Betting on Good

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affairs
Author_Wendy Francis
beach read
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Category=FS
Churchill Downs
couples
divorce
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family
family drama
friends
gambling
horses
infidelity
Kentucky Derby
marriage
neighbors
relationships
secrets
sisters
spring
summer

Product details

  • ISBN 9781662523014
  • Weight: 272g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2025
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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A Kentucky Derby weekend for two couples tests the high-stakes boundaries of friendship and marriage in a witty, winning, and emotional novel by the author of Feels Like Summer.

Amid the heralded springtime traditions and fabulous splendor of the Kentucky Derby, two Boston couples—longtime friends—indulge in a once-in-a-lifetime getaway. The weekend feels like a winner.

It’s a milestone-birthday present for the newly—and reluctantly—turned forty Drew Starling. Her husband, Nate, has spared no expense, despite the mounting gambling debts that Drew knows nothing about. He’s certain that with his lucky charm, Drew, by his side, he can reverse his misfortunes at Churchill Downs. Joining them are friends Leslie and Graham, floundering in a twelve-year marriage that desperately needs a change of scenery, a new spark. Graham especially looks forward to being in the Starlings’ charmed orbit this weekend, though he won’t say why.

When the bourbon begins to flow and the horses thunder down the track, secrets and simmering tensions soon spill. As sure as the bugler’s call and the winner’s purse, the stakes of marriage and friendship on this revelatory weekend have never been so high.

Wendy Francis is a former book editor (Houghton Mifflin) and the author of seven novels, including Feels Like Summer, Summertime Guests, The Summer of Good Intentions, and Three Good Things. Her writing has also appeared in Good Housekeeping, the Washington Post, and NPR’s Cognoscenti, among others. A graduate of Harvard, she lives outside Boston with her husband and sixteen-year-old son. For more information, visit www.wendyfrancisauthor.wordpress.com or find her on Facebook or Instagram @wendyfrancisauthor.

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