Path of Thieves
Sunniva Dee
Publication date: June 27th 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Football hero by day and thief by night, Charles “Cugs” McConnely leads a double life in the small town of Newbark, Florida. At sundown, the seventeen-year-old turns burglar, forced into the business by the man who should be teaching him the difference between right and wrong: his father.
Cugs is a pro at both games, but only one can secure him a college scholarship. It should be an easy decision, a no-brainer—if Newbark hadn’t proffered the only life he knows.
After run-ins with Nadine Paganelli, his accidental victim and the sole person to have caught him in the act, Cugs starts to realize that hearts can be stolen too.
When his long-lost sister makes contact, lies are uncovered and truths revealed. Suddenly, Cugs finds himself questioning both plans and loyalties. Because sometimes the only way to move forward is by pulling the bottom out of the past.
It’s been nine years since the last time I was caught. But
here I am staring into wide eyes again. It’s the craziest thing—such a wild,
wild flashback to when I stood exactly like this on the threshold of Nadine’s
bedroom.
These eyes are as round as Nadine’s back then,
and brown locks frame these features too. I don’t know what to say, so I open
my hands, palms up, in an I’m so sorry.
“Are you robbing my house?” she whispers. My
heart does a flip.
“Maybe.”
“What are you after?” Her throat is long, and
it bobs in the middle where she swallows her panic. I hate how it makes me
feel.
“Apple products.”
“Are… you going to hurt me?” Her fingers are
as white as her neck. Suddenly, I can’t stand trembling girl hands. I want them
calm and unafraid if they’re to cover her mouth the way they do now.
On instinct, I pull my bandana down and leave
it crinkled around my neck. “No, I’d never hurt anyone.” I let my eyes flick
toward the stairs.
“There are more of you, huh?” She’s still not
raising her voice. Backing into her room, she fumbles behind her and finds a
blanket to throw over her nightgown.
My déjà vu is so big. This girl is older,
wiser, but the color of her irises I’ve seen before, and they match the hair
folding around her cheeks.
“Yes, it’s me and my—”
“Father?”
I suck in a breath, arms heavy at my sides.
“Yes, my father. I never meant to scare you, Nadine. Not once, and definitely
not again.”
“Does he still carry a knife?”
“Worse.” It wouldn’t be fair to keep it from
her.
“A gun?”
“Sort of.”
“No, it’s not ‘sort of.’ Either he carries or
he doesn’t carry a gun.”
Between studies, teaching, and advising, Sunniva has spent her entire adult life in a college environment. Most of her novels are new adult romance geared toward smart, passionate readers with a love for eclectic language and engaging their brain as well as their heart while reading.
Born in the Land of the Midnight Sun, the author spent her early twenties making the world her playground. Southern Europe: Spain, Italy, Greece--Argentina: Buenos Aires, in particular. The United States finally kept her interest, and after half a decade in Los Angeles, she now lounges in the beautiful city of Savannah.Sometimes, Sunniva writes with a paranormal twist (Shattering Halos, Stargazer, and Cat Love). At other times, it's contemporary (Pandora Wild Child, Leon's Way, Adrenaline Crush, Walking Heartbreak, and Dodging Trains, coming in late March 2016).This author is the happiest when her characters let their emotions run off with them, shaping her stories in ways she never foresaw. She loves bad-boys and good-boys run amok, and like in real life, her goal is to keep the reader on her toes until the end of each story.
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