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SummaryBarbara Metzger deals a winning hand in her House of
Cards Trilogy...in which a man determined to find his lost
sibling learns that sometimes even the most desperate bluff
can reap the greatest reward...
Years ago, Captain Jack Endicott's young half-sister
vanished after a carriage accident. Now, hardened by years
fighting the Peninsular wars, he sets out to honor his
father's dying wish that he find the missing girl.
Disdainful of "proper" gentlemanly pursuits and refusing to
live off his noble brother, Jack makes a bold play. He'll
open a lavish gaming parlor in London to earn a
living—and, by hiring only beautiful ladies to deal
cards, possibly find his sister. All he needs is a little luck.
Schoolteacher Allie Silver is at her wit's end. After an
arduous journey escorting a precocious pupil to her
grandparents in London, the old folks are not even home to
take delivery! And the only possible alternate guardian is a
known womanizer who runs a gambling house, of all things.
Yet when the proud Jack meets the prim Allie, the odds are
surprisingly even—and all bets are off in a wild game
of romance...
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