Betting on You is a second-chance-at-love story, but the lame ending really ruined the book, sorry.
Mason Stewart left town four years ago, leaving Lark March in a... lurch. He promised to take her with him to medical school to Atlanta, then he ran off to New York without another word, breaking her heart. Now Mason is back, a certified MD now, and he wants a second chance with Lark. But Mason's evil uncle Parker is still around, who seem to relish in Mason's misery, always telling Mason he'd amount to nothing. And Lark's two sisters don't want Lark's heart to be broken again. Even as Mason asked Lark to give him 7 days and 7 dates to rekindle their love, the sisters have a plan to dig up something about Mason. And Lark can keep telling herself she's over Mason, but she isn't. He's the only one who can make her heart race and her knees weak. Is there a chance between this couple?
Frankly, while the dates are fine, the "darkest hour" was... pretty lame.
SPOILER ALERT
I WARNED YOU!
Basically, four years ago, Mason apparently signed the lease for New York, then 5 days later, asked Lark to go with him to a DIFFERENT city and stay together. Next day, he disappeared without a word. So he's kinda messed up when he kinda proposed to Lark. Based on this, she's not ever going to trust him again? EVER? Four years later, after a couple dates where she's about to take him back, she saw the "evidence" decided he's a liar, screamed it's over, and she ran off, then two months later, she decided she was being stupid and went back to propose to him (on her knees and everything). WTF!? If a simple change of heart was all it takes to win, it's not much of a conflict.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Man is back from medical school and wants a second chance... should she give him one?
Tropes: reunion, evil parents (uncle), scars
Overall Rating: 3/5 (rounded up from 2.5/5)
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