Manhattan jewelry designer Lexy Drake knew the warning signs even as she was tempted to have a fling. Charles Pendegraff III was too rich, too good-looking--and light-fingered. He stole the mysterious Isabella Emeralds from right under her nose--along with stealing her heart.

Rule #1 for Charlie: never have a fling with your "mark." But Lexy was so hot--and the jewels even hotter, judging by the sudden interest from far too many people. Charlie had to convince Lexy he'd been framed. And that all the times they'd spent burning up the bedsheets were not just stolen nights!