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Title: Thief of Hearts
Age Group: Adult
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Romantic Suspense
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Book Description:
Seduce the teacher.
Make a deal.
Steal the painting.
Andrea Anderson has no clue of the thoughts churning around in the dark and dangerous ex-con’s head as he enters her classroom. In fact, she’s momentarily lost for words. Not in her entire teaching career has she had a student who looked quite like Stu Cross.
A widow at just twenty-eight, love is something Andie hasn’t considered a part of her life for a very long time. However, when lingering touches turn to whispered words and hot, searching stares, she begins to wonder if maybe she should take a leap of faith.
But Stu is in her class for a reason, and it has nothing to do with love. He’s there to burrow his way into her life and repay a debt, otherwise his family will suffer. Andie is the first person to show him true kindness since he left prison, and though he doesn’t want to mislead her, he doesn’t have another choice.
Before long, Stu can’t tell whether or not he’s acting anymore, and his feelings for Andie could throw all of his carefully crafted plans into complete and utter disarray.
**Can be read as a stand alone.
Our Review:
Reviewed by Donna ~ 4.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***
“I guess this is where shit gets
real.”
LH Cosway is an author that my book friends have been
begging me to read for a long, long, time. However, I have never been able to
squeeze a book in because our schedules have never meshed. With Thief of Hearts I was drawn in by the
synopsis, student/teacher, art thieves that aspect of forbidden love and by
hook or by crook I was adamant to read this one. Now I have a huge problem…it
seems I have a lot of books to catch up on.
I adored this authors writing style, from first to last page
I was totally and utterly captivated by Andie and Stu’s story. LH Cosway has a
certain flair to her writing that is charming and totally engaging, her words
stunningly put together with fantastic character connection which is something
I crave. For a fair few hours I was completely engrossed wishing this couple
well from the outset, I wanted these two to succeed no matter the
circumstances. Both characters had their scars, mentally and emotionally, but
as the saying goes, it takes one to know one, these two could be just what the
other needed.
“Stu Cross wasn’t as predictable
as I thought, and even though I was the teacher in this situation, somehow it
felt like I’d just been schooled.”
Andie was a woman with a heart of gold. She had had it rough
the past few years, still grieving for her first love, her husband who was
tragically taken away from her aged twenty-four by cancer. She still wore her
rings, she wore his memory on her arm and he was never far from her thoughts.
In the four years since he had passed, she had changed her career and thrown
herself into making people’s lives better, people that are often overlooked
because of their age. She was a teacher at an adult education college and her
passion for helping these men and woman was positively infectious.
“Even when you’ve given up on
yourself, I won’t give up on you.”
Stu was an ex-con having just been released from prison. He
had taken the wrap for the family’s dodgy car business. Being the eldest he
took this one for them as they have had his back in the past. He was an
unwilling participant, as were most of the brothers, but it was out of their
hands. Now free from that life, it seems his stint in prison has brought more
problems to his door. A repayment for a debt, a debt made to save his life, but
now a debt that needs to be repaid to save the lives of his family. He really
was in a catch twenty-two situation.
“Stu Cross definitely had an
unprecedented effect on me. I’d never broken a single rule before I met him,
never mind the actual law.”
Stu needed to embed himself in the life of Andie to get
through to a resource that she had access to. He didn’t want any part of it but
needs must. Stu enrols in her college class, he just didn’t bank on being so
enamoured by Andie, the woman that had a heart of gold, really saw who he was,
someone that quickly tapped into his potential and a woman that made him feel
for the first time in a very long time.
“Just be my soft place to fall. I
need you Andrea.”
Andie didn’t expect the chemistry that sizzled between her
and Stu Cross. Andie’s feelings had been on lockdown since the death of her
husband. Andi wasn’t ever sure she would ever feel love again but what happens
when that possibility comes in the form of a student in your class?
“Did you ever stop to wonder if
maybe you were my family now, too?”
Stu was not what I expected, he had that brave front, the
charm the charisma, he could talk his way out of any situation or into any
woman’s knickers, but underneath that bravado was a vulnerable man who knew his
short-comings and was as self-deprecating as they came. Stu though was a total
surprise and I loved that LH Cosway embraced this side to him. She gave us the
cocky alpha, but she also gave us the pussy cat.
“Our love meant we’d go to the
ends of the earth to protect each other. Each of our lists had grown by one.
And sometimes the smallest number could be the biggest in the world.”
The art plot line was a fantastic addition to this love
story. It gave this book an edge and introduced some fantastic characters into
the mix. The quiet ones are always the worst and that was definitely the case
in this book, but it was the unexpected that made this story. As I said above,
totally captivated from start to finish, I couldn’t put it down and now I have
a back list to start reading.
Giveaway:
About the Author:
L.H. Cosway lives in Dublin, Ireland. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favourite things in life include writing stories, vintage clothing, dark cabaret music, food, musical comedy, and of course, books. She thinks that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories. L.H. is represented by Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
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