From the moment he spies Lucky Houston stepping off a bus into the dazzle of Las Vegas -- with nothing except a gift for dealing cards and a promise to keep -- Nick Chenault is hooked. Nick has been around town long enough to know a winner when he sees one. And this strong-willed lovely with a Tennessee drawl that could melt glaciers is just what he needs... and wants!

But Lucky's a gambler's daughter, not a gambling lady. She knows this handsome, smooth-talking man has more than business on his mind. Nick's world is fast anddangerous, and she wants no part of it... or him. Yet there's a gentleness he'll let no one but her see. And when he puts himself in harm's way to save her life, Lucky thinks maybe the most dangerous risk of all would be not following her heart...