A Fortune in Jewels
A Josy Rose—Cat Burglar Novel
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She sat in the dark, watching the panel lights, gauges, and compass. He stood, feet apart, both hands on the ship’s wheel, steering Tralfamadore into the stormy blackness. Thunderous rain beat down from above and waves crashed over and against her sides, making the yacht shudder and vibrate. She climbed huge swells to perilously slide down the other side. Gale force winds had turned the sea into mountains and valleys, one after another. Still, he kept her nose into the wind and the mountainous waves. The unceasing thunderous cacophony of splash, crash, thump grated on the nerves. Josy knew the 120-foot sportyacht was sturdy with powerful engines, but tonight, Tralfamadore was nothing more than a reverberating tin can tossed about by the wind and waves to be broken open and devoured by the sea. She closed her eyes, let the storm rage, and thought back to when and where it had all begun
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Josy Rose is a young woman looking for a new direction in life, a new career. Her inner guide, Tariki, suggests that she become a cat burglar, a cat burglar who steals only from the one-percenters to support animal shelters and sanctuaries, to be the Robina Hood for animal welfare. And having an element of irreducible rascality in her nature, Josy takes to the challenge.
Her backyard neighbor, FBI Special Agent Nicolas Hawk, watches as Jo turns her backyard into a boot camp exercise course with a jogging path, trampoline, a wire from the roof, and ropes to climb up the house. When he sees her three-ring-circus routine, he’s hooked and has to know, “What the hell is going on?”
Having watched Jo grow up for twenty-two years, Nick has felt like an invisible older brother. Now Josy’s a young woman, and he’s starting to have mixed feelings about her. When he joined the FBI, he made a list of rules for himself: No. 1 – No intimate relationships.
One summer solstice night in Jo’s hot tub changed everything.
About the Author
Victoria Rose is an inspiring new writer with several books to her credit: Apple Cider Vinegar and Ladies Are You Lost? Options for Women in Unhealthy Relationships. She has a degree in anthropology from San Francisco State University and currently lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, with her cat, Goldie.