The Reluctant Thief — April Kihlstrom

Stolen Hearts

In the short time Lady Rebecca had been in London, she collected a bird with a broken wing, an injured cat, and the handsome vagabond who had saved her life. Naturally, she insisted that her papa employ him in their household. But soon she was breaking her pact with her twin sister Penelope--never to fall in love.

Lord Hugh Rowland was adept at posing as a street ruffian to catch a ring of thieves preying on the aristocracy. But he was at sixes and sevens when it came to Lady Rebecca. By stealing out to meet him at all hours, she was placing herself in grave peril--not only from dangerous criminals but from Hugh's weakening resolve to keep his distance. Now the deception he had spun could be his undoing, for it was a lie that masked a truly loving heart....