ABOUT ADRIANA
Adriana
Kraft is a married couple writing Sizzling
Romantic Suspense and Erotic Romance
for Two, Three, or More. Whether readers open our romantic suspense or our
erotic romance, they can expect characters they care about, hot sex scenes, and
a compelling story. Our suspense stories deliver one man, one woman, danger and
intrigue. Our erotic romance is edgier and nearly always includes ménage or
polyamory, sometimes with two women and a man, sometimes with two (or more)
couples.
One man, one
woman, danger and intrigue – always a happy ending, but oh, what a ride! Readers
can count on our Romantic Suspense
line for “warmth, blazing hot sex, and well-developed characters” (Romance Junkies Reviews) as our hero and
heroine battle outer threats and inner demons to stay alive and fall in love.
Together we
have published more than forty romance novels and novellas to outstanding
reviews. We love hearing from readers at adrianakraft99@yahoo.com,
and here is our website: When It’s Time
to Heat Things Up http://adrianakraft.com
About THE HEIST
A heist? A murder? It’s villain’s
choice.
A special-order art theft? Tedious, but seamless – until small town
museum director Kara Daniels calls in the experts. Furious her favorite trio of
priceless impressionist paintings has been stolen from its traveling exhibit on
her watch, Kara is determined to save not only the paintings, but her future in
the art world. She’ll stop at nothing to entrap the thief.
Ted Springs knows the underbelly of the criminal world a little closer
than he might like—but he’s turned it to good advantage, first as a police
officer, and now as detective for the Upper Midwest Arts Council. His job? To
guarantee the security of the valuable paintings in the Council’s traveling
exhibits.
Heat sizzles when Ted and Kara collide—can they work together, before
it’s too late?
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EXCERPT
Holding her
breath, Kara examined the three paintings with great care. Exhaling, she used
an eyepiece to study the artist signature, the composition of the work, and the
layers of paint. She did her best to ignore the short, wiry man hovering about.
He’d
introduced himself merely as Henri. That probably wasn’t his name. His heavily
accented English suggested Eastern European roots. It was unlikely he was a
resident of Thun. Ted had handled the introductions, following up on previous
telephone calls to arrange the meeting and making clear that as representatives
of the Art Council, they were only interested in retrieving the paintings.
There would be no questions about how the works had come to be in Henri’s
possession. Both men had been surprisingly gracious. If she didn’t know better,
she would never guess that one was a detective and the other part of the
criminal element.
Henri hardly
projected the stereotypical image of the criminal she’d developed over the
years. There were no threatening postures or words. She doubted he was armed.
Neither was Ted. But the little man was extremely cautious. He’d only spoken of
the paintings in cryptic terms, as if he were concerned she or Ted might be wired.
Since they’d come to Henri’s hotel room, he should be confident about its
security. Although the man looked harmless enough, the possibility of back-up
loomed large. Ted had warned her not to say more than she had to and that they
would likely be watched by others.
Trying to set
aside the oddities of their meeting, Kara focused on her task. The paintings
were good—excellent, actually. When Henri had first pulled the cloths off them,
her heart had fluttered. They were as stunning as they had been when she’d
first seen them at the museum.
REVIEWS
Five stars at Goodreads:
“The sex is hot and I loved the phone sex
scenes. Never did I expect the ending. It was brilliant. The Heist is a winner!”
Sheila G.
Five stars at Amazon: “From the start, the perspective of Kara, the museum’s director and the
thieves are cleverly interwoven… rich in
detail… held my interest and kept me
reading forward.” Gaele “Very hot…engaging, entertaining, funny and
serious, well written and extremely enjoyable to read.” Donna H.
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