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.
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"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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