Series:
Bad Billionaires (Book 5)
Is falling for the enemy in the cards?
The stakes couldn't be higher.
For card shark turned tech tycoon Luca Kilpatrick, it's
ironic to take a job catching the thief who's stealing from Annalise Mercado's
casino. That's because he's never forgiven her family for accusing him of
cheating. But he owes a friend this favor, and he'll deliver, even as the heat
simmering between him and Annalise becomes highly inconvenient. It's tough to
stay focused on helping his enemy's casino when he's enjoying nights in her
bed! Will trusting each other be too much of a gamble?
A terrific book with the fascinating setting of a Las
Vegas casino. Annalise's casino is losing money to a thief, and she has been
unsuccessful in catching them. When she talks to her brother about the problem,
he hires Luca, a technical wizard, to investigate. The difficulty is that Annalise
and Luca have a history that made them enemies.
Eight years earlier, Luca was wrongly accused of cheating
in that casino. He feels great resentment toward Annalise's father, who meted
out his own form of punishment with Annalise as a witness. He finds it ironic
that he is tasked with helping her find a real cheater.
Their first meeting is contentious. Annalise wants
nothing to do with the man she believes is a cheater, no matter what he can
supposedly do. Luca thinks that she is arrogant and spoiled. Neither trusts the
other, and Luca enjoys pushing her buttons. Neither expected the intense
attraction they felt. As they worked together to identify the thief, Luca and Annalise
realized they had misjudged each other. Both are stubborn and still have clashes,
even as their attraction strengthens and their feelings for each other grow. But
a confrontation over dealing with the thief stirs up insecurities and drives a
wedge between Luca and Annalise. It takes some straight talk from a friend to
open Luca's eyes to what he might be missing. I loved seeing him face his fears
in an emotional scene with Annalise.
I enjoyed the casino setting and getting a small taste of
what goes on behind the scenes.
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