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The Rake

Shataya Simms

Raised in a brothel by her pimp father and outnumbered by her older brothers, Keller Kane always felt that she lived a life that wasn’t her own. Her father, Lucian, groomed her to be a lady, something to be looked at and admired-a trophy of sorts. His dream for his only daughter was for her to marry rich and be taken care of by her man, but Keller had other plans. Being accepted into Princeton University was her ticket out. Keller worked hard to become a lawyer and landed her first corporate job right out of law school, but when the politics in her law firm conflicts with her morals, she decides she has had enough. Quitting her job and remembering the lessons her father taught her, she took a leap of faith and decides to fund her lifestyle by hosting high stakes underground poker games.Surrounding herself with a network of beautiful women, Keller builds an army to help create an illusion while also adding glamour and fantasy to the game. Raking in over a million dollars a week, she is Madam Poker. Businessmen, celebrities, and politicians all want in on her exclusive games, but when she gets more than what she has bargained for, friends turn into enemies, greed turns into jealousy, and the mob comes knocking at her door.

GenresLiterature & FictionUnited StatesBlack & African American

318 pages

English edition · First published 2020 by yes · ISBN 9781732067189

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