To Steal A Heart was published exactly a year ago today. Happy Birthday little book! This is the first book in my Secrets & Spies series, and follows feisty circus performer / thief Marianne and cynical spy Nicolas Valette as they plan and execute a dangerous heist while trying to ignore the inconvenient attraction simmering between them. I had such fun writing their snarky, sarcastic banter. Here are a few of my favorite snippets:
“It’s nothing,” he grunted. “I’ll be fine. This isn’t the first time I’ve been shot.”
“I’m not surprised,” she said tartly. “You’re an extremely aggravating man.”
Or how about this one:
She curled her toes over the edge of the rooftop and balanced on the very edge, testing her nerve.
“I wish you wouldn’t do that,” Valette said calmly. “It makes me nervous.”
“Really?” She laughed and went up on her tiptoes just to tease him. “What if I do this?”
He narrowed his eyes at her, unimpressed.
“Afraid I’ll fall?” she taunted.
“No.” His expression was deadpan. “Afraid I’ll be tempted to push you.”
She couldn’t tell if he was joking or not. Just to be safe she stepped back from the edge.
