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Canyon City, Colorado
Late summer 1867
Out of money, out of luck, alone, and frightened, the girl known as Evening Star did the only thing she could think of to stay at the saloon’s poker table.
She bet herself.
But first Eve shuffled the deck with dazzling speed, subtly arranging the cards as she had been taught to do by Donna Lyon. While she worked, she tried not to look at the dark-haired stranger who had sat down at her table without warning. The man’s hard good looks were unsettling.
Outlaws like Raleigh King and Jericho Slater were enough for any girl to deal with. She didn’t need a handsome stranger to make her sore hands shake.
Eve took a secret, steadying breath and said, «Five-card draw. Table stakes. Ante up.»
«Just a minute, little lady,» Raleigh King objected. «You’re busted. Where’s your ante?»
«Sitting right here.»
«Huh?»
«I’m the ante, Mr. King.»
«You’re betting yourself?» Raleigh asked in disb...
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