A Winning Hand

A romance novel about music and community. Lou Kravitz liked Las Vegas. He liked being a cop. He liked music, his best friend, his motorcycle, and the house he was renovating north of town. After the last girlfriend decided the motorcycle, the best friend, and the house weren't for her, 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 Gino, her co-workers, and the way her career seemed to be taking off. She didn't love her dating pool, 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. Adult situations, themes, and language; 64,000 words and a happy ending.