Sam Zandros is a major-league poker player-part of a large Greek-American family that runs a bookmaking business. And he's fallen in love with Clare Russell, a beautiful photographer who has no one to look out for her. Sam decides to be that one. Clare's fiercely guarded secrets have made her emotionally vulnerable. While Sam tries to unravel the truth of her life, he becomes vulnerable, too, as Clare's life is threatened by devious men who want a big cut of his family's poker winnings. Love or money? Family or lover? How far will Sam go to protect Clare?