Double Down begins immediately after Even Money ends which is amazing because with the cliffhanger I got in book one, I NEEDED answers immediately for what was happening. As soon as I got the e-mail that the ARC was availble to download to my Kindle, I quite literally stopped everything I was doing and spent the rest of my evening/early morning immersed in the lush yet dangerous world of Vegas.

Dario and Bell have been found out. Robert Hawk, Dario's father in-law, is well aware that they're romantically linked and being a dangerous man already, he now feels insulted that his son in-law has been lying to him about his marriage. He wants the threat, a.k.a. Bell, eliminated immediately.

Of course Dario knows how to work Robert and keep Bell safe and as soon as he can, he has her on a plane and leaving Vegas while he cleans up their mess. There's been a murder and Dario and Bell are at the center of it all. They just want their happily ever after, but it seems like everything and everyone around them are doing what they can to keep the two apart.

Tucked away safely in Dario's hometown and far away from Sin City, Bell is going crazy not only being away from him, but also not knowing what is happening back home. His friends and family are doing what they can to keep her entertained, but in order to keep her from being found by any threats, Bell must know the bare minimum.

Once the dangers are eliminated, Dario comes to take her home and the pair can move on with their lives, or so they think. It seems that not all the loopholes leftover from Robert Hawk's rule over Vegas have been closed. When Bell and Dario are threatened one final time and wind up fighting for their lives, all hell breaks loose.

This book is just a total page-turner. There's nothing else to it. I'm not sure how Alessandra does it so damn well every single time, but she does! I don't remember the last time I couldn't put a book down, but with this one, I finished it in one sitting. It had all kinds of elements that kept me completely enraptured from beginning to end. Whether is was the sizzling chemistry between Dario and Bell, the suspense lurking around the corner that threatened their happiness, the decadence of Las Vegas, the dangerous players in this game, and the gamble that they take with their lives, love, and future all mixed so well and made for such a delicious and thrilling treat. Alessandra knows how to maintain that balance and keep you in suspense which creates such an amazing story.