The Vegas heat just kicked up a notch with the arrival of ice hockey's newest expansion team - the Sin City Saints.
Maverick Hagen's fall from grace was more like a crash landing. His record-breaking career ended after a fight with an opponent over a woman left him with a broken leg, or so the pundits thought. Returning to the sport he loves as the captain of the league's new expansion team, the Sin City Saints, his lucrative contract comes with just one rule-no romantic distractions.
Gia Ford also makes her living playing a game-poker. The rounder has hit her stride in Vegas, quietly building her bank account one casino at a time. She's got a score to settle, and nothing will get in her way-not even the sexy hockey player who's willing to lose money just to see her in action. But the hotter their chemistry burns, the harder it is to deny. So will they or won't they? In Vegas, there's only one way to settle it-a bet, of course.
In Sin City, the stakes are high. Bet big and you may win it all-but you could also lose far more than you bargained for.
Indie Garrison is in over her head. Ditched by her husband, she's suddenly a broke single mom living with her sister. Sure, she and pro hockey player Pike Morgan got off on the wrong foot in a big way, and admittedly, it was entirely her fault. But Indie's been fooled by a man for the last time, and no matter how hard Pike tries to break down her walls, she's not falling for him. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself.
Pike Morgan is at the top of his game. When the bearded, blue-eyed goalie accepts a bet from a teammate, he finds himself wooing a spirited woman who wants nothing to do with him. Once he gets to know her and her young son, though, he regrets his wager. If Indie finds out the truth, she's going to hate the player and the game.
In peak physical shape from hitting the gym hard in the offseason? Check. Officially the highest paid defenseman on the Sin City Saints? Check. Faking a relationship with a woman he's secretly crazy in love with? Yeah, that's a big check.
The son of a legendary pro basketball player, Pax Bishop was poised to follow in his father's footsteps when life took him in another direction. Now a pro hockey player, he must find a way to reject the advances of the daughter of his team's new owner without offending her.
Kylie Thomas gives Pax the perfect out. She's single, and pretending to be attracted to her? That won't be an issue, because he's secretly had it bad for her since the day they met. He can't let his true feelings show, though, because not only is Kylie a single mom and a widow, she's his teammate's sister.
The stakes are high as Pax opens his wounded heart in hopes he's not the only one whose feelings are more than just a bluff.
