A wild poker wager won Reese Sinclair a…woman! Two weeks slinging hash at his rough-hewn tavern was just the thing to tip persnickety Sydney Taylor' s tiara. No woman could shake his ivory tower of bachelorhood, even one as maddening… and delectable… as society princess Sydney. But desire roared between them, and the innocent beauty granted Reese carte blanche with her body. Their earth-shattering night together stripped away every remnant of his reason– and left a ferocious longing. What would the irresistible bachelor do when the bet expired? Round up those cards… or lay down a marriage proposal?