A Fortune in Jewels

Book excerpt: Josy Rose is a young woman looking for a new direction in life, a new career. Her inner guide, Tariki, suggests that she become a cat burglar, a cat burglar who steals only from the one-percenters to support animal shelters and sanctuaries, to be the Robina Hood for animal welfare. And having an element of irreducible rascality in her nature, Josy takes to the challenge. Her backyard neighbor, FBI Special Agent Nicolas Hawk, watches as Jo turns her backyard into a boot camp exercise course with a jogging path, trampoline, a wire from the roof, and ropes to climb up the house. When he sees her three-ring-circus routine, hes hooked and has to know, What the hell is going on? Having watched Jo grow up for twenty-two years, Nick has felt like an invisible older brother. Now Josys a young woman, and hes starting to have mixed feelings about her. When he joined the FBI, he made a list of rules for himself: No. 1 No intimate relationships. One summer solstice night in Jos hot tub changed everything.