Description: Tessa Reed boards a plane to Las Vegas believing her best friend, Vanessa Cross, has finally hit it big. The promise is simple: a luxury hotel, a free vacation, and a chance to forget their ordinary lives for a while. Then Vanessa leads her into a private casino room and tells her the truth. Vanessa owes fifty million dollars to people who do not forgive debts. To save herself, she offers Tessa up as a substitute for the one thing the casino's powerful inner circle is hunting for: a woman with a crescent-shaped birthmark. Drugged, cornered, and surrounded by armed enforcers, Tessa realizes her best friend has turned her into a bargaining chip. But the mark Vanessa wants to exploit may be more than a coincidence. It may be the key to a past Tessa barely understands-and to Victor Hawthorne, a dangerous casino owner who has spent years searching for the daughter he lost. As Vanessa's lies grow bolder and Cole Vance's threats close in, Tessa has one chance to make the truth heard before the room decides she is another fake. In a city built on risk, one betrayed woman is about to learn that the most dangerous gamble is proving she belongs to a family powerful enough to save her-or destroy everyone who used her. Author Biography: Ava Morrison specializes in billionaire romance, alpha heroes, and the irresistible pull of passion and power.