“They call him a gentleman rake.”“They do call me that, and I claim the title with pride.”After spending his early twenties as a Marine Corps scout sniper, Brennan Riley learned that life is a lot like a game of poker—the only way to survive is through luck and skill. Now as a civilian and the heir to one of the biggest fortunes in New Orleans, life has proved to him that luck and skill are the … and the heir to one of the biggest fortunes in New Orleans, life has proved to him that luck and skill are the keys to maintaining his position as the city’s most eligible and infamous bachelor.
Despite urgings from his parents to settle down into a respectable life, Brennan is whiskey-bent and hell-bound in his pursuit of the best things his city has to offer: gambling and women. He’s never hit a snag with either, until he takes home a stunning, yet mysterious woman and finds the bruises.
“New Orleans is my hometown, but this is no home. This is hell.”
Skye has spent her life shrouded in secrecy and danger, and she’s had enough. She has one plan to escape the hellish life she’s led in New Orleans, and all she needs to make it happen is an unsuspecting man who has a bed and a car.
After a one-night-stand gone awry, Brennan and Skye find themselves in the crosshairs of the most sinister characters that lurk in the underworld of New Orleans. With long-repressed guilt over his career kills, Brennan is hell-bent on saving the life of the one woman he’s ever found himself falling for. But for Skye, love is and always has been nothing but another weapon, and all she wants is freedom.
LUCK OF THE DRAW is equal parts sin and redemption, and brings together two people who couldn’t be more different, but have more in common than meets the eye. This unconventional opposites attract romance is the third standalone in the Romance in New Orleans series from bestselling romance author Katherine L. Evans, however it is best enjoyed by first reading its prequel, Only the Strong. Experience the glittering realm of New Orleans’ high society contrasted against the depths of its seedy underworld rarely seen by any, while you root for a hero and a heroine who save themselves and save each other in the process.
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This was a great book with great characters and an interesting storyline! I loved it and would recommend it to others!
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What a wonderfully written book!! Syke has had an awful life, Brennan was a man going through life searching for anything to dull the pain in his heart. Circumstances bring them together and through the roller coaster of emotions they have with each other and circumstances in their lives, they both emerge through it all, with each other – in complete and total love.
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He is a fake and his parents want him to settle down but he is happy as he is. He is her to a huge fortune. She is in danger and all she wants is a man and a bed so she can hide. They have a one night stand but it may just be more for him. Can he help her? What is she running from? Follow them
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I cannot get enough of this author and this series! Each book is an intense emotional and SEXY storyline that grabs you right from the start keeping you engrossed and on edge throughout the whole book! Intensely sensuous, wrought with emotion, and so well written that I absolutely could not put it down!
NO cheating, NO cliffhangers, and a guaranteed Happily-ever-after!
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The atmosphere and the history of New Orleans were an important part and gave the necessary background and color of the story.
I liked the characters and their development into a working couple.
It was a good read and I recommend it honestly.
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My first taste of this author and I want more. Luck Of The Draw is a well crafted romance and suspense filled book.
The plot is poetry and the characters are showstopping. The writing flowed beautifully and I will be going back to read book 1 and 2 in this series.
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After spending his early twenties as a Marine Corps scout sniper, Brennan Riley learned that life is a lot like a game of poker—the only way to survive is through luck and skill. Now as a civilian and the heir to one of the biggest fortunes in New Orleans, life has proved to him that luck and skill are the keys to maintaining his position as the city’s most eligible and infamous bachelor.
Despite urgings from his parents to settle down into a respectable life, Brennan is whiskey-bent and hell-bound in his pursuit of the best things his city has to offer: gambling and women. He’s never hit a snag with either, until he takes home a stunning, yet mysterious woman and finds the bruises.
“New Orleans is my hometown, but this is no home. This is hell.”
Skye has spent her life shrouded in secrecy and danger, and she’s had enough. She has one plan to escape the hellish life she’s led in New Orleans, and all she needs to make it happen is an unsuspecting man who has a bed and a car.
After a one-night-stand gone awry, Brennan and Skye find themselves in the crosshairs of the most sinister characters that lurk in the underworld of New Orleans. With long-repressed guilt over his career kills, Brennan is hell-bent on saving the life of the one woman he’s ever found himself falling for. But for Skye, love is and always has been nothing but another weapon, and all she wants is freedom.
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Brennan an ex marine, a compulsive gambler and a trust fund kid.
Skye is in the same casino that Brennan is currently playing at, while she is hiding out from her dangerous ex, Brennan is watching while she tried to fend off unwarranted advances. He isn’t the relationship type but ends up with one anyway. Both of their past end up keeping them together.
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Brennan is a trust fund baby who spends his time gambling in underground games letting his father pay off his debts. He spent a couple tours in the Middle East as a Marine sniper. Needless to say, he doesn’t have good memories of his time in service. While hanging out in a casino, he sees Skye at the bar fending off a creep. She is hoping for a one nighter to have somewhere to stay for the night. She is hiding out from her very violent ex. Brennan doesn’t do relationships and an overnight with Skye works out fine for him. She ends up spending more time with him and he is discovering new feelings. She has had a very difficult life and tries not to share much with him. It gets suspenseful when each of their pasts come back to bite and how they deal with it. Very well written and characterizes how different traumatic experiences mold us as people.
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I’m a fan of this series. Each book has some much emotion and depth, not only to the characters and story, but in what it is able to draw out of the reader. Ms. Evans does a great job in encompassing her reader in the world she created within the story. The homework and background work that she includes to bring New Orleans and it’s people and history alive is commendable. Without it this series would be flat and less stellar than they already are. It all weaves together so well. Such a great series.
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The book is a good romantic suspense read. The story has a good story line. The characters are good, and they have good chemistry. The story has action, adventure, and is a dark romantic suspense read.
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Brennan and Skye met by chance and she planned to use him as part of her escape plan to get away from her horrible past and start a new life. He is also at a crossroads in his life although she does not realize it yet. He was a player who did nothing more than one night stands but she made him yearn for more. When he realized the extent of her abusive past he gave her the true gift of love – keeping her safe but at the same time letting her follow her heart even though it breaks his heart. This I was a heart rending story and the characters came to life with such emotion. I absolutely loved this author’s books.
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New Orleans: Skye can’t wait to get out of it & the hellish life she had in it while Brennan is enjoying living it up as a trust-fund retired Marine Corps. They come together for a one-night-stand but fate has more in store for them as -together they deal with their pasts.
Katherine L. Evans creates deep & lovable multi-dimensional characters and weaves a very vivid plot
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