by: JoAnn Sky
Series: A Biggest Little Love Story
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 18, 2021
Publisher: Entangled ~ Indulgence
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Winner takes all...
Billionaire casino magnate Rafael “Rafa” Salord is forced to exchange caviar for cowboy boots when he’s sent to “grow up” and run his father’s newly acquired casino in the middle of nowhere downtown Reno. When he crosses paths with feisty Destiny Morson, he starts to wonder if that nonsense about love-at-first-sight might actually be true. Maybe it’s time to trade in his playboy status and bet on something more.
Social worker Destiny Morson has always had good reason for keeping romance at arm’s length. After finding out that her business partner ran off with the community-raised funds from their non-profit, she’s ready to swear off people completely. So when the sexy casino executive seems interested in helping her with her woes, she can’t help but mistrust his motives, no matter how he makes her burn…
From a night out throwing axes to supporting Destiny’s charity, Rafa stops at nothing to win over the gunshy woman he can’t get out of his head. He’s determined to break through her tough exterior, and Destiny slowly lets her guard down. But after a night of passion in his penthouse suite, things at the casino go sideways for both of them, forcing them to decide if the past is enough to prevent them from a future together.
She pushed up from the bar and looked up into the darkest eyes she’d ever seen. Dark as onyx and ringed by thick black lashes. Despite her standing and him seated, she was barely at eye level with what must’ve been a six-foot-plus giant. His dark eyes locked onto her baby blues, mesmerizing her.
Or maybe it was his high cheekbones, his naturally tanned skin, or his sexy twenty-four-hour shadow.
“Are you?” he asked again. “All right?” His full lips twitched.
“I’m… I’m fine.” She took a deep breath. “Never better.” She treated him to her best effort at a sexy grin. “But I could use a drink.” She slid onto a bar seat.
“Of course.” He waved the bartender over. “Another rum and Coke for me, and…” He looked to her.
“A cosmopolitan, please,” she said. For the game. “And a water.” For her.
Those full lips next to her twitched again.
“I’m Rafa.” Mr. Tall, Dark, and Sexy leaned in.
She got a light whiff of fresh-cut pine. It was subtle—from soap, not cologne. And very intoxicating. Focus, Destiny. The game. Remember the game. “Rafa?”
“Short for Rafael. My friends call me Rafa.”
“So, we’re friends already, Rafa?”
Rafa leaned in. “We will be, as soon as you tell me your name.”
He waited, Destiny assumed, for her name. Her name. Destiny was the perfect pick-up name. It was also real. And she wasn’t being real tonight. It’s only a name, Destiny, not nuclear codes. Give him a name—any name.
Or maybe it was his high cheekbones, his naturally tanned skin, or his sexy twenty-four-hour shadow.
“Are you?” he asked again. “All right?” His full lips twitched.
“I’m… I’m fine.” She took a deep breath. “Never better.” She treated him to her best effort at a sexy grin. “But I could use a drink.” She slid onto a bar seat.
“Of course.” He waved the bartender over. “Another rum and Coke for me, and…” He looked to her.
“A cosmopolitan, please,” she said. For the game. “And a water.” For her.
Those full lips next to her twitched again.
“I’m Rafa.” Mr. Tall, Dark, and Sexy leaned in.
She got a light whiff of fresh-cut pine. It was subtle—from soap, not cologne. And very intoxicating. Focus, Destiny. The game. Remember the game. “Rafa?”
“Short for Rafael. My friends call me Rafa.”
“So, we’re friends already, Rafa?”
Rafa leaned in. “We will be, as soon as you tell me your name.”
He waited, Destiny assumed, for her name. Her name. Destiny was the perfect pick-up name. It was also real. And she wasn’t being real tonight. It’s only a name, Destiny, not nuclear codes. Give him a name—any name.
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