Win The House Always Wins: A Novel Formulated By Brian Rouff Released As Hardcover

a good book! I loved the characters, the location, and the storyline, an all around great read, I enjoyed this book from the first page through the conclusion, The story and action were paced just right, so that once I started reading I didn't want to put the book down and when I did, I couldn't wait to pick it back up and start reading again.
I will highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good mystery with a gangster or a ghost or for anyone who likes books about Las Vegas and who doesn't like a book set in Vegas! Mysteries aren't usually my reading genre of choice, but The House Always Wins was a lot of fun.
For me the story really got rolling once it got to Vegas, The image in my head of what was going on in the climactic scene is hilarious, The characters are likeable, but I would like to see a followup where Aaron gets back with the band, And five words: more Auntie and more Boozer! Clearly I have unfinished business with these people! Brian Rouff spins a rich tale.
As a longtime resident who was here as the Mob made its official exit from the gaming establishments, this is a story rich in fact and fiction, and a wonderful cocktail of the two.


Anna Christiansen is a perfectlydrawn protagonist, Shes snarky, sincere, and funny as she details a year in an adventurous life after she falls for a rock musician, Landing in Las Vegas her fairly innocent life is shaken up, but shes up to the challenge once she meets Meyer, That shes the only one who can see and hear him adds color to the fun, He may not be anything like the ghosts in my series of books, but hes one dapper guy,

And, I must comment on Boozer, A review wouldnt feel complete without it, Everyone should have a best friend like him, He may not look the part, but Id rather have him for a BFF than the richest man on the planet,

Rouffs writing captures you with strong characters, easygoing descriptions, and a flowing story arc, Im looking forward to more novels, Paul Atreides, author of the "World of Deadheads" novels
I read this book because I love ghost stories and as a resident of Las Vegas I was curious about reading a story set here.
I found myself saying "Just one more chapter" over and over as I constantly flipped to the next page to see what happened.
I loved reading about places I recognized and as someone who loves this city it made me smile to relate to the characters as they ventured off to make a life and save the neighborhood the fell for.
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I won this book infrom Reader Views and it's been sitting on my shelf and not sure why I didn't pick it up sooner.


It was a breath of fresh air from my usual reads, Anna, asomething newspaper reporter is called upon to interview a up and coming rock star in her small town of Michigan and ends up interviewing the bass player.
They end up going cross country to Vegas, where they get married and surprise she's pregnant, They find a fixer upper house and restore it and then a casino wants to buy the house/land, She's going to fight to the bitter end to save it,

To top off it off, Meyer Lansky who I will call the Jewish mafia but not sure if that's accurate owned the house and he shows up as a ghost and she gets his whole life story out of him.


The end is interesting at it's best and they have a baby boy, As a side note, for such a young woman, she sure didn't know about a lot of things I thought she would.
I can't remember specifics but it might be items or music or something or other, Not sure if it was because she was from a small town or what, This is the second book I have read by this author, and the latest he had written at the time I bought it.
It is an improvement over the first but far from a masterpiece,

Anna Christiansen meets and falls for a bass player in a band that is passing through her small town, Impetuously, she pulls up roots and joins him on the road, to his home in Las Vegas,

The two ultimately get married and set up a home in a seriously dilapidated mansion that once belonged to a mobster.
They work hard on restoring and improving the home, Anna especially loves her new home and is devastated to read that a casino owner wants to buy her out, He wants to tear down the whole street to build a parking lot, and offers premium prices to the landowners,

Most of them go for the deal and get out of Dodge, The young couple is joined by only one other neighbor, an old man, in resisting, The casino owner resorts to dirty tricks to make life miserable for them,

Meanwhile, Anna meets an otherworldly character, who offers insight and advice, The house, in this case, is not the casino,

Once again, Rouff has included the paranormal in his story, It seems like he rather rushed through the whole AnnaAaron younglove story, skipping any real concerns on either's part, so he could get to his ghost.
The casual treatment of Anna's parents is typical, can't be bothered,

There are a number of spelling and grammatical errors in the book, This publisher needs to do a better job of copy editing at least, A fun, quick, wellwritten read, I enjoyed how true it stayed to the real Las Vegas, The characters were fun, and the house sounds fantastic, I'd love to see it in person! Fun, quick read! Loved reading about the Vegas quirks that only a local would know and understand.
ed by Michelle Stanley for Readers' Favorite

“Oh, its not really gambling when you never lose, ” Jennifer Aniston. The House Always Wins: A Vegas Ghost Story is a paranormal fiction tale by Brian Rouff, Small town reporter Anna Christiansen finally gets a serious assignment to cover a band performing locally, She falls in love with Aaron, the bass player, and leaves with him for Las Vegas shortly after the interview, Anna soon becomes pregnant while trying to adjust to her unfamiliar surroundings,

They lovingly renovate a dilapidated house haunted by Meyer Levin, Meyer tells Anna about his life, but cannot remember how he died, Pykowski, a sleazy casino owner, terrorizes the couple to sell their house so he can build a parking lot, Anna fights back with help from Meyer, The ghost was a former racketeer who knows the corrupt game Pykowski plays so well, He thinks its time to deal a hand the casino owner will never forget,

Brian Rouffs writing of The House Always Wins: A Vegas Ghost Story is impressive, Its a charming, fastpaced story beautifully narrated by the main character, Anna, It contains wit, mystery, and a bit of nostalgia, Meyer reminisces about his racketeering life and how developed Las Vegas has become,

Anna is a strongminded person who possesses a sense of humour, even when her problems are serious, I thought the road trip was interesting, also the descriptions of the communities that had

seen changes, for better or for worse.
The author has shown the other side of Las Vegas in this mustread novel,
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