A Winning Hand

Lou Kravitz liked Las Vegas. He liked being a cop. He liked music, his motorcycle, and the house he was renovating north of town. He had a best friend and a few other friends; he had a great family back in Atlantic City. After the last girlfriend decided the motorcycle, the best friend, and the house weren’t what she wanted in her life, Lou decided to focus on the house for a while. Then he responded to a domestic disturbance and changed his mind.Gloria Louise Bartolo loved her job as leader of the back-up band for Gino Corsetti’s Sinatra tribute show on the Strip. She loved her co-workers, and she loved the way her career seemed to be taking off. She didn’t love the fact that her dating pool consisted of other casino employees, especially after one of those guys precipitated a neighbor’s call to the police. Then she got a good look at the big cop and changed her mind.Lou waited a decent interval before returning to Corsetti’s show. He wasn’t expecting the band to play that song, but it felt like a signal. So that was the night he sent back the invitation for Gloria Louise to meet him for a drink in the piano bar. That was the night that everything changed.A WINNING HAND is a M/F romance novel set in the world of The L.A. Stories. 64,000 words. Adult situations, themes, and language.