Queen of Hearts

She came to Brighton to save her brother—she never meant to steal a king’s fortune… or his heart.

Charlotte Bathurst has spent years scraping together every spare coin to bring her ailing brother to Brighton, hoping the sea air might restore his failing health. When a theft at their boarding house leaves them penniless once again, Charlotte faces an impossible choice: return to grimy London and watch Percy fade… or do the one thing she swore she’d never do again.
She gambles.

Armitage Hart rules Brighton’s glittering gaming world with ruthless precision. Wealthy, powerful, and dangerously charming, the owner of Hart’s Ace gaming club is used to winning—until a mysterious redheaded stranger walks into his club, cleans out one of his tables, and vanishes with his money.

No one steals from Armitage Hart and escapes