Beatrice "Birdie" Marino: a fun-loving, sarcastic and clever young woman. A pretty face by day and professional poker player by night, she loves puzzles and revels in the delights of leading a double life. When a routine foray to her childhood movie theater puts her smack dab in the middle of a 1920's Hollywood gangster film, Birdie meets the man who gives Jay Gatsby a run for his money-Nicky Valentino, head of one of the five mafia families of New York City. Right from the get-go, Birdie stares down Cupid's arrow and takes one to the chest, blissfully unaware of the dangers hiding behind Nicky's billion-dollar smile and loving gaze.