When you owe money to the biggest criminal in town you are going to
need to step up yourthieving game a notch...
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Service at the Red Rooster Inn isn't what you'd call good, or even
adequate. Darin would be the first to say so, and he owns the place.
Evie isn't much of a barmaid; Kat's home-brewed ale seems to grow less
palatable with each new batch; and Seraphina's service at the bar leaves
much to be desired. As for the bouncer, Big Tom, well, everyone learns
right quick to stay on his good side.
They may be bad at running an inn, but they're the best team of con
artists in the Old Queendom. When a prospective client approaches Darin
with a high-paying job, he knows he should refuse. But the job is
boosting a shipment of priceless imperial dream wine, the most coveted
and expensive drink in the world. And, thanks to a stretch of bad luck,
he's in deep to The Dame, who oversees criminal enterprises in this part
of the Queendom.
If they fail, they're as good as dead, but if they succeed... well, it's
enough money to get square with the Dame and make all of their dreams
come true. Plus, it's an option for Darin to stick it to the empress,
who he has good reason to despise.
Then again, there's a very good reason no one has ever stolen imperial
dream wine...
