Jewel Me Twice

Two international jewel thieves whose partnership and relationship ended after a heist gone wrong are thrown together for one last job in the entertaining latest from Reid (Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up). Celeste “CeCe” St. Pierre sells antique furniture by day and pilfers priceless gems with her assistant, Beatrice Hill, by night. However, when she receives a mysterious letter with the news that Dr. Doris Grant, her mentor in art and in crime, is dead, but has left behind plans for one last heist for the old crew, Celeste’s two-woman operation expands to include, among others, her ex, Dr. Magnus Larsson, a geology professor skilled at creating replica jewelry. Dr. Grant’s planned heist takes the team first to Estonia and then back to Stockholm, where five years before, the botched robbery of a princess tore them apart. Celeste and Magnus’s mutual anger over that job and their resulting breakup starts to fade as they work together again, leading them to wonder if their return to Stockholm could mean recovering everything they’d lost. Though the other members of the crew don’t get much to do, Celeste and Magnus’s criminal antics are fun, and their history together makes their sex scenes sizzle. Reid’s fans will be pleased. (July)