WoW: Play to Win by Jodie Slaughter

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine!

Jodie Slaughter’s latest rom-com, Play to Win, is a sizzling romance where a winning lottery ticket is meant to be a new start but instead becomes a second chance at love.

Miriam Butler’s life is going nowhere in the slowest, most excruciating way possible. Stuck in the same barely-paying job she’s had since she was sixteen and spending every night sleeping in the spare twin bed in her mother’s house, her existence might be hilarious if it wasn’t so bleak. One trip to her favorite corner store upends everything when she finds herself the winner of a Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot. Unfortunately, not even life-altering roses come without their painful thorns. Hers just so happen to be in the form of an estranged husband who has the right to claim his share of her money.

It’s been eight years since Leo Vaughn has had a conversation with his wife. When she calls out of the blue, practically begging him to come back to Greenbelt, the last thing he expects her to tell him when he gets there is that she’s come into a whole heap of money. She offers him a life-changing proposition of his own. Take a lump sum, finally sign the divorce papers, and be done with her for good. Only, a forever without her is the last thing Leo wants. So he gives a proposition of his own. One that won’t cost her nearly as many millions, but will buy him the time to do the one thing he’s been hungry to do since he left — win her back.

Published by: St. Martin’s Griffin
Expected Publication: July 11, 2023

Why I’m Waiting: I read my first Jodie Slaughter last year in Bet on It. And the way Slaughter did the anxiety rep and the romance (back seat scene still finds its way into my brain sometimes lol) made the decision on it’s own for me to add this to my TBR. This one isn’t about Bingo and the elderly, but it is about hittin a lick on the lotto and I love this! And this second chance romance seems like it’s a weird one. They were married and she wants a divorce but he doesn’t? I need to know why. And I need to make sure she ain’t making a wrong decision. Again….Ugh I need this yesterday!

What about you? Have you read Jodie Slaughter before? Will you be reading this when it comes out? Do you like second chance romances? Do you think him coming back has to do with the money? (I’m a little nervous lol) Let me know in the comments!