To Catch A Rogue
Bec McMaster
(London Steampunk: The Blue Blood Conspiracy #4)
Publication date: October 30th 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Steampunk
An impossible heist. A thief and a rogue. But will she steal his heart, instead?
The Company of Rogues finally knows the identity of the mastermind behind a plot against the queen—but their enemy is still one step ahead of them. When he kidnaps one of theirs, the Rogues plan a daring rescue mission that will lead them into the heart of the bloodthirsty Crimson Court.
It’s a job for a master thief, and there’s nothing Charlie Todd likes more than a challenge. To pull off the impossible, Charlie needs a crew, including the only thief who’s ever been able to outfox him.
He broke her heart. But now she must risk it all to save his life…
Lark’s spent years trying to forget her past, but the one thing she can’t ignore is the way a single smile from Charlie still sets her heart on fire. When he proposes they work together again, it feels just like old times, but she has one rule: this is strictly business.
It’s Charlie’s last chance to prove he can be trusted with her heart. But Lark’s keeping a deadly secret. And as passions are stirred and the stakes mount, it might be the kind of secret that could destroy them all…
Ocean’s 11 meets Dracula, in this sexy paranormal heist by USA Today Bestselling Author, Bec McMaster. If you like sexy paranormal romances, steampunk shenanigans, and plenty of action-adventure (vampires, dirigible flights, and steamy rooftop chases), then dive into this thrilling heist with Charlie and Lark.
Excerpt:
Lark pressed her back to the glass
doors in the library. It felt like the air was thick and heavy tonight. Or
maybe it wasn't the air.
Maybe
it was just the tension between them.
"Did
you enjoy yourself just then?" Charlie's voice sounded a little rougher
than he'd perhaps intended.
Lark
snapped her fan open and shrugged. The scent of his cologne seemed to fill the
space. A part of her wanted to bathe in it. To rub against him until the scent
coated her own skin. "Are you talking about me kissing Valentin?"
"Yes,"
he growled.
Oh,
she enjoyed the look on his face. "It was the job, wasn't it?"
"Lark."
"Yes,"
she said, lifting her chin in challenge. "He was quite proficient, if you
must know—"
"Proficient?
If I kissed you, I hope you'd have more to say about it than that I was proficient."
Her eyes narrowed. "Extremely proficient. Expert even,
though I have little enough experience to compare it to. And it's nice to be
appreciated by a man, to be wanted, to be seen as female."
Charlie's
gaze dipped to her bodice, and he perused her with slow, smoky intent. Lark's
breath came a little quicker, a shiver of sensation working between her thighs.
She wasn't completely innocent. She knew what that sensation meant.
"I've
always known you were female."
"No,"
she protested. "You saw me as a little girl. The difference is, Valentin
treated me as if I was a woman."
His
gaze slid to her lips.
Don't you dare, she thought.
Please, said another little voice.
Thankfully,
it didn't come out. She couldn't bring herself to beg, not when he'd been the
one to twist her into knots all those years ago without a care in the world.
Her dearest friend in the world had never looked at her the way she'd wanted
him to look at her.
Why
now?
Could
she trust these new feelings between them?
"Do
you want me to treat you as if you're a woman?"
Panic
flared.
"It
meant nothing," she admitted quietly. "It was just a meaningless
stolen kiss, a chance to lure him where I needed him."
"Didn't
look like that," Charlie murmured, splaying one hand on the door beside
her head.
Lark's
breasts lifted with her swift intake of breath as he leaned in. Nervousness lit
through her, she who was never nervous. But then the stakes had never been this
high before, and once she took this step....
"Were
you jealous?" she whispered, needing to know.
Charlie
turned his head just slightly, his breath caressing her jaw. "Were you
trying to make me jealous?"
Author Bio:
BEC MCMASTER grew up on a steady diet of 80’s fantasy movies like Ladyhawke, Labyrinth and The Princess Bride, and loves creating epic, fantasy-based worlds with heroes and heroines who must defeat all the odds to have their HEA. If you like sexy, dark, paranormal romance, try her Dark Arts series; for some kick-bustle ladies-saving-the-day steampunk romance then check out London Steampunk; and for rocket-fuelled post-apocalyptic romance with a twist on the werewolf theme, then see her Burned Lands series.
Bec has been nominated for RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance for Heart of Iron (2013), won RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance with Of Silk And Steam (2015), and Forged By Desire was nominated for an RWA RITA award in 2015. The series has received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, with Heart of Iron named one of their Best Romances of 2013.
Escape the Ordinary at www.becmcmaster.com or follow her on Twitter @BecMcMaster, or www.facebook.com/BecMcMaster
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Thanks for hosting today, Jeanne! :)
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