The Gamble
- ISBN-10
- 0006477151
- ISBN-13
- 9780006477150
- Series
- The Gamble
- Category
- Prohibition
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Author
- Lavyrle Spencer
Description
Tough and tender, sweet and sassy, here is a story of honesty and humour for anyone who has ever lived and loved. Scott Gandy has always been a gambling man, relying on his lazy Southern charm to smooth a way out of difficult situations. Hoping to make his fortune, he opens a saloon in Proffitt, Kansas. But he soon becomes a target of the prohibition movement, led by the owner of the hat shop next door to his establishment - the enchanting yet volatile Agatha Downing. The saloon keeper and the prim and proper milliner are hopeless adversaries... until the innocence of a child opens their eyes and hearts to each other.
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