After years of working in the family business, Arcadia “Ace” Jones has become a renowned car thief. Trained from a tender age, it’s the only life she’s ever known. Longing for a future that doesn’t hold the promise of prison, she makes the decision to go straight and earn an honest living.

But the Marchetti Organisation won’t accept her retirement, forcing her to complete a job so big it’s almost impossible. She’s on a tight deadline but an irritating biker dude keeps thwarting her attempts to deliver. 

Kelly Daniels likes to tinker with bikes and cars. He’s content with operating the car restoration business he owns alongside his partners, until an annoying little thief manages to steal a Dodge Charger right out from under his nose.He gets pulled into her treacherous scheme and they form an unlikely bond. When it becomes a race against the clock to pull off the heist of the century or end up behind bars, Ace and Kelly realise they have more to lose than their freedom—each other.

Kelly Daniels is part of the Sentinels MC club and mechanic. He had a rough life and is still angry, bitter, and affected by his past. He is rough around the edges, but smart. He is a bit reckless and impulsive. He has learned not to count on anyone but his MC brothers. 

Arcadia "Ace" Jones is intelligent, sassy, tough, and can steal a car undetected. She comes from a long line of thieves, but is trying hard to go clean. But that is not as easy as she hopes. She has been living on the edge for so long, but wants to be safe and more settled. She has sworn enemies and is also dealing with a devil. She is stuck in a bad situation and trying hard to come out of unscathed and to keep those she cares about safe. 

Arcadia “Ace” Jones knows cars -- how to drive them and how to steal them. But she can’t steal cars forever and wants out. The only problem is that she can’t get out from under the Marchetti organization without one more dangerous set of thefts, otherwise the people she loves are in danger.

Kelly Daniels is building a life he enjoys working on cars in his new rehab shop. He has a fragile, strained relationship with his brother and is holding on to a lot of pain from his past. When the girl he’s been chasing steals a car right out from under him, he is not only further intrigued by the little thief, he is pulled into her operation.

These two have a chemistry that knocks the unshakable thief off her game. I loved watching as Ace tried to rationalize how she felt around Kelly, and her friend’s commentary on the events only furthered my entertainment of the scenes.

There were times I felt like there was too much going on -- there are so many secrets, so many threads and different conflicts that at times I just wanted to story simplified a little. And one particular aspect of the story that probably should have been a surprise was something I had guessed almost from the beginning. But at the same time, the threat hanging over Ace’s head kept me turning pages to find out how she would resolve her issues.

This was a good tie in with the Give Me series, though it stands alone nearly completely. Kelly and his brother, Casey (Give Me Grace), have a contentious relationship and so their stories are not completely tied together. What backstory they share is fully explained in The Thief. I enjoyed the side characters immensely -- Echo and Racer, particularly, stole the scene on several occasions and added an aspect of humor to the story. 

I was gifted a copy.

Kate McCarthy is a USA Today Bestselling author who resides in Brisbane, Australia, a city in the state of Queensland where she works full time on her writing. 

She has two children, two dogs, and a pile of friends and family dotted all over the world that help keep her sane. When she's not busy running after naughty kids, filthy dogs, and writing books, you can find her curled up in bed in the early hours of the morning reading new books and re-reading old favourites.