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The Bet

(2026)
A novel by

 
 
The author of The Wet Nurse series, Kinsey Platte, brings you a new standalone story, answering the question of what could possibly happen when your neighbor's college-aged son wants to mow your lawn and gets...thirsty.

Leah Masterson has just settled down for a nap when Tyler, her next-door neighbor's son, knocks and wants to tend to her bush and lawn. However, there's more to the visit than simple yard work for Tyler. Leah's house is the house on the block that nobody knows anything about. The other young men in the neighborhood bet him he wouldn't be let in the door.

But winning a bet by going in and drinking some lemonade is one thing. When Leah tells Tyler how her husband left her because he thought breastfeeding was disgusting, Tyler finds himself sipping more than lemonade from the older woman.

After all, Ms. Masterson needs things done around the house, too. Like in the bedroom....

The Bet is approximately 6,000 words and can be read in half an hour.




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