Flame

I’m the best cat burglar on the East Coast, but I have just made three fatal mistakes.

The first was the target. Sixty million dollars worth of Fabergé eggs. The exquisite Russian jewels sounded like a dream, but I didn’t profile my mark well enough. I did not realize I was stealing from a man you never cross. Angel Medici – The Mafia Prince.

The second was getting caught by him—the enigmatic, obsidian-eyed prince of a global mafia empire. Angel even kidnaps me from the police, and he brings me to his fortress: an isolated chateau in upstate New York where the walls are thick and the secrets deadly.

My third mistake? Falling for the arrogant bastard who keeps me caged. Angel knows my pedigree. He knows I’m heist royalty, the Harvard-educated daughter of the world’s most notorious thieves, with a gift for forgery that can fool even the sharpest eye.

To avoid being sold to the highest bidder or disappearing into a nameless harem, Angel aka the devil and I strike a deal: I will pay off my debt in oil paint and sweat. I’ll paint masterpieces—fakes so good his elite crew can swap them for originals in the world’s most secure galleries, museums and mansions.

But as I paint in my gilded cage, the line between owner… and lover blurs. Angel is a dangerous brute who doesn’t play fair, and when I refuse to paint more than the sixty million in value, he shows me exactly what he’s willing to do to break me. I hate him for the control he exerts—and I hate myself for wanting to belong to him. Only him.

As I share his bed I join his jet-setting crew. From the high-stakes art galleries of Paris to the heavily guarded museums of Tokyo, we become the ultimate team. We are the best of the best, ghosts in the night. But when a daring heist in Switzerland goes south and Interpol closes in, I realize I’ve taken things too far.

Angel Medici has already stolen my heart. The only question is: can the Mafia Prince steal the rest of me back before I’m locked away forever?