Roll the Dice

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Authors: Mimi Barbour

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Roll the Dice

 

 

 

Book two of the Vegas Series

By

 

 

Mimi Barbour

 

 

 

This is a work of fiction. Names,
characters, places,

and incidents are either the
product of the author’s

imagination or are used
fictitiously, and any

resemblance to actual persons living
or dead,

business establishments, events,
or locales, is

entirely coincidental.

 

Roll the Dice

Book two of the Vegas Series

 

COPYRIGHT
 
2012
 
by
 
Mimi Barbour

 

 

All rights reserved. No part of
this book may be used

or reproduced in any manner
whatsoever without

written permission of the author
except in the case of

brief quotations embodied in
critical articles or reviews.

Contact Information:
 
[email protected]

 

Cover Art by Steven Novak

 

Mimi Barbour

 

Also: Author of

The Vicarage Bench Series

She’s Me

He’s Her

We’re One

Together again

Together for Christmas

 

Angels with Attitude Series

My Cheeky Angel

His Devious Angel

 

Reviews:
 
For last release

His Devious Angel

 

 

 

This romance story was so entertaining, can't-put-down,
very
humorous.

Rebecca
Booth

 


Even though this is the second in the series, each one can be
read as a stand alone
book.

TinaR

 


I loved the characters and how as the book progressed
their lives
intertwined.

S.
Dougill

 

 

Dedication
 

Since my sister's favorite genre is Romantic
Suspense, this book is dedicated to her and to her son's family with lots of
love!

 

Disclaimer

 

If anyone has bought this book and reads this
disclaimer, please know that the book has not been to the editor yet. Because I
needed to have the book published on Amazon in order for me to be able to sign
up for a special promotion, I had to go ahead and release this novel today. But
if you've bought it, please either return it until after the 15th when it will
be properly edited, or contact me at
[email protected]
and I will be very happy to send you a new copy after it's been properly
finished.

Please accept my sincere apologies for any
inconvenience.
  

 

Table of Contents

Dedication
.
5

Roll the Dice
.
8

Chapter One
.
8

Chapter Two
.
12

Chapter
Three
.
15

Chapter Four
19

Chapter Five
.
21

Chapter Six
.
25

Chapter Seven
.
29

Chapter Eight
33

Chapter Nine
.
35

Chapter Ten
.
41

Chapter Eleven
.
43

Chapter Twelve
.
45

Chapter Thirteen
.
47

Chapter Fourteen
.
50

Chapter Fifteen
.
54

Chapter Sixteen
.
56

Chapter Seventeen
.
58

Chapter Eighteen
.
62

Chapter Nineteen
.
63

Chapter Twenty
.
68

Chapter Twenty-one
.
71

Chapter Twenty-two
.
73

Chapter Twenty-three
.
75

Chapter Twenty-four
78

Chapter Twenty-five
.
79

Chapter Twenty-six
.
83

Chapter Twenty-seven
.
85

Chapter Twenty-eight
86

Chapter Twenty-nine
.
88

Chapter Thirty
.
90

Chapter Thirty-one
.
94

Chapter Thirty-two
.
96

Chapter Thirty-three
.
98

Chapter Thirty-four
100

Chapter Thirty-five
.
103

Chapter Thirty-six
.
106

Chapter Thirty-seven
.
108

Chapter Thirty-eight
110

Chapter Thirty-nine
.
113

Chapter Forty
.
115

Chapter Forty-one
.
117

Chapter Forty-two
.
121

Chapter Forty-three
.
123

Mimi's Paranormal
Romances
.
127

Afterword
.
131

About the Author
132

My Contact Page
.
133

 

Roll the Dice

 

 

 

Chapter One

 

“You shot me!”

“You told me to.”

“Dumb shit!” Aurora pushed her new partner from hovering over her so she
could sit up. “I didn't mean it. I just wanted you to scare Rhondo.” She felt
blood poring from the wound on her arm and purposely kept her head turned away.

“Shooting you did scare him. He let you go, didn't he?”

Aurora frowned at him. Why did his voice have to sound so damn
reasonable?

“What-ever!” She hoped her scorn would get to him.

“Hey! I saw his eyes, you didn’t.
 
He had every intention of using that knife. You know, the sharp one he
had pressed against your throat. If I’d shot him instead of you…” He shrugged.

Aurora shuddered, fighting off nausea. She didn’t want to listen to
reason. Being angry made the situation a whole lot easier to deal with.
Sarcasm, the best weapon she had in a macho man's environment, replaced
whining.

She glared at him and saw his shapely eyebrows rise. The light of the
bulb hanging from the ceiling of the cruddy apartment haloed his head making
the bare skin shine.
 
“Just my frigging
luck to end up with a partner who thinks and looks like Bruce Willis."

Kai chuckled. Her glower put a quick end to his merriment. He tried
changing the subject with sweet talk. "I've been told I have a nicely
shaped head for being bald."

"Sure and it goes swell with your baby-blue eyes." She sneered
on purpose. No way would she admit he did look good.

His response was a grunt of displeasure. “Are you always this crabby?”

Disbelief shone in her amazed expression. “Not at all…” She said,
disdain evident. “…only when I’ve been shot.”

He ignored her to call in the emergency and then tried to push up the
bloody sleeve of her shirt for access to the injury.
 
Being that it was too tight, he gave up and moved to undo the
buttons on the top of her white blouse.

What the hell!
"Get away from me.” She slapped at his hands and wrenched away.

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