Queen of Spades

A Dark BWWM High-Stakes Casino Rivals to Lovers Romance

By: G.K. Sadem

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

He owns the game. She’s the only variable he can’t control.

Zola Dubois doesn’t play for money. She plays for blood. A mathematical prodigy with a heart of ice and a poker face carved from stone, she has spent years honing her skills for one purpose: to infiltrate The Obsidian.

Deep beneath the neon glare of Las Vegas lies The Cellar, where the buy-in isn't cash—it's Kompromat. Leverage. Secrets that destroy empires. Zola needs that leverage to shatter the corporate conspiracy that left her father rotting in a federal prison. She has a perfect plan, a perfect disguise, and a perfect win rate.

Donovan Kincaid is the House.

Rich, reclusive, and obsessed with control, Donovan sees everything from his Eye in the Sky. He built The Obsidian on the principle that every human element can be predicted and exploited. When Zola walks into his casino, he doesn’t see a gambler. He sees a glitch in his system. A beautiful, dangerous anomaly.

Instead of throwing her out, he makes her an offer: Help him hunt down "The Phantom"—a cheater who is breaking his casino with impossible luck—and he will give her the keys to her father’s freedom.

The Deal: Become his partner. His cooler. His fake lover.

As they hunt a tech billionaire who thinks he’s a god, the lines between the con and reality blur. Donovan challenges Zola’s intellect and strips away her armor, igniting a dark, obsessive hunger neither calculated for. But in a world built on bluffing, trust is the most dangerous wager of all.

When the enemy turns the tables and holds the people they love hostage, Zola must decide: Do I play to save my father? Or do I play to save the man who might be the biggest liar of them all?

The House always wins. But tonight, Zola Dubois is the House.

Queen of Spades is a Dark BWWM High-Stakes Romance. It features a brilliant, ruthless heroine, a possessive alpha billionaire, and a Rivals-to-Lovers dynamic set against a backdrop of glitz, crime, and heavy steam. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.