Former burglar on demand, Emily Atterberry has left her life of crime behind. Or so she thinks until she stumbles on a piece of her past holding clues to her biological family's identity. She feels guilty but steals it hoping it will lead her to the answers she is searching for. Detective Armand Lecavalier is investigating recent luxury car thefts and is convinced Emily knows more than she's saying. He needs to find out what she knows to prove to the big-time police precincts he's more than just a small-town officer. Thrown together, Emily and Armand find it hard to remain professional. All they want to do is have fun—with and without handcuffs. But can Armand look past his code of conduct for love or is Emily facing time behind bars?

Franca Pelaccia lives in Toronto, Canada, where by day she teaches and by night she writes. Under the pseudonym of Kirsten Paul, Franca has written two romantic comedies, entitled The Hockey Player & the Angel and The Detective & the Burglar. She had also written an action/adventure/mystery novel entitled Moses & Mac, which is the first book of the Vatican Archaeological Service series and soon to be published. The second book is tentatively entitled Mac & the Crusaders. Writing as Francesca Pelaccia, Franca self-published The Witch’s Salvation, a historical paranormal novel, which won the Beck Valley Reviewers’ Choice Award for 2013. An avid reader, Franca reviews novels for the Historical Novels Society.

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