How to win a bet against your best friend’s fiancé: Step 1: Find a girlfriend to take to your best friend’s wedding. Step 2: When you fail at the previous step, decide to get a fake girlfriend. Step 3: Make a deal with the local goth bartender to be your date for a week in exchange for doing manual labor around her house. Step 4: Do your best to avoid your ex at this wedding. Step 5: Try to keep your hands to yourself and off of your gorgeous date. Step 6: When you fail at the previous step (again), try not to notice how awesome your date is. Step 7: Try not to fall in love with her. Devon's Deal is the third book in The Samson Boys, but all of them can be read as complete standalones.