A Dangerous Game — Dee Dawning

Kicked out of her home at seventeen when her father discovers she's pregnant, Loretta after a 3 month stint in an Elko whorehouse, heads for the city of Glitz & Glamour -- Las Vegas -- where she finds work as a cocktail waitress.

Years later Loretta meets Bobby, a man seventeen years her junior and falls in love.

At first, being with Bobby seems like a dream, but clouds gather from Loretta's spotty, sometime sordid past. Feeling burdened by guilt after Bobby asks to marry her, Loretta is no longer able to continue and runs away.

Now on his own, it's up to Bobby to put the methods Loretta has taught him to practical use. Will he succeed and parlay his new talents into love, wealth and power?