Showing results for "Gambling" in Contemporary

Monte Carlo, die Stadt des Luxus und der verbotenen Spiele. Hier verlor Paxton Hawke alles: sein Vermögen, seinen Stolz und die Liebe seines Lebens. Als er Amylia Bishop trifft, die beste Freundin seiner Ex, spannt er sie in seinen Plan ein.. Ein Jahr später will er sie zurückerobern. Er ahnt nicht, wer sie wirklich ist, doch zwischen ihnen entbrennt ein gefährliches Spiel aus Verlangen, Lügen und Verrat. In dieser Welt zählt nur eines: Wer gewinnt – und wer alles verliert.

Quent Jackson has followed Jason Spade's every move in business and in poker since their first day as college freshmen. Eight years later, when Jace finally decides Quent is the one man he can't live without, he sees no reason for that to change.

Ski instructor Ellie Montgomery hits Vegas during a romance convention to meet the man of her dreams . . . only, the man of her dreams isn't the cover model she's there to see. He's the hot-as-sin bodyguard who catches her sneaking in the back door of a meet-and-greet, and he seems more than ready to do what it takes to prove he's twice the man her pretty boy crush could ever be.

When professional poker player Matthew Shaughnessy wins the pot of a lifetime, he didn't expect to land himself a fiancée. Cassandra Gardener is left with little choice but to play the part of a Texan's fiancée for a week if she wants to clear her father's gambling debt. Can two people with so much to lose win the biggest bet of all - love?

Artist Samantha Cartwright arrives in Cat’s Paw Cove for a visit with her great Aunt Emma, hoping to get clarity about Emma’s cryptic prediction. Instead, Sam finds out she must mind her aunt’s metaphysical shop while Emma is away on vacation. Lucky for her, tall, dark, and handsome help enters the shop just in the nick of time. Eli Kincaid managed to get on the bad side of a ruthless loan shark. Now his life depends upon his ability to con an innocent woman out of the only thing of value she owns. What he hadn’t counted on was falling for his mark.

Imagine everything you've ever built, devoted, and worked hard for is abandoned by one wrong move. Your loyalty is up for stakes, but the consequences don't measure against your heart. Imagine love consisting of one single roll, and one's reckless behavior starts to deteriorate a loving relationship. Remember when gambling with someone's heart, the odds are always against you.

Football player Zack Bradford is hit by a scandal that could end his career. To keep his multimillion dollar contract, Zack has to improve his image, starting with settling down with one woman. Zack can't believe his luck when a beautiful saint named Natalie practically falls into his lap. She is just the woman he needs to save his job. The only problem? The tiny, feisty, and somewhat familiar blonde flat out turns him down. But when Zack decides he wants to play, he only plays to win.