Bet You'll Marry Me : (Originally published in shorter form, under the title THE BET, at the end of Debbie Macomber's FAMILY AFFAIR)

First published as a short story in Debbie Macombers Family AffairIn Darlene Panzeras debut full-length romance, an entire town places a bet on just whom pretty Jenny OBrien will marry . . . and her choice surprises them all!Marry her and winWhen tall, handsome out-of-towner Nick Chandler first sets eyes on Jenny OBrien, shes storming into the Bets Burgers Caf, wielding a broom and threatening the safety of every man in sight. Hey, he figures, shes got the right to be annoyedthe whole town seems to be laying bets on whom Jenny will marry.Nicks annoyed as well. He didnt think hed have to propose to romance the land away from her, but to save his sister and his ill-fated business, he jumps into the fray and bets $10,000 that Jenny will marry him.Now the only thing stopping him from seizing her land . . . may be his own heart.