WARNING: THIS BOOK IS FOR 18+ ONLY DUE TO THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENES AND ADULT LANGUAGE. Jessica Dodson’s life has been anything but easy. At seventeen, she ran away from home with her eleven-year-old brother to protect them both from their abusive father. Now, after sacrificing her own happiness for four years while raising Jonathan, she’s ready to have a little fun, including a fling with a crazy hot police officer. Police Officer Tyler Evans can’t catch a break. He was recently shot twice in the line of duty. If that wasn’t bad enough, he just got dumped by Lauren, the first women he’s ever loved. After dating both Tyler and his longtime best friend and roommate Caleb for several weeks, Lauren finally made her decision. Now Tyler’s looking for a new place to live and a distraction from his recent heartbreak. Jess, a sexy and sassy exotic dancer, is just the woman to help Tyler forget the woman he lost, even if it’s only for a few hours. She knows she’s nothing more than a stand-in for Lauren, but being with Tyler, even temporarily, is just too good for her to pass up. One night of excessive drinking sets a series of events into motion that will change Tyler and Jess’s lives. It’ll make them question if something real is actually developing between them, and whether or not they have a future together. Through all the emotional obstacles, will Tyler be able to convince Jess that she’s more to him than a distraction, more than a replacement for Lauren, and more than an obligation? Or will the ghosts of Jess’s hellish past completely shatter Tyler and Jess’s happily ever after? *This is the second book in the Gambling with Love series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone. There is character overlap, therefore, the preferred reading order is: All In: Double or Nothing All In: Betting on a Full House All In: Calling His Bluff All In: Playing the Fool All In: Playing to Win All In: Raising the Stakes