Deck of Cards — Christina Harlin

Nina Clay designs games for a living, but she never imagined she would become part of one.
Into her life comes James Turner, a retired attorney who owns a game unlike any she has seen before, a simple deck of cards that hold within them the power to win anything, provided the player can afford the stakes and is willing to pay the costs. Nina finds herself inducted into a new level of risk, able to win whatever she desires: a love affair for her lonely friend, a book thought lost to time, the perfect solution to summoning a particularly frightening Satan, or the inaccessible love of her life. Maybe Nina is being invited to play only as a fellow gamer, or maybe her part in this game is far more demanding. Despite being much older than Nina, James Turner is sexy and seductive, more than ready to take the place of the man who broke her heart. But were relationships ever meant to be this easy, or is there something else at play? Nina suspects there is more going on, between her, James, and this deck of cards, than anyone has dared to tell her, and the price of winning could be higher than she ever imagined.