Thieves, Spies And Other Lovers

Blackheart #1

by Anne Stuart, Dawn Carroll, Lynn Erickson

In Catspaw, a former jewel thief breaks all of his own rules, while in Code Name Casanova, a seductive intelligence agent takes a final assignment, and a secret agent finds his heart on the line in In From the Cold. Reissue.

632 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Anne Stuart is a grandmaster of the genre, winner of Romance Writers of America's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award, survivor of more than thirty-five years in the romance business, and still just keeps getting better.

Her first novel was Barrett's Hill, a gothic romance published by Ballantine in 1974 when Anne had just turned 25. Since then she's written more gothics, regencies, romantic suspense, romantic adventure, series romance, suspense, historical romance, paranormal and mainstream contemporary romance for publishers such as Doubleday, Harlequin, Silhouette, Avon, Zebra, St. Martins Press, Berkley, Dell, Pocket Books and Fawcett.

She’s won numerous awards, appeared on most bestseller lists, and speaks all over the country. Her general outrageousness has gotten her on Entertainment Tonight, as well as in Vogue, People, USA Today, Women’s Day and countless other national newspapers and magazines.

When she’s not traveling, she’s at home in Northern Vermont with her luscious husband of thirty-six years, an empty nest, three cats, four sewing machines, and one Springer Spaniel, and when she’s not working she’s watching movies, listening to rock and roll (preferably Japanese) and spending far too much time quilting.

Anne Stuart also writes as Kristina Douglas.

Reviews

[Drucilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Catspaw
Definitely my favorite out of the three. Ferris has a great background and her chemistry with Blackheart was great. Also, I just love stories about thieves. : )

Code Name Casanova
An interesting story, but so obviously a romance. It would have been better if we had seen Daniel before he retired so we could have had a nice contrast. Kerith has an interesting backstory, but she did get annoying at times.

In From The Cold
The twist at the end makes the story a lot better. However, this entry is just too long to have been included in this compilation. It's easily twice the size as the other two and starts to drag 2/3's of the way through.

[Verity]

CATSPAW

[Janet]

Catspaw = 3+

Code Name Casanova = 2

In From the Cold = 2+