Review: Gambling With Her Heart at the Diamond Casino...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2013
2.5 starsDanielle (Dani) Jordan was running away from trouble and tragedy when she started working at the Diamond Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Jace Diamond, owner of the casino, was determined to have Danielle from the time he saw her sunbathing at the hotel's pool. Fireworks spark between the two and a stormy relationship ensues. When a stalker from Danielle's past suddenly appears, Dani's happiness and her life are threatened. Will Jace and Dani trust one another to confront the threat together, or will they continue to have doubts about each other?Although the plot of "Fair Play" is interesting, much of the book belabored the contrived conflict between Jace and Dani as Dani initially fought her attraction to Jace and then wrote him off without giving him a chance to explain himself when she suspected him of being unfaithful. The fighting-attraction-misunderstanding conflict is a little over used and annoying in my opinion, but might have worked more if the two main characters were better developed.The book starts with an opening scene that sets up the mutual attraction between Dani and Jace. After that the plot dragged so slowly that I almost quit reading 25 percent into the book. Once the real action kicked in that involves the threat from Dani's past, the plot was engaging enough that I finished the book. The action and pace at the ending redeems the story.