“You can’t bottle wish fulfillment, but Nora Roberts certainly knows how to put it on the page.”—The New York Times
At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy. Beautiful and elegant, she spends her days dabbling in charities and her nights floating from one glamorous gala to the next. But her pampered-rich-girl pose is a ruse, a carefully calculated effort to hide a dangerous truth.
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"Growing up during the Depression in the segregated coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, the bright and willful Doris Payne dreamed big. Fascinated by the fine clothes, jewels, and lifestyles in magazines such as Town & Country and Harper's Bazaar, she imagined a world beyond herself, one in which she did not carry the weight of limitations that others imposed on her and where her beloved mother was free from her father's abuse. After the...

New York Times best-selling author Ann B. Ross creates endearing characters whose earnest exploits trigger wholesome laughter. This time, America's favorite senior citizen takes on thieves who've stolen her jewelry. Although it's not the first time they've targeted her small North Carolina town, Miss Julia vows to make it the last. Soon she and her posse rush to Palm Beach for some sun, sand, and a bizarre stakeout. But how can two elderly ladies,...

A society girl who chooses to make her own way as a reporter discovers a dead body while reporting on a jewel thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor.

"Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George, not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer, Archie Leach."--Www. imdb. com.

Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common--until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. ... As the Abels and Hoyts proceed on their respective missions, both couples find themselves up against an enemy the likes...

"Nothing beats the high of stealing...unless it's the euphoria of getting away with it. Gretel wasn't living if she wasn't planning her next heist or jostling stolen diamonds from one country to the next. Her high life crashed around her when she fell in love with the wrong man. Oddly enough, hope appeared in the form of another man offering her a lifeline. 'Consult for law enforcement and stay out of prison,' he'd said. Gretel took the deal professing...

"When a prominent jeweler, who once helped Gretel move stolen goods, brings to light a mistake she made that's affecting him, she's honor-bound to fix it. Conveniently, he's got a way she can make it up to him. He tells her one of New York City's richest and most influential men wants items back, stolen from him. He knows exactly where they are and who took them. With her FBI minder otherwise occupied, Gretel goes undercover on a mega yacht to right...

They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant.