Never Gamble Your Heart
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Publisher Description
Chemistry sizzles between a math-obsessed governess and a rakish gambling den owner in this Victorian romance—for fans of Manda Collins and Netflix's Bridgerton!
When the genteelly born, impoverished Frankie Turner's impulsive younger sister goes missing, Frankie has no idea where to begin the search to find her. But when she discovers hasty marriages materializing between “troublemaking” women and men who don’t deserve them, she knows her sister is somehow involved. The only thread connecting the groomsmen is a membership to Rockford’s, an exclusive gambling hell owned by the devilish Jasper Jones. And it just so happens that Jasper has recently become the guardian of a sullen fifteen-year-old.
Jasper suspects his new governess has an ulterior motive for being in his household, but he can hardly find the time to uncover it when his life is in a constant uproar. First, Frankie teaches his niece how to count cards and then she tries to break into his study. When he finally learns Frankie’s true reason for being there, he agrees to help the brilliant mathematician find her missing sister, even if it means giving her a fake dowry and watching men trip over themselves in her presence. As he and Frankie work together to dismantle a nefarious scheme, Jasper realizes that for the first time in his life, he’s gambled his heart—and possibly lost it.
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Lovise's scintillating second Secret Society of Governess Spies Victorian romance (after Never Blow a Kiss) reintroduces Perdita's Governess Agency, a front for an all-female spy ring set up by a mysterious figure code-named the Dove. After Frankie Turner's younger sister, Fidelia, goes missing, the Dove offers to help find her if Frankie will take on an assignment. Frankie agrees and is placed as a governess in the household of Jasper Jones, the self-made owner of an infamous London gambling hall. The Dove believes that Jasper is the mastermind behind the Dowry Thieves, a group of men who have recently managed to force wealthy but "outspoken and troublesome" women into marriage. After finding nothing tying Jasper to the scheme, Frankie uses her brilliant mathematical skills to comb through the financials of each member of the Dowry Thieves—all while fighting her intense attraction to Jasper. When he learns of her investigation, he offers to help by gifting her with a dowry large enough to lure the goup's leader into the open. It's a dangerous gambit—and it only grows riskier when there's love on the line. Lovise's admirable, norm-bucking characters have intense chemistry. Sensual love scenes and simmering suspense combine to make this a true page-turner.
