Coming July 15, 2025
In this witty rom-com follow-up to Hate to Fake it to You, Jean’s fling with a resort guest turns into a case of mistaken identities in the rugged wilds of South Dakota.
The last thing reluctant resort employee Jean Harrington expected to find on a middle-of-the-night towel run was a bashful scientist in desperate need of company . . . and clothes. Charmed by his awkwardness and endearing tangents about reptiles, she returns the next day to give the handsome mystery guest she knows only as “Charlie” lessons in poker.
He’s reserved and she’s chaotic, but together, the two of them just click. Their connection might almost scare the commitment-shy Jean if it was more than fun and games. Or so Jean chooses to believe, until she discovers there’s a lot more to Charlie’s story than shyness and snakes—and she isn’t the only person with a pressing interest in his whereabouts, not to mention his secretly scandalous dating history.
When Charlie has the audacity to abandon her without a word, Jean responds like any self-respecting spurned woman with a score to settle. Assuming a false identity, she pursues him across an ocean to stage a confrontation at the centennial celebration for the famous family business he neglected to mention. With their exes around to raise the stakes, Jean is gambling she can get the upper hand before Charlie calls her bluff.
The real trick will be remembering what they’re playing for, when the biggest risk is putting all their cards on the table.
praise
“Zingy and madcap and unexpectedly tender, The Odds of Getting Even is full of surprises from start to finish.”—Katie Cotugno, New York Timesbestselling author of Meet the Benedettos
“Witty, charming, and highly romantic, The Odds of Getting Even is a delightful romp with a hint of slapstick and the obligatory snake-in-the-grass—I loved every page.”—Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
“My love for Jean and Charlie is infinite. I could swim in the charm and wit and sweet tender emotion of this book forever. And the humor! The blessed, wonderful, sophisticated humor! Amanda Sellet makes me cackle like no other, and The Odds of Getting Even proves once again that she is a wordsmith par excellence.”—Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
“An entertaining and fast-paced tribute to classic screwball comedy, full of breezy banter, quirky characters, madcap misadventures, and a smile on every page.”—Jacqueline Firkins, author of Marlowe Banks, Redesigned
“Sweet and fizzy, like a champagne cocktail—The Odds of Getting Even takes misunderstood snake-lover Charlie and jaded artist Jean on a bouncing adventure through the far corners of America. I had so much fun!”—Katie Shepard, author of Sweeten the Deal
“Sellet’s witty voice sparkles in this hilarious romp—seriously, she could teach a masterclass in the art of misunderstandings gone awry!”—KJ Micciche, author of The Book Proposal and A Storybook Wedding
“The Odds of Getting Even froths with whip-smart, voice-y humor and over-the-top fun. Amanda Sellet—who takes the comedy part of rom-com seriously—bravely answers the question that has hounded philosophers for millennia: what if Forgetting Sarah Marshall took place at a beer-sponsored music festival in Deadwood? 10/10 snakes agree that this rom-com is hiss-terically funny.”—Jen Comfort, author of What is Love?