church members are shown to be ordinary people with common human foibles rather than uncommonly wise and insightful, which I REALLY appreciated.
Overall, this is just an OK read.
Cute idea that has much more potential than the author develops. Two rich 30-ish-year-olds whose family oil businesses are on the cusp of merging get goaded into betting with their fathers that they'll be able to last a month working at a minimum wage job.
It's a set-up. Neither knows about the other. Ivy Marshall becomes Cameo Johnson. John Dalhart becomes Sonny Johnson. The two of them end up working together at the Strawberry Moon Cafe. She's the waitress/manager. When Sonny shows up, he actually agrees to take a temporary job as her short order cook when she has no other applicants. She rents him a room at the double wide trailer she's living in.
Cameo and Sonny adapt unbelievably well despite having no prior experience at their respective jobs. I'd have expected them to have more difficulties. Yes, these are intelligent people, but you only have to watch an episode of the U.S. TV show Undercover Boss to see intelligent people struggling to do working class jobs. Sonny and Cameo do find the work physically demanding and they're usually bone tired by the end of their 12-hour shifts, but they still get up early each day to run a few miles. (Really??)
By mutual agreement, they never discuss the past or the future, which leaves each speculating and making assumptions about the other. Naturally, they fall in love. John's wager includes getting a woman to agree to marry him, but he's certain a country girl like Cameo would never be happy in his world. She's equally certain that drifter Sonny would never be happy in hers.
Here's where it really lost me: When Cameo and Sonny get back to Austin, Texas and meet each other as Ivy and John in a board meeting to discuss the company merger, they're not thrilled to find each other again. Their fathers immediately confess. The rules of the bet prevented them both from being completely honest. So why are they so angry with each other? Shouldn't they be ecstatic that the person they love IS accustomed to stuffy society events and the lifestyle of the rich and famous? The logic here escapes me.
The story is well-written, and I don't note any misspellings or grammar errors. I like the leading characters, even though they don't always make sense to me.
The content is completely clean, though not without some heat between Ivy/Cameo and John/Sonny. The plot includes the two attending church functions together and the owners of the cafe needing the month off to travel doing mission work. The author never uses these as an excuse to get all preachy on the reader. The church members are shown to be ordinary people with common human foibles rather than uncommonly wise and insightful, which I REALLY appreciated.
Overall, this is just an OK read.
January 1, 2016
I'm so disappointed. I thought for sure, with the premise of the book, this was going to be one of those I liked...but no. WARNING:POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD
The whole idea was brilliant. Über rich people having to work at a diner, falling in love without money and the life they had...it seemed perfect. I should have known I wouldn't have liked this. The inception of the bet was ridiculous. Two old rich guys con their kids into this menial labor job and make promises of buying them cars and horses and ... *rolls eyes* It was stupid and didn't feel natural with a build up or anything. Just jumped right into it.
Then the two characters playing like they're poor...They kept thinking of how they liked the other person, but the other person was too "low rent" to live in their world. In any good book like this, the rich person would give it all up or sweep the other person off their feet into a palace...But not here. It got way to judgmental for me. I can't stand the main characters putting the one they supposedly love down.
Then the way it read... I've lived most of my life in the DFW area of Texas and have been to Davis, OK/Turner Falls numerous times. I can say that reading this in my head was like reading some lazy person's idea of how all southerners are. When in reality, we/they are not. The boots and bolo ties... Only on older, older men. Business guys in Texas dress like business guys in New York...or at least the ones I've known/met in Dallas/Houston/SAT/Austin. The small town all talked so back water...and I felt it more insulting than endearing...if every single person didn't talk that way, it would have been better. If the main characters didn't dis these small town people because they weren't big city, it would have been better.
There was so much I didn't like as opposed to what I did. Maybe this is more for someone else, and if you liked it, more power to you. This one just isn't for me. *heavy disappointed sigh* At least this one was borrowed through my Kindle and I didn't fork out $ to read it, because I'd be demanding negative stars on Goodreads.
I'm so majorly heartbroken here. Bummed. Feeling like I need a good story to make me happy again.
The whole idea was brilliant. Über rich people having to work at a diner, falling in love without money and the life they had...it seemed perfect. I should have known I wouldn't have liked this. The inception of the bet was ridiculous. Two old rich guys con their kids into this menial labor job and make promises of buying them cars and horses and ... *rolls eyes* It was stupid and didn't feel natural with a build up or anything. Just jumped right into it.
Then the two characters playing like they're poor...They kept thinking of how they liked the other person, but the other person was too "low rent" to live in their world. In any good book like this, the rich person would give it all up or sweep the other person off their feet into a palace...But not here. It got way to judgmental for me. I can't stand the main characters putting the one they supposedly love down.
