The Wild Card
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When Lady Luck deals her a roadside diner in small-town Texas, a professional poker player discovers home may be the best win of all in this heartfelt romance by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown.
Professional poker player Carla Wilson's luck runs dry in Tucson, leaving her with nothing but an SUV running on fumes and a deed to the Tumbleweed Bus Stop and Diner in small-town Texas. Her plan to sell the café and move on seems simple enough--until she meets the motherly cook who rules the kitchen with an iron skillet and the sunny waitress who treats her like a sister.
Then there's Jackson Armstrong. The ex-military heir of a wealthy oil family has green eyes that make Carla forget her cards and a smile that suggests he's playing for keeps. With a pair of matchmaking senior citizens and the café's morning regulars cheering from the sidelines, Carla's wandering soul begins to feel at home.
Now she's discovering everything she never knew she needed--true friendship, a place to belong, and a love worth going all in for. Maybe Lady Luck knew exactly what she was doing from the start.
Carolyn Brown
Carolyn Brown is an award-winning New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author with more than one 140 published books to her name and over 10 million copies sold. With a career spanning more than two decades and her books translated into 19 foreign languages, she's known for writing heartwarming women's fiction, contemporary cowboy, and country music romances. She's a recipient of the Bookseller's Best Award, the prestigious Montlake Diamond Award, a three-time recipient of the National Reader's Choice Award, and a RITA Award finalist. Born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma, she lives in the small town of Davis, Oklahoma, where everyone knows everyone else, including what they are doing and when-and they read the local newspaper on Wednesdays to see who got caught. She has three grown children and enough grandchildren and great-grandchildren to keep her young. For more information, visit CarolynBrownBooks.com.
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