Lying comes naturally to Tristan. If you never tell anyone the truth, you never have to get close to anyone. It’s an easy philosophy and has kept him alive so far.But when his latest job with Hart Securities has him babysitting a sexy little house flipper who is too brave for his own good, he finds his walls are up higher than ever. Because if she ever knew what he really felt for her, she’d go … for her, she’d go running for the hills.
And Tristan didn’t think he’d ever be able to let her go.
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The Cunning Thief is book 6 in the Stolen Hearts series by Mallory Crowe and again she has given us another bad good or good bad book…
Tristan and Shae meet when they are held captive in a closet and discover they have the same adversary though for different reasons they decide to work together to defeat him along with the members of Hart Securities but the question is can they and will the sparks that are flying between help or hinder what needs to be done??? Glad to see our old friends from past books too! !
THE CUNNING THIEF is the sixth instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult STOLEN HEARTS romantic suspense series. This is Tristan and Shae’s story line. THE CUNNING THIEF can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Tristan and Shae) THE CUNNING THIEF follows the building romance between professional thief and perpetual liar Tristan, and house flipper Shae Grant. With the recent acquisition of an older home known as Seaside Escape, on the Pete Beach Florida, Shae found herself the target of the Blackthorne Group, a questionable company with deep pockets, and an inside line with the local dirty police. Threats of intimidation and bodily harm against Shae push our heroine into a literal closet where she will come face to face with her future-a man whose lies and deceit further the conflict for our story line heroine. Enter Tristan, a professional thief and liar, and the man with whom Shae will fall in love. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Tristan and Shae; the search for the truth about the attacks against our story line heroine; and the potential fall out when their time together draws to a close.
THE CUNNING THIEF follows Tristan and Shae, along with the rest of the Hart Securities gang, led by Scott Hart and Toni Murray, as they set into motion the take down of the Blackthorne Group, and reveal the true reason behind the attacks against our story line heroine.
The relationship between Tristan and Shae is bitter and testy as they battle their attraction to one another while trying to uncover the truth. Tristan is a man of secrets who doesn’t do relationships but finding himself falling in love may threaten his future assignments with Hart Securities. The $ex scenes are limited, intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are reintroduced to the Hart Securities Team-Scott and Toni (The Reluctant Thief #4); Hunter and Gage- Tristan’s former partners in crime; as well as Melissa Slade, first introduced in book five The Vengeful Thief. There is a story line developing between Melissa and Gage. The requisite evil has many faces including one too familiar to our story line heroine.
THE CUNNING THIEF is a quick read; a story of family and business partners; of betrayal and revenge; of secrets and lies. The premise is engaging and entertaining; the characters are charismatic and energetic; the romance is heated and frenzied. Mallory Crowe’s STOLEN HEARTS is a sexy and sassy series that you do not want to miss.
The Cunning Thief is the sixth book in the Stolen Hearts series. This can be read as a standalone with a HEA, but all of the books build on the main storyline so I encourage you to read these books in order. It is a quick read so it’s perfect for an afternoon curled up somewhere comfy. There is some violence and hot steamy sex scenes so 18+.
The book blurb adequately describes the storyline so I’m not going to repeat that all of that info here. The storyline is predictable but this book is still worth reading. I do want to find out more about this group and will continue to read more of the series.
Arc:
This is the first hand picked case for the new Security Company that Scott & Toni set up!!
They are hoping to take down who ever the elusive owner of a shady company called Blackthorn is!! It uses foreclosures to demolish people’s businesses & homes then make millions on condo’s & complexes. Their foreclosure practices skirt the law & morally repugnant!! They can’t figure out who owns it though.
Tristan is sent to case a location to see what he can find out, he captured, hands zip tied & thrown into a dark room that has a tied up woman in it called Shea. She says someone called Damask had her property vandalised because he wants her out. Tristan escapes but calls the Police so she’ll be rescued.
Shea flips houses for a living, it’s hard but honest work. She has no idea what Damask’s problem is with her but she refuses to let him have bricks thrown in her window without confronting him. Now she’s tied up in dark room, no idea what’s going to happen to her & the guy that captured after her just left her here when he escaped, great!!
The plot twists in this book are brilliant. The reason for all the trouble that Shea is in are crazy but makes so much sense in the end.
The romance, that magical pull between our cunning conman of a thief & our good girl house flipper, is pure heat & can I say … The car scene is scorching hot!!
A thoroughly enjoyable, escape driven, romantic, suspenseful read that I definitely recommend!!
Debbie, 1970, UK