[Steel Hawk 01] • To Love a Thief

"It s one thing to lose your heart. Quite another to have it stolen."

"Steel Hawk," Book 1

Years ago, notorious jewel thief The Raven vanished into the shadows. In 1851, Nathan Hawk emerges into a life of respectability, determined to make up for past sins.

He and his business partner are introducing a lock they re so sure can t be broken, they re displaying a priceless diamond, the Pasha Star, at the Great Exhibition. It s bad enough catching a light-fingered young man trying to steal the stone. Worse when he realizes it s the daughter of his old mentor.

Rose Valetta s father has been kidnapped, and she needs the Star to buy his freedom. She never expected to come nose-to-nose with Nathan. Their reunion is fraught with tension, especially when they discover the diamond in Nathan s impregnable case is not the Pasha Star.

With Nathan s reputation in tatters, they race to find the real stone before it s too late for Rose s father. Too late to save the empire from a usurper. And too late to keep from losing their hearts.

"Warning: Contains a woman who dreams of a world with a level playing field, and an ex-thief who can run from his past but can t hide from it.""