It's How You Play the Game

Jack's got problems. First there's his ex-girlfriend, Breach: a girl who even his mother adores. Their relationship had been perfect - too perfect. So when Breach said she loved him. Jack did what any red-blooded twenty-something guy would do: he fled. Now he's with Hope. She's gorgeous, smart, rich and quite possibly crazy. Hope's friends? Even crazier. Jack's life is suddenly cluttered with young, beautiful people who have a strange definition of love. Relying on fate, Jack decides to ride the situation out with little or no regard for the consequences. A no-good gambling father, Hope's psychotic mother, and a seductive older woman aren't making things any easier. Jack's getting plenty of advice, though. If he isn't seeking the counsel of the local Mafiosi deli owner, then his mother and her Friday Night Drinking Club are more than willing to butt in. But if love is just a game, it's going to take more than just luck to break Jack's losing streak...