Then the way it read... I've lived most of my life in the DFW area of Texas and have been to Davis, OK/Turner Falls numerous times. I can say that reading this in my head was like reading some lazy person's idea of how all southerners are. When in reality, we/they are not. The boots and bolo ties... Only on older, older men. Business guys in Texas dress like business guys in New York...or at least the ones I've known/met in Dallas/Houston/SAT/Austin. The small town all talked so back water...and I felt it more insulting than endearing...if every single person didn't talk that way, it would have been better. If the main characters didn't dis these small town people because they weren't big city, it would have been better.
There was so much I didn't like as opposed to what I did. Maybe this is more for someone else, and if you liked it, more power to you. This one just isn't for me. *heavy disappointed sigh* At least this one was borrowed through my Kindle and I didn't fork out $ to read it, because I'd be demanding negative stars on Goodreads.
I'm so majorly heartbroken here. Bummed. Feeling like I need a good story to make me happy again.
March 16, 2020
The Wager
Love Cameo and Sonny. Quite a few laughs. Would have liked a bit more follow up between them and their fathers.
Love Cameo and Sonny. Quite a few laughs. Would have liked a bit more follow up between them and their fathers.
May 9, 2015
Fine
Good story.Nice to read good values for a change.Could not have been sweeter.A very nice story.All we really need is love.
Good story.Nice to read good values for a change.Could not have been sweeter.A very nice story.All we really need is love.
January 30, 2024
What if a romcom was a book
October 23, 2019
The Wager by Carolyn Brown, sat in my queue for awhile. I wasn't sure why I'd selected it. I tend to read thrillers and mysteries, this was not that at all. Despite that, sitting quietly with a cup of tea, I read the story of Cameo and Sonny Johnson (no relation).
While it could be argued that parts were predictable, it didn't take away from it being a good read. I will say that I thought it was going to end well before it did and found myself wondering where things were going.
I thought it was cute the roles the fathers played and made me think of some of the shenanigans my own father might try with far less expensive rewards.
I couldn't help but think it would make a great Hallmark movie since the story was without heaving bosoms, violence (except for some eggs that suffered a casualty or two), sex, nor foul language.
Good for a quick read on a rainy day with your favorite warm beverage.
While it could be argued that parts were predictable, it didn't take away from it being a good read. I will say that I thought it was going to end well before it did and found myself wondering where things were going.
I thought it was cute the roles the fathers played and made me think of some of the shenanigans my own father might try with far less expensive rewards.
I couldn't help but think it would make a great Hallmark movie since the story was without heaving bosoms, violence (except for some eggs that suffered a casualty or two), sex, nor foul language.
Good for a quick read on a rainy day with your favorite warm beverage.
April 30, 2019
This is another enjoyable read by Carolyn Brown. Cameo takes a bet from her father and her best friend that she can manage the Strawberry Moon cafe in Davis, Oklahoma for a month. Sonny takes a bet from his father and Cameo’s dad that he can work a minimum wage job for a month. Red tells him about the cafe he visited years ago, with the best grilled onion burgers. They can’t use their real names, so Ivy and Will have no ideal that they’ll be working together again, once their month is up in Oklahoma. Grab your copy and see what happens. Get ready for some laughs and to finish reading with a smile on your face.
June 2, 2021
Strawberry Moon
Two rich kids hornswoggled by their fathers to work incognito in a small cafe in Davis, Oklahoma, for a month on a bet fall in love in the process, not knowing that each was a partner in a merger in a new oil company their families’ just put together. Both are over thirty and assume the other is a hardworking, backwoods ne’er-do-well. The two fall hard for each other until the end of the month and they each go back to Austin. What then? A fun story that has a bit of a Shakespearean play vibe. Only a bit, mind you.
Two rich kids hornswoggled by their fathers to work incognito in a small cafe in Davis, Oklahoma, for a month on a bet fall in love in the process, not knowing that each was a partner in a merger in a new oil company their families’ just put together. Both are over thirty and assume the other is a hardworking, backwoods ne’er-do-well. The two fall hard for each other until the end of the month and they each go back to Austin. What then? A fun story that has a bit of a Shakespearean play vibe. Only a bit, mind you.
March 6, 2022
Will true love prevail?
A cute and whimsical story to add to your must read pile. It's lighthearted and will make you laugh.
Ivy and Will's father's have made bets with them that they can't work for 30 days at menial jobs. The rules are easy and unawares to them, their fathers have set them up. Can Cameo and Sonny, their alter ego 's , make the 30 days count? When they return to reality and their jobs as co-presidents of a major oil company, will their relationship succeed or fail?
A cute and whimsical story to add to your must read pile. It's lighthearted and will make you laugh.
