To Steal a Heart

"A lavishly imagined tale set in the upper-class homes of New York City. Readers will laugh out loud at the witty dialogue and cheer when justice gets smartly served. This is Turano''s best yet."-- Publishers Weekly starred review After spending her childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she''d put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. Using her old skills to prove her friend''s innocence, Gabriella unexpectedly encounters Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend--until he abandoned her. After being taken under the wing of a professor who introduced him into society and named him as his heir, Nicholas is living far removed from his childhood life of crime. As a favor to a friend, Nicholas agrees to help clear the name of an innocent woman, never imagining he''d be reunited with the girl he thought lost to him forever. As Gabriella and Nicholas are thrown together into one intrigue after another, their childhood affection grows into more, but their newfound feelings are tested when truths about their past are revealed and danger follows their every step.