By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units

William Godwin practices his chip handling under the watchful eyes of his children. Shannon Dadds gets card tips from her son. When Claudia Harbourt has downtime during her nursing shift, she hones her blackjack skills with her patients.

Consider Daisy Hay's rehash of the interwoven lives of poignant Romantic era poets a pre-Victorian "Desperate Housewives" with a mild dose of incest. Turns out that diabolical combination makes for a great read.
"On this side of the table, all you have to do is remember 21," Mr. Godwin, a 51-year-old Severna Park resident, said as he took a turn as a player. "It's a very different game from that side of the table. There are so many rules, so many things you have to remember."