M.I.A. Las Vegas — Donna Mabry

Entertainer Robert Clarkson wakes up in a strange bedroom with a bullet wound in his back and no memory of how it got there. His awkward investigation discovers that the younger brother the Army told him died in Iraq is home and has brought with him something the most powerful people in the world will kill to retrieve. When Robert involves his employer, Alexandra Merritt, owner of the Las Vegas Desert Flower Casino, she takes matters into her own hands. The beautiful, feisty redhead has connections of her own who don't frighten easily, among them homicide cop, Sam Howard. It isn't long before a professional killer regrets his attempts to harm people Alexandra loves.