Title:
Black Number
Four
Author:
Kandi Steiner
Release
Date: April 4, 2015
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Known as one of the
youngest and most ambitious poker players in the country, Skyler Thorne has a
reputation to uphold in Vegas this year. Her sole focus for spring semester is
to perfect her game and get tournament ready – and have some fun with
her sorority sisters, of course. Meeting a care-free pledge with incredible
arms adds a whole new element of fun to her semester, but when a shocking
discovery about his past surfaces, Skyler finds herself stuck in a game she
wasn’t prepared to play.
Kip Jackson is on a mission from his father. His plan was to
get in, have a little fun, and then get out – on to bigger and better
things. A feisty girl with bright blue eyes wasn’t on his list of
things to do, but she quickly moves her way up to the very top. When he
realizes completing his dad’s mission means crushing her in the process,
he must decide if his dreams are worth the risk – or if he even has
the same dreams, at all.
Two secrets. Two hearts. Two hands being played in one
twisted game of deceit.
When the cards are on the table, will anyone be left
standing?
The perfect poker face can only hide them for so
long.
"I want to
know your secrets.” I walk to the sink and drop the dishes in,
waiting.
Skyler leans
against the wall and crosses her arms. “Oh yeah? In poker or in
life?”
I tuck my hands in
my pockets and shrug, my eyes locked on hers.
“Both.”
She stays there for
a while, smiling and scrutinizing me at the same time. Suddenly, her face
falls, and I feel the same resistance from earlier stretch between us like a
tense rubber band. “I should probably go,” she says,
lifting from the wall.
I check my watch.
“Why don’t we go watch the sunrise? It’ll be up
in twenty
minutes.”
Skyler chews her
cheek, her foot tapping on the floor. “I don’t know, I
think this would be a lot easier if I left
now.”
I shake my head,
walking toward her. “What do you mean
by this?”
She goes to back up
but hits the wall. “This. Us. I just, I don’t think we
should get caught up. I have to focus on poker this semester and
you’re pledging. It would just be easier if we didn’t
complicate
things.”
I keep walking
until our chests touch and place my hands on the wall around her head, my face
inches from hers. Her breath hitches in her throat, but her bright blue eyes
don’t leave mine.
“Baby,
you made me lick tequila off you the first night we met. This is nothing if not
complicated.”
Kandi
Steiner is a Creative Writing and Advertising/Public Relations graduate from
the University of Central Florida living in Tampa with her husband. Kandi works
full time as a social media specialist, but also works part time as a Zumba
fitness instructor and blackjack dealer.
Kandi started writing back in the 4th grade after reading
the first Harry Potter installment. In 6th grade, she wrote and edited her own
newspaper and distributed to her classmates. Eventually, the principal caught
on and the newspaper was quickly halted, though Kandi tried fighting for her
“freedom of press.” She took particular interest in writing
romance after college, as she has always been a die hard hopeless romantic
(like most girls brought up on Disney movies).
When Kandi isn’t working or writing, you can find
her reading books of all kinds, talking with her extremely vocal cat, and
spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys beach days, movie
marathons, live music, craft beer and sweet wine – not necessarily in
that order.
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