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Dane Prescott, a charming and mysterious gambler, stirs excitement when he captures a thief’s eye and offers help to a woman named Jennifer Chantry. Jennifer’s past is marked by her father’s loss of their old home, Belle Retour, in a poker game, weighing her fears about trusting a man who might jeopardize what remains of her life. Despite the stakes, Dane’s confident gaze and daring love promise both passion and peril, challenging Jennifer to decide whether the risk of falling for him is worth the danger of losing more.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Kay Hooper
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