Moonlight Becomes Her

She was known as Lady Moonlight, a thief the newspapers called as ethereal as a moonbeam and as elusive as a jungle cat. Upper crust soirees were her milieu; expensive sparklers her target. And no one -- from the Astors to the Vanderbilts -- was safe.

Far from being the Amazonian woman of rumor, Lady Moonlight was in realty, the young and demure Mystere Rillieux, one of society's own. Passed off as a New Orleans debutante, Mystere hid her past as well as her seductive womanly charms from everyone she met. Everyone but one man.

Railroad magnate Rafe Belloch had no lack of fortune and no lack of pride. Which was why he never forgot the crime committed upon him two years before. A masked woman with startling blue forget-me-not eyes and catlike grace had relieved him of his money -- and his clothes. He vowed that one day the tables would be turned.

Amid the balls and operas of the summer season, Lady Moonlight struck again and again. Rafe had his suspicions -- and his own plans for the lovely thief should he find her. One glance at Mystere's eyes told him everything he needed to know. But first he had to prove it. Thus began a dangerous dance around the truth -- and a shocking flirtation.

Rafe Belloch had finally met his match.