Lost to the Kingpin

<p><strong>He won her in a game of chance. Now she's the only thing he won't gamble with.</strong></p><p>Atlanta Smoke never expected to become a poker chip in her father's desperate gamble. But when she's offered up as collateral in a high-stakes game and <em>lost </em>to the infamous kingpin Leo Brickhouse her world turns upside down. She's supposed to be his prize another possession in his dangerous empire. Instead he becomes her protector.</p><p>Leo never wanted to claim a woman this way-especially not <em>her</em>. Innocent stubborn breathtakingly beautiful... Atlanta is everything he never let himself dream of having. But he's been a king of the underworld long enough to know that nothing this pure stays untouched for long. Keeping her safe means keeping her <em>his</em>-whether she realizes it or not.</p><p>Two virgins. One deal that should have sealed their fates. A passion so forbidden so consuming it might just set them both free... or destroy them.</p><p><em>Author's Note</em>: Leo might be a gangster but he never wanted that life. He doesn't think he deserves happiness and he certainly doesn't think he deserves love. But from the moment he meets Atlanta everything changes. Dual virgins lightning-fast instalove safe and with a hard-won HEA. </p>