High Stakes Hearts - Sexy As Sin - Las Vegas

Every once in a while, a story walks into my head and refuses to sit quietly. This one strutted in wearing sequins, high heels, and a scarlet red dress.

High Stakes Hearts began as a completely different draft. The characters cooperated. The plot unfolded. It should have worked. But sometimes “good” isn’t enough. Sometimes a story tells you it needs to be sharper, a little different, and so much more emotionally charged.

So I ripped it apart.

And this new version is the one that came alive. Yes, I wrote it again from scratch. Once I finished recording what the characters were leading me to, I realized I needed to change the original blurb as well.

Scarlet Vale is one of my favorite heroines I’ve ever written. She’s ambitious. Fierce. Determined. She built a nightclub empire inside the Citadel Hotel & Casino with her bare hands, long nights, and a spine made of steel. She knows what she’s worth and refuses to let anyone – especially a man – control what she’s built.

But then Damon Hale arrives. New owner. New authority. New danger. He isn’t a temperamental alpha or an arrogant tycoon looking for a pretty distraction. He’s controlled, strategic, and quietly dominant. His power whispers instead of shouts. And that kind of man? He’s far more tempting to a woman who’s spent years barricading her heart behind her work.

What surprised me while writing this book (and what changed everything) was their chemistry. The pull between them wasn’t supposed to be this strong or this immediate. No matter what, it was inevitable.

Yet every time they collided professionally or personally, the sparks turned into a wildfire. Their push-and-pull became the heartbeat of the entire story.

This novella is about:

-a forbidden workplace attraction neither can deny
-a rooftop kiss that changes everything
-a woman terrified of losing her career and her identity
-a man who rearranges his entire world so she never has to
-and two people choosing each other in the most intentional way

There’s heat, yes. There’s tension—plenty of it. But beneath all that is the emotional core of two very strong people realizing they’re stronger together.

Writing their journey from resistance → surrender → partnership was such a joy. I wanted the ending to feel realistic for two driven, ambitious adults in a place like Vegas. Not a fairy tale, not a rushed declaration, but something mature, honest, and rooted in respect.

Scarlet doesn’t lose herself.
Damon doesn’t overshadow her.
They meet in the middle with equal footing, equal desire, equal power.

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