She came to Brighton to save her brother—she never meant to steal a king’s fortune… or his heart.
Charlotte Bathurst has spent years scraping together every spare coin to bring her ailing brother to Brighton, hoping the sea air might restore his failing health. When a theft at their boarding house leaves them penniless once again, Charlotte faces an impossible choice: return to grimy London and watch Percy fade… or do the one thing she swore she’d never do again. She gambles.
Armitage Hart rules Brighton’s glittering gaming world with ruthless precision. Wealthy, powerful, and dangerously charming, the owner of Hart’s Ace gaming club is used to winning—until a mysterious redheaded stranger walks into his club, cleans out one of his tables, and vanishes with his money.
No one steals from Armitage Hart and escapes.
Determined to find the elusive card sharp, Hart begins a relentless hunt. But Charlotte proves far more difficult to catch than he expected—and far more tempting than he should allow.
What begins as a dangerous game of cat and mouse soon becomes something far more perilous. Because in Brighton’s gaming halls, every wager has consequences… and the highest stake of all is the heart.
Set against the glittering gaming halls of Brighton, this story blends high-stakes intrigue with emotional depth as a clever heroine and a formidable gaming house owner discover that the most dangerous gamble of all is falling in love.
Please note this title was previously published in the Love in Brighton anthology. If you read the anthology and loved the book we'd greatly appreciate it if you left a review for Queen of Hearts.
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