Short Synopsis
Fate collides two mismatched lovers: the bored, wealthy Lord Dane and Marlowe the pickpocket in Shana Galen's new Covent Garden Cubs series. Contains mature themes.

Full Synopsis
Marlowe is a pickpocket, a housebreaker-and a better actress than any professional on the stage. She runs with the Covent Garden Cubs, a gang of thieves living in the slums of London's Seven Dials. It's a fierce life, and Marlowe has a hard outer shell. But when she's alone, she allows herself to think of a time before—a dimly remembered life when she was called Elizabeth.

Maxwell, Lord Dane, is intrigued when his brother, a hired investigator, ropes him into his investigation of the fiercely beautiful hellion. He teaches her to navigate the social morass of the ton, but Marlowe will not escape so easily. Instead, Dane is drawn into her dangerous world, where the student becomes the teacher and love is the greatest risk of all.

Contains mature themes.

"Good chemistry, solid writing, and an interesting plot are all present." ---Publishers Weekly

"Galen serves up plenty of danger and deception, along with a generous dose of incendiary passion." ---Booklist

"[A] lively pace, wonderful repartee, colorful dialogue, a marvelous cast of characters and, most of all, emotional depth with just enough humor to make you smile and cry." ---RT Book Reviews

"The narrator does a good job with the accents, and in particular with Marlowe's 'put on' accent when she mocks aristocrats." ---Fangs, Wands & Fairy Dust

"[Beverley] has a proper enough cadence for the time and she does well with unusual women." ---The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog