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Samhain Publishing
November 2014
On Sale: November 4, 2014
Featuring: Philadelphia "Dell" Samuels; Rory Campbell
ISBN: 1619223759
EAN: 9781619223752
Kindle: B00M497W56
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She played right into his hands. The River Rogues, Book 1 Possessing uncanny people-reading skills like her mama, Philadelphia βDellβ Samuels has spent thirteen years in her auntβs rustic Ozarks home, telling fortunes over playing cards and trying to pass as white. But the treacherous Mississippi River childhood her mama dragged her away from finally catches up to her on a steamboat captained by her old friend Rory Campbell. Known to his crew as the Devilβs Henchman, Rory is a gambler in need of a miracle. Following the cold trail of his bossβs wife and bastard daughter, Dell, Rory has only one goal in mind: saving his crew from the bossβs cruelty by ruining him. The only one who can defeat the Monster of the Mississippi is the man trained to take his place. Roryβs convinced he can lure his boss into a high-stakes game against a rival, and with Dellβs people-reading skills, the monster will lose everything. Under Roryβs tutelage and protection, Dell agrees to the tortured captainβs plan. Passion and peril quickly bring them together as lovers. But when Roryβs plan goes awry, the lives of the innocent depend on Dellβs ability to read the situation correctlyβand hopefully save them all. Warning: Thereβs not enough moonshine on the Mississippi to keep this fortuneteller from saving The Devilβs Henchman, a high-stakes gamblerβand her childhood friendβfrom his bossβs cruel attentions. Touches upon issues of child abuse, revenge, and redemption.
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