Stealing jewelry has never been difficult for Gia Solletii. Excepted in the glittering society around the world, it's easy to relieve bored patrons of their sparkles. The Shadow holds the answer. A retired legendary thief, he specializes in letting the rich and the beautiful keep their toys. To get his attention, Gia steals from him--an amethyst, larger then her own thumb, smooth, polished and pulsing with warmth. She will give it back at a masked charity ball, to the tune of cash and a job at IntelSecurities. Except she doesn't know the stone is cursed--intoxicating the wearer and those around her, lowering inhibitions, amplifying desires. And she has no idea that the Shadow will use the curse to seduce her into giving him the amethyst on her own free will.
Fiona Jayde is a space pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius.
All in her own head.
In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, was taught English by Nora Roberts and Growing Pains, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up.
She can be contacted by emailing her through this website or at fiona [at] fionajayde [dot][com]