Publisher's Synopsis
Sam Zandros is a major-league poker player-part of a large Greek-American family that runs a bookmaking business. And he's fallen in love with Clare Russell, a beautiful photographer who has no one to look out for her. Sam decides to be that one. Clare's fiercely guarded secrets have made her emotion- ally vulnerable. While Sam tries to unravel the truth of her life, he becomes vulnerable, too, as Clare's life is threatened by devious men who want a big cut of his family's poker winnings. Love or money? Family or lover? How far will Sam go to protect Clare?