How to Swindle a Scoundrel

<p class=ql-align-justify><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Xinyi is the jungle's favorite author. Shiraz is her biggest fan. Maybe they'll realize it-before-they kill each other.</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Xinyi's greatest treasure is stolen she enlists the help of the dirty rude deceitful smugglers who brought the thieves to her village in the first place. She just maybe shouldn't have spoken her criticisms aloud. Shiraz isn't fond of the woman who called her and Makoa scum before demanding assistance but she has a plan to get some petty revenge. She'll take the princess upriver and dump her there with no way to find her thieves. Little does she know the princess isn't being entirely honest either. Xinyi has offered up forty percent of her treasure but the treasure Shiraz keeps haggling over is not gold or gems. It's Xinyi's stolen novel. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This is Xinyi's first foray into being bad and...she kind of likes it. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The journey to retrieve the treasure is more adventure than either woman bargained for and if they survive it they may just discover that fate offers plenty of good things for anyone smart enough to </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>steal</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> them.</span></p>