Betting on Grace

by Debra Salonen

Betting on Grace by Debra Salonen released on Nov 08, 2005 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373836775
• ISBN13: 9780373836772
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Harlequin Signature Sagas
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Is Nick the Prince Grace is destined for?

I read this book a couple months ago after finding it in my TBR mountain. Boy am I sorry I waited so long. What a great book! Grace Radonovic and Nikolai Sarna, Nick Lightner, are such good H/h. Grace is a Romani, Gypsy, and has lived as one in Las Vegas her whole life. the Radonovic family has their own little compound and several family members also live there. Grace is the youngest of the Radonovic sisters, Sisters of the Silver Dollar, their deceased father named their dance group. The group is just for family entertainment but the girls loved to dance for their father--he always gave them silver dollars. Yetta, their mother, had given each of her daughter a prophecy Grace's is "You're going to marry an honorable man who doesn't know he is a prince. Your love will help him find his true self." Grace is the youngest and feels she can lead the whole group--she's bossy She and Kate have their own very successful restaurant and Grace wants to open a second so she becomes the partner of Charles Harmon, the shady lawyer-turned-casino owner but Grace doesn't know that he's shady! Yetta calls Nikolai with the hope he can help Grace and the family.Policemen have never been the Romani's friend though. Nick's from Detroit, he was given to a policeman by his birth father, a Romani. The birth father thought the policeman could do a better job raising Nikolai then he could after his wife's death. His birth father is a close friend of Yetta's. Very interesting "bad" guy and the local detective that falls for Yetta too. Fun characters and the sisters each have their own book. They are Harlequin American Romance Kate's #1114 ONE DADDY TOO MANY, Liz's #1126 BRINGING BABY HOME & Alexandra's #1139 THE QUIET CHILD.

fine police procedural romance

In Clarion Heights, Michigan, Yetta Radonovic calls police officer Nick Lightner informing his she is his biological father's cousin and that his blood family who abandoned him as an infant need his help with a matter in Vegas. He was going to ignore his Romani ties until she mentioned the name of attorney Charles "Lucky Chuck" Harmon who looks at her daughter Grace like he rolled a series of sevens. Though not fully understanding the Romany ties, having a chance to nail Lucky Chuck sends Nicolai to Vegas pretending to be an out of work ex con family member. However, the undercover case takes a twist when Nicolai and Grace meet as both are attracted to one another. Still he tries to stay professional and not lose sight of finding evidence of Lucky Chuck's wrong doing while also protecting Grace from this dangerous man. Adding to the churning in his stomach is his father wants to meet him and finally explain why he was abandoned. Only with Grace at his side can he deal with this, but how will she react when he reveals the truth about who he really is and then again does he want ties with the side that abandoned him. BETTING ON GRACE is a fine police procedural romance starring two likable characters who see Romani DNA quite differently as Grace grew up in a flood of love while Nick did too but by his adopted parents and their daughter. The story line works on two levels as a family drama and as an undercover cop thriller connected by a warm romance. The eccentric support cast augments a fine contemporary tale. Harriet Klausner