Bet on It

A Novel

By: Jodie Slaughter

Narrated by: Angel Pean

"Jodie Slaughter is must-buy author, and Bet on It is a perfect example of what makes her writing delicious. Aja and Walker’s story is hot, sweet, and utterly unique, with a rock-solid emotional core." (Talia Hibbert, New York Times best-selling author of Act Your Age, Eve Brown)

The first time Aja Owens encounters the man of her dreams, she’s having a panic attack in the frozen foods section of the Piggly Wiggly. The second time, he’s being introduced to her as her favorite bingo buddy’s semi-estranged grandson. From there, all it takes is one game for her to realize that he’s definitely going to be a problem. And if there’s anything she already has a surplus of, it’s problems.

In Walker Abbott’s mind, there are only two worthwhile things in Greenbelt, South Carolina. The peach cobbler at his old favorite diner and his ailing grandmother. Dragging himself back after more than a decade away, he’s counting down the days until Gram heals and he can get back to his real life. Far away from the trauma inside of those city limits. Just when he thinks his plan is solid, enter Aja to shake everything up.

A hastily made bingo-based sex pact is supposed to keep this…thing between them from getting out of hand. Especially when submitting to their feelings means disrupting their carefully balanced lives. But emotions are just like bingo callers—they refuse to be ignored.

Jodie Slaughter's Bet on It is a heart-stoppingly fun, emotional romance that will have listeners falling in love until long after the last word.

“Bet on It reads like the first rays of sun on your face after a long winter. I loved Aja and Walker's story about two genuinely good people who are playful and sweet to each other, helping one another heal, while also having incredibly hot sex. With standout portrayals of beautiful, generous friendships in addition to the love story, this is a book to be savored.” (Rosie Danan, author of The Intimacy Experiment and The Roommate)

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin.

©2022 Jodie Slaughter (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Great story

Thoughtful Approach to Mental Health, Great story and Wonderful Performance. Highly recommend, even those with mental health difficulties can find beauty in the story.

Instant Comfort Read

I adore this book! The perfect combo of sweet and sexy. This book talked anxiety disorders and PTSD extremely well. I adore Walker and Aja together. As a southern girl, Walker is realistic and perfect book husband!

Really nice story!

Good story and the narrator was excellent. A perfect voice for this cute story!! I would definitely read another book by this author!

Very good story

I really enjoyed this story. This is my first Jodie Slaughter experience and I will definitely look into her book offerings. She handled mental illness delicately. I can tell she spent time researching symptoms and treatment choices for different types of anxiety and I appreciate her efforts. I wish she had spent some time researching bingo. Then she would know the highest number on bingo cards is 75, not 92. For me, small details like this really take away from a story because as soon as I hear
or read something I know to be incorrect, I’m spending time asking myself, did she just say G 92, and my mind immediately distracted because I’m thinking, wait a minute… Those moments take away from my enjoyment of the overall story. The narration for me was slow. Her voice was pleasant and I kept expecting her cadence to change for each character, but it didn’t, so I had to listen at 1.2x speed. Otherwise I think Ms Pean did a great job. Again, I will most assuredly look for other Jodie Slaughter book, this One was worth the time and credit.

Sweet as a peach cobbler

The Oscar for best narration goes to Angel Pean. Wow! The delineation of all the characters and especially the male and female voices was awe-inspiring.

The story was lovely, interesting, passionate, educational, and in-pausable. I loved especially that even the supporting cast, the people of the town, went through change. That is a seldom seen, nice touch.

I recommend this well developed story.

Good Story, Narration Could Be Better

I enjoyed this book. I liked the focus on mental health for both of the main characters. The conversations around mental health were thoughtful and respectful. I also liked the presence of diversity in the characters. Issues of race were touched on accurately, but weren’t the main focus of the story. I could have used more of that, but wasn’t disappointed.

But, I didn’t enjoy the narration. I realized right away that the pace the narrator used was too slow for my taste. So, I sped it up for the whole book. I also thought the narrator could have done a better job of distinguishing the voices of the different characters. At times it was hard to know who was speaking. The male and female characters sounded mostly the same as did the older and younger characters. That was distracting enough that I may avoid audio books with this narrator going forward and opt to read the e-books instead.

But, if you can look past that, I think you’ll enjoy the book.

narrator was the best part

I chose this book simply because I love the narrator, but I really feel she was wasted on this story. I lost the storyline more than once wasted a credit on this one.

Bingo!

Good story, good performance. Most narrators can’t do male and female voices believably. Ms. Pean comes close. Two anxiety ridden characters end up in a small town for opposite reasons find out love overcomes anything.

Great Story, But I Wish There Was More

I loved the story a lot. I think the characters in the book were fleshed out and definitely had their own personality. I only wish there was more of a romantic build up between Asia and Walker. Yes, they lusted after each other and brought each other comfort, but the romance element was missing just a bit. The narrator was a great choice for Asia. Overall, I enjoyed the story!

Anxious people deserve love too

As someone who struggles with anxiety I really appreciate this story. The female MC is sexy and confident despite her mental health issues. I can’t wait to see what else this author has to offer.