Scout's Honor — Glenna McReynolds

Anna Lange entered the room in a cloud of midnight silk and a scent of danger. To Mitch Summers she was truly a lady who could take a man's breath away. He'd followed her into a world of high stakes and white sands, determined to sway her gambler's heart into betting on him, and turning the tables on a cheat who'd stolen his family's land. Anna had learned to discourage all kinds of men who wanted her, but this boyish charmer could exact a passionate surrender with kisses so sweet and seductive, even she could not resist. When the game was over, there was still a prize to win -- but was the cost of being cherished playing by somebody else's rules?