Thief of Hearts
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Last published Fri, Jun 23, 2023
Ella Terry convinces her father to give her her first assignment as an undercover thief: infiltrating the Carters, one of the country's wealthiest families, stealing their priceless heirloom, the Heart of Evadne, and covering her tracks. As hard as it sounds, and probably will be, she knows she can do it. This is all she has been trained for. She has to succeed to make her family proud and take over the family business one day, which will be hard considering she had to live in her brother's shadow for years. But it is her time to shine now.
There is only one thing in her way: Joey Carter. The prodigy son. A twenty-four-year-old walking success story with exceptional bone structure and physique. He can read people without them even muttering a word, so he has been single for the longest time despite women of all ages throwing themselves at him. Does he take advantage of his magnetism? Absolutely. Does he break hearts left and right? He could win awards. But no woman had ever been able to get close enough to him to see deeper than his perfectly tanned skin during the one - and only- night that they had with him.
What's worse is that Joey is Ella's primary target. Without Joey's trust, the whole assignment is a bust.
Will Ella give in to his charm just to lose him forever, or will she persevere for her family?
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