A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the
Movies this “entertaining” ( Publishers Weekly ) rom-com in the vein of She’s All That and 10
Things I Hate About You follows a teen girl who unwittingly finds herself at the center of a
bet while working at a waterpark. When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel
waterpark she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey
met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha where she moved after her parents’ divorce.
Charlie’s cynicism didn’t mix well with Bailey’s carefully well-behaved temperament and his
endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip.
Now Bailey and Charlie are still polar opposites but instead of everything about him rubbing
Bailey the wrong way she starts to look forward to hanging out and gossiping about the
waterpark guests and their coworkers—particularly two who keep flirting with each other. Bailey
and Charlie make a bet on whether or not the cozy pair will actually get together. Charlie
insists that members of the opposite sex can’t just be friends and Bailey is determined to
prove him wrong. Bailey and Charlie keep close track of the romantic progress of others
while Charlie works to deflect the growing feelings he’s developed for Bailey. Terrified to
lose her if his crush becomes known what doesn’t help his agenda is Bailey and Charlie “fake
dating” in order to disrupt the annoying pleasantries between Bailey’s mom and her mom’s new
boyfriend. Soon what Charlie was hoping to avoid becomes a reality as Bailey starts to see him
as not only a friend she can rely on in the midst of family drama—but someone who makes her
hands shake and heart race. But Charlie has a secret—a secret that involves Bailey and another
bet Charlie may have made. Can the two make a real go of things…or has Charlie’s secret doomed
them before they could start?