Ivy and Will's father's have made bets with them that they can't work for 30 days at menial jobs. The rules are easy and unawares to them, their fathers have set them up. Can Cameo and Sonny, their alter ego 's , make the 30 days count? When they return to reality and their jobs as co-presidents of a major oil company, will their relationship succeed or fail?
April 4, 2022
The Wager
Very enjoyable story. Carolyn Brown again uses the F. Scott Fitzgerald technique of loading us up on current and timely details, such as descriptions of main street and Turner Falls. As we passed the railroad tracks and saw the museum, I remembered that my grandmother's picture of her high school graduating class was displayed there. And indeed my mother's uncles and cousins were the ones who built the rock cabins down there at the falls. A good story makes a person feel as if they have been there; I actually HAVE been there!
Very enjoyable story. Carolyn Brown again uses the F. Scott Fitzgerald technique of loading us up on current and timely details, such as descriptions of main street and Turner Falls. As we passed the railroad tracks and saw the museum, I remembered that my grandmother's picture of her high school graduating class was displayed there. And indeed my mother's uncles and cousins were the ones who built the rock cabins down there at the falls. A good story makes a person feel as if they have been there; I actually HAVE been there!
June 9, 2022
Rich 30ish Ivy/Cameo (sorry but that's a dumb name) and rich 33 year old Will/Sonny meet at the Rainbow Moon diner in Davis, OK. Despite some of the stupid things about this little story it was a good read. The stupid: only the two of them are working at the diner for a month (no way can two people handle the lunch/dinner rush the author writes them into), the sudden wedding(s), and a few other silly points here and there. The cute: they fall in love and after they meet each other back in their "real world" they find they do love each other.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 18, 2017
Country love
Cameo and Sonny soon fall in love. They agree no past or future. Just the moment they are in. Little do they know that life soon will change at the end of the month. When they both leave behind The Moon Cafe for their real life. They are working together and the love they developed while at the Moon, never died. This author has became one of my favorites and I recommend all her books.
Cameo and Sonny soon fall in love. They agree no past or future. Just the moment they are in. Little do they know that life soon will change at the end of the month. When they both leave behind The Moon Cafe for their real life. They are working together and the love they developed while at the Moon, never died. This author has became one of my favorites and I recommend all her books.
January 2, 2019
Cute story
It is an easy read with minor changes that need to be made in editing.
Unbelievable but entertaining.
Categorize this as soon as Hallmark movie.
What I don't like; I have to say the lie in to the church members, the men placing bets in the game during the church dinner, and trash talking/gossiping during the church dinner.
That is not what would be going on during s church dinner.
It is an easy read with minor changes that need to be made in editing.
Unbelievable but entertaining.
Categorize this as soon as Hallmark movie.
What I don't like; I have to say the lie in to the church members, the men placing bets in the game during the church dinner, and trash talking/gossiping during the church dinner.
That is not what would be going on during s church dinner.
September 2, 2018
Loved this one too
As if Carolyn Brown could write a book that doesn't grab your heart! I was in at the git-go. Dalhart, RD had to be named for Will's family (another tale somewhere, Carol?) Seeing these two characters to head-to-head and both come out winners in spite of their fathers couldn't have been better. Thank you, Carolyn for another fantastic story!!
As if Carolyn Brown could write a book that doesn't grab your heart! I was in at the git-go. Dalhart, RD had to be named for Will's family (another tale somewhere, Carol?) Seeing these two characters to head-to-head and both come out winners in spite of their fathers couldn't have been better. Thank you, Carolyn for another fantastic story!!
November 2, 2018
Fun read!
Enjoyed It With everything going on in our lives and in the world, sometimes we need a good light-hearted story to read. I liked the characters and the trip they took me on from big city wealthy to small town living. I plan to read more books by this author in the near future!
Enjoyed It With everything going on in our lives and in the world, sometimes we need a good light-hearted story to read. I liked the characters and the trip they took me on from big city wealthy to small town living. I plan to read more books by this author in the near future!
January 23, 2019
Enjoyed
This was a sweet story and a short read. I would have enjoyed even more of them, but it would have ruined the short read entirely. From the elevator decorating, I needed the story to get longer. More detailed. Drag out the love that had my heart in its grip and threatening to burst.
This was a sweet story and a short read. I would have enjoyed even more of them, but it would have ruined the short read entirely. From the elevator decorating, I needed the story to get longer. More detailed. Drag out the love that had my heart in its grip and threatening to burst.
September 21, 2020
Wonderful as ever!!!
My husband was in the hospital this week and I told his day surgery nurse about a wonderful writer who lives in Davis OK and who tells Wonderful stories about a timeless area with characters you fall in love with! I loved The Wager ! Blessings from Lindsay Oklahoma!!!
