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Publisher: Blue Box Press
Published: August 2, 2022
Summary:
To catch a leopard wear diamonds.
A year after THE BAIT, Ania Throne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws.
Jerome Curtis has taken a job at a Hollywood movie studio to try and put his life back together. When a familiar face from the past shows up unexpectedly, Jerome realizes that much as he’s tried to forget her, there’s no escaping Ania. And this time, what she’s about to do could be her doom.
The heist is on. Jerome must join with Ania again to bring down the mastermind thief who’s dead-set on not getting caught. Passion and vengeance collide as father and daughter bait each other in a high-stakes gambit, with Jerome caught in the middle. Because no matter how much Ania has tried to keep her lover safe, she’s only brought him back into the center of her ploy— and the Leopard intends to take full advantage of it.
From the glamour of late 1950s Hollywood to a desperate chase in the ravines of Los Angeles, two leopards must hunt each other to the end. And only one of them can bring down its prey.
THE HEIST is the thrilling conclusion in the To Catch A Leopard series, a dramatic romantic caper that began with THE STEAL and THE BAIT.
My thoughts:
This is the third, and final, novella in C.W. Gortner and M.J. Rose’s To Catch a Leopard trilogy and this romantic caper was just as fun and thrilling as the first two have been in this series. These two authors, whose books I have read separately, really know how to collaborate to create fun, enjoyable tales.
I highly suggest reading this series in order. Each novella is quite short – just over 100 pages – and really provides the necessary background for what is the overarching thread in the entire trilogy, and what is the culminating thread of this latest installment. That’s not to say you cannot just pick this latest one up, but I really do think you will have a richer reading experience coming to this new one having already read the other two.
In this third installment, we meet up with Ania and Jermone about a year after last seeing them and this time we find them in Los Angeles – but they are not together. I’m not really going to go into plot details because I don’t want to spoil anything…I will just say that I love these characters and I love the character development we have seen over the course of this trilogy. I love having them in reunite in Hollywood. The glitz and glamour are so vividly drawn and the cat and mouse game that ensues provides just enough adrenaline-fueled moments of tension to get your heart racing.
This trilogy has been such a delight to read. It’s got just a little bit of everything to satisfy most readers – mystery, intrigue, romance, old-time glamour, and fun. While I am sad to see this series come to an end, I am hopeful that due to the success of the series, we might get lucky and see these authors collaborate again in the future! Wouldn’t that be amazing?
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