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    Going All In
    Going All In
    Going All In
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    Going All In

    By Lily Vega

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    Ian Harding didn't gamble on getting expelled from the poker room for defending a gorgeous cocktail waitress. Another loss and he’ll be forced to face the past he escaped to Sin City to avoid. But Lady Luck is finally on his side when he wins a date arranged by the 1Night Stand dating service.

    Jaded by the men she meets at the casino, Kira Marchi bets on Madame Eve to set her up with the right guy to work through her sexual bucket list. When her date turns out to be the sexy poker player who came to her rescue in the poker room, she can’t wait to get started on that list.

    One night isn’t enough for Ian or Kira, but he has a past to face and she doesn’t think a future for them is in the cards. Can he convince her to go all in?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDecadent Publishing
    Release dateMay 21, 2015
    ISBN9781613338544
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      Going All In - Lily Vega

      The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment.

      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Going All In

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2015 by Lily Vega

      ISBN: 978-1-61333-854-4

      Cover art by Renee Rocco

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work, in whole or in part, in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

      Published by Decadent Publishing Company, LLC

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      Dedication

      Going All In is for the hardworking casino employees who make Las Vegas my favorite travel destination. Big thanks to Kerry Adrienne, Louisa Bacio, Amelia Calhan, Anna Campbell, Rachel Firasek, Kelly Lynne, Kenzie Mack, Valerie Mann, and the Moonshine Critique Group.

      Going All In

      A 1Night Stand Story

      By

      Lily Vega

      Chapter One

      Ian Harding’s heart slammed in his chest in time with the boom-boom-boom bass of the song playing over the poker room’s sound system. Jittery from too much casino coffee and too many crappy cards, he prayed for a considerable win. Life had sucker-punched him in the gut with a side kick to the balls. And the majority of his escape fund lay in the mound of chips in the center of the poker table, out of reach and in jeopardy.

      Slot machines screamed for attention, and patrons from the nearby sports book cried out in joy or sorrow at every football touchdown, field goal, and flag. He blocked out the casino activity around him and concentrated on the bounty of chips at stake in this game of Texas Hold ’Em.

      The dealer revealed the river, the king of hearts.

      Ian struggled to keep a neutral expression. Lady Luck finally favored him. The pair of kings in his hand with the king and pair of twos on the board gave him a full house. A boat. A winner-winner, chicken dinner. His empty stomach made a garbage-disposal gurgle at the thought of food. How long has it been since my last decent meal?

      Fighting back from an epic losing streak, he’d managed to rebuild his diminishing chip stack with the last bill in his wallet. If he failed to win a big hand, he’d be forced to return to the pawnshop to trade in his few remaining possessions for cash. In front of him, his hole cards begged him to take another peek at their regal portraits, and his fingers itched to lift them from the scratchy table felt. Instead, he laced them together on his lap and willed his hands to stop shaking.

      The dealer nodded toward the only other player at the table who hadn’t folded, a man sporting a comb-over and the sleazy vibe of a corrupt politician fresh from a stint in a low-security penitentiary. The action is to you, Mr. Richards.

      Having bet heavily on the turn, the man tapped the felt indicating a check then snapped his fingers at the cocktail waitress and pointed to his glass, empty except for melting ice.

      The waitress bewitched Ian with her wavy, dark-brown hair, sparkling-green eyes, and killer curves. Whenever she walked by the table, his thoughts drifted from the game. Something about her captivated him. Maybe how she tugged at her miniskirt when she thought no one watched. Or the way she greeted each of the local players by name. Or perhaps because too damned much time had passed since he’d spent an evening with a beautiful woman rather than a computer screen filled with numbers. He longed to invite her to dinner in the casino coffee shop, but he’d come to Vegas to escape his problems. He couldn’t afford the distraction a bewitching brunette would bring.

      I’ll be right back to take your order. Her shoulders slumped as though she carried a strongbox of sorrow in addition to a full tray of glassware and bottles.

      "Do your job and get my drink. Scotch

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