My husband was in the hospital this week and I told his day surgery nurse about a wonderful writer who lives in Davis OK and who tells Wonderful stories about a timeless area with characters you fall in love with! I loved The Wager ! Blessings from Lindsay Oklahoma!!!
March 20, 2022
A fun read
At first I thought I was not going to like this book. But I am glad I kept reading it. It turned out to be a fun read. Don't we all want to go and be someone else and do something else for work that wasn't at all in our wheelhouse? I enjoyed the book and was happy I finished it
At first I thought I was not going to like this book. But I am glad I kept reading it. It turned out to be a fun read. Don't we all want to go and be someone else and do something else for work that wasn't at all in our wheelhouse? I enjoyed the book and was happy I finished it
June 11, 2022
The Wager
I have read a few of this author’s books and I have never been disappointed.
This one is a lovely romantic story about two people who had bets with each of their fathers unknown to each other that they could survive in jobs with minimum wage’s and no back up I loved it.
I have read a few of this author’s books and I have never been disappointed.
This one is a lovely romantic story about two people who had bets with each of their fathers unknown to each other that they could survive in jobs with minimum wage’s and no back up I loved it.
September 28, 2024
A little disappointed in this one Carolyn. This is #5 of her books that I have read and true to form she makes all kinds of references to country music, which I can relate too even if it does get old. I got so bored with this one that I didn't even finish it. However, I will read Carolyn Brown again because her books are sweet even if they are predictable.
July 11, 2025
The best one yet
Carolyn Brown is known for romance and intrigue in all her books. This one was no exception. The month they spent running the Strawberry Moon cafe would cement their relationship more than running an oil company together. But when it was all said and done, they returned to Davis to get married anyway.
Carolyn Brown is known for romance and intrigue in all her books. This one was no exception. The month they spent running the Strawberry Moon cafe would cement their relationship more than running an oil company together. But when it was all said and done, they returned to Davis to get married anyway.
August 24, 2017
As good as it gets
Meddlesome fathers, our protagonists pretending to be poor hardworking everyday folks when they are really hardworking ultra rich folks. Lies abound, romance is in the air.
Meddlesome fathers, our protagonists pretending to be poor hardworking everyday folks when they are really hardworking ultra rich folks. Lies abound, romance is in the air.
September 29, 2017
Great read
A crazy bet sends to people to a small town to work in a Burger joint, to prove the could do hard work. Along the way they fall in love but not knowing who each other are.
A crazy bet sends to people to a small town to work in a Burger joint, to prove the could do hard work. Along the way they fall in love but not knowing who each other are.
January 12, 2018
Cheesy, no substance. Not very engaging.
This book is based on a ridiculous coincidence that just got worse the more I read. It was silly and one dimensional. Amateur story line and progression. Don't waste your time.
This book is based on a ridiculous coincidence that just got worse the more I read. It was silly and one dimensional. Amateur story line and progression. Don't waste your time.
June 6, 2018
Another very fun read. Have to admit that I was really not too imptessed
But, Each night I fell more and more anxious to see how this was going to play out, now I need to see what to get to enjoy my bed time read!
FUN!!!
But, Each night I fell more and more anxious to see how this was going to play out, now I need to see what to get to enjoy my bed time read!
FUN!!!
July 14, 2018
So bad
The premise was cute, the characters fairly likable, the situation improbable, but the writing was highly distracting. So. Many. Similes. And run on sentences. Can not recommend.
The premise was cute, the characters fairly likable, the situation improbable, but the writing was highly distracting. So. Many. Similes. And run on sentences. Can not recommend.
January 29, 2019
Two heirs to StEfan lol fortune meet under assumed identifies.
If you love old Doris Day, Rock Hudson movies, this is the book for you. A well written fast paced modern gaiety tale, that will keep you up all night, just reading one more chapter.
If you love old Doris Day, Rock Hudson movies, this is the book for you. A well written fast paced modern gaiety tale, that will keep you up all night, just reading one more chapter.
February 9, 2019
Easy read with a clever story line. Not a surprise ending. Pretty predictable.
The author has a good idea here and it
was a fun romp, but a little too predictable. I enjoyed it but the ending was too abrupt. Needed a bit more closure. See Gee
The author has a good idea here and it
was a fun romp, but a little too predictable. I enjoyed it but the ending was too abrupt. Needed a bit more closure. See Gee
February 12, 2019
Imagination Is Wonderful
Carolyn Brown has a place in my Favorites List. This story is unique as are all her books. A lovely love story.
I sincerely recommend it to everyone who enjoys a good tale.
Carolyn Brown has a place in my Favorites List. This story is unique as are all her books. A lovely love story.
I sincerely recommend it to everyone who enjoys a good tale.
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