The Heartbeat Heist

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Evelyn is a master thief her alias-</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the Bird of Bordeaux</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>-is whispered with awe and fear throughout the underworld of swindlers and assassins. When a shadowy figure known as the Reaper offers her the heist of a lifetime she's tempted to accept.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The target?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A relic of dark magic sealed deep within the cursed tunnels beneath Paris.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The reward?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A fortune large enough to restore the Vineyard the orphanage that raised her and a chance to avenge her parents' murder.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The catch?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She won't be working alone.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Her partner Jaq is as clever as he is infuriating. They don't trust each other and they don't need to. But as secrets unravel and an unexpected attraction flares between them the job becomes far more complicated than Evelyn ever planned.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the end it's not the relic or the risk that haunts her but the love she could've had-if she hadn't been prepared to betray him.</strong></p><p></p>