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Nova lives in the Bay Area and believes she's made close to a million playing online poker. Vesper is a beautiful Las Vegas casino host with a chip on her shoulder and her eye on the main chance. When Nova discovers that her offshore cash has been seized by the Feds and she's down to her last $30,000, she agrees to take her poker skills live in Sin City for a last-chance sponsorship%E2%80%94win or go home. Readers who love Vegas or Texas Hold 'Em will revel in the richly detailed casino trappings and lengthy play-by-play of card hands. However, the label "romance" sits oddly on this poker tale. Nova trembles and Vesper kowtows before a dismaying and distracting array of men. Sparks do fly between the women%E2%80%94eventually%E2%80%94but the only convincing love that Nova and Vesper project is their unabashed yearning for cash. (June)