A warrior sent to break an ancient curse, a woman on the run who looks exactly like his sacred vision, and time running out for both…

She risked everything for the game. She never meant to wager her heart.

Irish Mary O’Sullivan is many things—a gifted actress, a relentless dreamer, a sharp-eyed gambler, and occasionally an enterprising pickpocket. When a stolen invitation grants her access to an exclusive, high-stakes poker tournament in fashionable seaside Brighton, Mary seizes the chance of a lifetime. The winnings could save her struggling theatre troupe—and fund her escape to America and the New York stage.

A lonely woman with far too many secrets…

Greer Gunn feared for her life every day that she breathed the same air as her father. An unwanted reminder that he had no heir, Greer employed her greatest defense. She looked and learned, tucking away her clan’s secrets that she used silently to defend her people against her father’s inept leadership and to keep their enemies at bay. When her father’s death leaves her adrift among a clan that no longer wants her, Greer turns to her longtime friend for shelter. But it’s her friend’s brother who plagues her every waking and dreaming moment. Can Greer put aside the secrets she shares with him and find happiness with a man who was once her adversary?