"A murder, a sexy Frenchman, and a golden Buddha makes for some wonderful romantic suspense...."
Reviewed by Cheryl Beal
Posted September 27, 2012
Romance Suspense
Sophie Kingston is a museum curator who specializes in far
eastern art. Sophie has a passion for art as well as for
all of her friends and family. She witnesses a colleague
being murdered in the storage rooms in the museum basement
one morning and finds herself running for her life. Pietr Sauvage is a handsome, mysterious Frenchman who shows
up right after the murder, asking Sophie for her help. He
has connections and is able to help Sophie with the police
when she is attacked the night after the murder, but can
Sophie trust him? Sophie and Pietr are thrust into a fast paced adventure as
they race to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder at
the museum and the Fortunate Buddha. The danger they face
draws them closer together and they soon find themselves
giving in to their desires. THE TAMING OF THE THIEF is a fast-paced, romantic
adventure.
Heather Long always does a wonderful job with character
development and she comes through again with this book.
Sophie is a beautiful, witty, strong heroine who kept me
laughing through the entire book and Pietr is a wonderful
bad boy who makes you swoon. THE TAMING OF THE THIEF is
the
follow up to The Love Thieves and I thoroughly enjoyed both
books!
SUMMARY
One Treasure… Some would kill to know what Sophie Kingston knows. Rich
and
powerful people will do anything to possess the secret, but
not even Sophie realizes how much danger she is in—or how
far they will go to hunt her down and take it from her. But
when she sees a murder no one can prove, the threats to her
life keep coming. One Hunt… Billionaire Pietr Sauvage is neck deep in the hunt for The
Fortunate Buddha when a lead draws him to New York and
thrusts him into the life of art history specialist Sophie.
What began as a favor turns into a desperate need to
protect
the sexy curator from the dark web of deception threatening
to pull her under. Too Many Thieves… Lost in the shadow of intrigue and danger, Sophie must
learn
to trust Pietr, a man with an agenda, a man she can’t help
but desire, before the ruthless thieves steal their only
chance. Raising the stakes heightens the attraction…
Excerpt“I've had an abysmal day. I am not in the mood for
entertaining much less having a meal with someone I don't
know and who broke into my apartment and is currently
threatening me.”“I am not.” “Yes. You are.” Sophie punctuated the words with a hard
shove against his chest. To her surprise he stepped back,
nimble as a cat and held his hands out wide. It was her chance. She could slip out the door and make a
run for it. If nothing else she could yell her lungs out.
She knew all of her neighbors. Valorie across the hall with
her five kids would call the police in a heartbeat. But Sophie didn't yell. She didn't yank the door open. She didn't bolt. “What's your name?” Sophie asked instead. “Then we chat? Perhaps over wine?” “No, then I check your references and perhaps we meet
tomorrow for coffee.” He laughed then; a long, inviting, warm chuckle that
beckoned her to abandon caution for the sheer exhilaration
of leaping. “I am not sure what references you intend to check. Is
there
a database for cat burglars?” “Is that what you are?” “An outdated term to be certain, but I rather doubt that
you
will find me listed under some typical B & E reference of a
library database.” His too sexy mouth twitched. He enjoyed
the banter. Call me crazy, but so am I. “Then maybe Interpol would be a better reference point.” “You wound me little bird. Interpol is extremely low brow
for someone of my caliber.” “And I only have your word for that.” Sophie countered.
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