Sally Ducker, aka Allie

Sally Ducker — Though at the Silk Rose, everyone knows her as Allie — is a young woman with sharp eyes, a sharper tongue, and a knack for making men believe she’s exactly what they want her to be. She came west from New England chasing excitement, adventure, maybe even a little notoriety. What she found was Never, a town that hums with secrets beneath the shuffle of boots and the clink of whiskey glasses.

Allie plays the game well enough to keep herself safe: Smiling when needed, teasing when useful, disappearing when it’s best. But she didn’t come all this way just to scrape by in the Silk Rose. Her sights are set on the Pearl, the town’s high-class gambling hall and brothel, where the women wear silk instead of threadbare lace and the clients leave real gold on the nightstand. If she plays her cards right, she’ll get there.