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The exciting tale of a young gambler, a horse, and the bond that will change the both of them forever.
Hoping to make a man out of him, Alfred Larribee's father sends his son to live with his cousin's family out West. Alfred is lazy and listless, and spends his early days there drinking, gambling, and doing everything he can to avoid his share of work.
Everything changes with the appearance of Sky Blue, a magnificent stallion that seemingly can't...
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A smart, suspenseful Western full of gamblers, gunmen, and enough double-crosses to bring an entire town to its knees.
Sunrise, despite its name, is a wicked town. It is the only wide-open town in the Crazy Butte country. It attracts gamblers like Dan Farlin, who works in the Red Arrow, the most prosperous saloon in Sunrise.
Sheriff Mills rarely comes to Sunrise, in part because of a tacit agreement he has with a gang of outlaws, who in exchange...
10) Playing the odds
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Determined to see his daughter leave her job as a blackjack dealer on a cruise ship and settle down to have a family, Serena MacGregor's father arranges for gambler Justin Blade to make Serena rethink her priorities.
13) Lucky stiff
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When a paraplegic who recently won a huge casino jackpot dies in a house fire, all bets are off as deputy coroner Mattie Winston and detective Scott Hurley, convinced that he was murdered for his money, take a gamble on the wrong suspect.
15) Player
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The Bet. The Rush. The Game. Win. Sam is a professional gambler living with a young woman nicknamed Princess. Needing the rush of high stakes gambling to feel alive, Sam uses Princess to place a dangerous bet, which he knows he can't cover without manipulating his estranged son. It's a life or death bet now for Sam and Princess as a game of cat and mouse ensues.
16) Easy death
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"Twas the night before Christmas... It takes guts and good luck to pull off an armored car robbery, and Walter and Eddie have both. But getting the money and getting away with it are two different things, especially with a blizzard coming down, the cops in hot pursuit, and a double-crossing gambler and a sadistic park ranger threatening to turn this white Christmas blood red"--Page [4] of cover.
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"From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog, a fierce, elegant, page-turning novel about race, money, and the American Dream JW is a small-town banker. His specialty: teaching other bankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino deposits without exposing themselves to risk. His problem: having lost his son in a car accident a year ago, JW is depressed, his wife is leaving him, and he can't stop gambling....
18) Volunteers
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Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend and going to Thailand with the Peace Corps.
19) Lay the favorite
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Good at numbers and having a near perfect memory, Beth moves to Vegas and becomes involved with a group of older men who gamble on sports.
20) Changing trains
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Lady gambler Mari Marshay decides to give it all up after a gunfight at her poker table kills a man. Leaving a note for the sheriff to locate the man's widow and return the deed to his ranch, which was among her winnings, she boards a train called the Prairie Queen.
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