CLEAN. WHOLESOME. ROMANCE.Imagine winning a four million dollar jackpot.Great, right?But sometimes great riches bring great danger.Particularly when scary strangers mistake you for someone else. Someone with a dangerous past.With stars in her eyes, and hope in her heart, freelance writer, Victoria "Tori" Jensen, leaves her hometown behind, to pursue her dream of becoming a bestselling author. Days after settling into the glamorous, desert playground of Palm Springs, Tori gets spooked by a sinister stranger, and flees to the bustling safety of a local casino, where she throws her last dollar into a slot machine, hitting the jackpot.Dealing with a handsome, but infuriating, former high school classmate, a narcissistic sister, and a dangerous criminal, who wants to kill her over a case of mistaken identity, Tori hopes against hope that she'll be able to protect her sanity and her life, when she gets swept up into a whirlwind of drama and intrigue.Braxton Davies is Head of Security at a Palm Springs casino. A blast from the past hits him squarely between the eyes when he finds himself coming to the rescue of a former high school classmate.Brax doesn't believe Tori's terrifying tales at first, but soon gets caught up in protecting the stubborn young woman. The clock is ticking as Brax and his buddy, Deputy Sheriff Vance Reynolds, try to track down the killer before Tori Jensen becomes his next victim. The desert heat pales in comparison to the growing heat between Brax and Tori...something that neither of them will acknowledge.