My Lady Gamester — Cara King

Cards on the Table

When Richard Stanton, Earl of Stoke, rives at the gaming hall to curtail his younger brother's obsession with cards, he never expects to encounter a green-eyed beauty with an appetite for risky ventures against infamous cardsharps. Nor does he expect to develop an intense desire to protect her from her folly--and to win her for his own.

In the wake of her father's bankruptcy and death, Miss Atalanta James takes on the responsibility of raising her younger siblings. She also swears to make the men who ruined her family pay, by beating them at their own games. But as luck would have it, one of her intended marks, the Earl of Stoke, just inherited his title. He had nothing to do with his father's deeds and 'only wishes to make amends. Now Atalanta must choose between seeing her revenge to fruition and betting her heart on love....