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Lady Thief

Also includes Masquerade: a Novella

by Kay Hooper

Published 2004310 pagesISBN 978-0-4252-0041-4

They called her the Cat. All London was agog at her daring escapades. And it seemed she was more than a common thief. She might end up with a medal instead of the hangman's noose! The Duke of Spencer and Beau Brummell himself thought they had spotted the vixen in the dazzling Jennifer Courtenay. Surely her great golden eyes burned with rare fire and spirit. Surely she moved through the salons and ballrooms with irresistible feline grace. The duke was determined to learn the truth. On a moonlit highway the Cat had taken his purse. How could she know that she had also stolen his heart? AND Weary of suitors who love only her wealth, Cassandra Eden flees London for her country home. When a snowstorm forces her to take shelter at the manor of a disreputable Earl, Cassie must hide her identity or risk a damning scandal. Only at a Valentine's masked ball can they reveal a love more precious than gold...

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction, Romance. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction · Romance

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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ToneBalanced
LuminousDark

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Lady ThiefKay Hooper
Powerful4.4/5

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A quick reading snapshot

Edition facts and catalog signals to help you decide whether this book fits what you want to read next.

Reading lengthA standard-length read310 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2004
Primary categoryFictionAlso cataloged under Romance
ISBN-13
978-0-4252-0041-4
Language
English
Edition record
OL3310188M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.