TO CATCH A ROGUE by Bec McMaster - London Steampunk: The Blue Blood Conspiracy Book Four - An impossible heist. A thief and a rogue. But will she steal his heart, instead? ***Guest Post by Bec McMaster: Plotter or Pantser? -- Giveaway***

To Catch A Rogue 
Bec McMaster
(London Steampunk: The Blue Blood Conspiracy #4)

Publication date: October 30th 2018
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance, Steampunk


An impossible heist. A thief and a rogue. But will she steal his heart, instead?

The Company of Rogues finally knows the identity of the mastermind behind a plot against the queen—but their enemy is still one step ahead of them. When he kidnaps one of theirs, the Rogues plan a daring rescue mission that will lead them into the heart of the bloodthirsty Crimson Court.

It’s a job for a master thief, and there’s nothing Charlie Todd likes more than a challenge. To pull off the impossible, Charlie needs a crew, including the only thief who’s ever been able to outfox him.

He broke her heart. But now she must risk it all to save his life…

Lark’s spent years trying to forget her past, but the one thing she can’t ignore is the way a single smile from Charlie still sets her heart on fire. When he proposes they work together again, it feels just like old times, but she has one rule: this is strictly business.

It’s Charlie’s last chance to prove he can be trusted with her heart. But Lark’s keeping a deadly secret. And as passions are stirred and the stakes mount, it might be the kind of secret that could destroy them all…

Ocean’s 11 meets Dracula, in this sexy paranormal heist by USA Today Bestselling Author, Bec McMaster. If you like sexy paranormal romances, steampunk shenanigans, and plenty of action-adventure (vampires, dirigible flights, and steamy rooftop chases), then dive into this thrilling heist with Charlie and Lark.

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Guest Post by Bec McMaster
Plotter? OR Pantser?

Most authors fall into one of two categories when it comes to writing a book: Plotter or Pantser (flying by the seat of your pants). I am a little bit of both, in what I tend to call a Plantser. I have a rough idea of the story I want to tell when I begin writing each book, as well as the overall running arc through the series, but discovering every single plot point nugget is part of the fun as I dive right in.

And in To Catch A Rogue, the fourth book in my London Steampunk: The Blue Blood Conspiracy series, I knew exactly what I wanted to pull off.

I love old movies (like To Catch A Thief and Ocean's Eleven, which I watched with my grandmother years ago), and I have a secret addiction to spies and adventure in literature or on the screen, so writing this series is like blending all of my loves into one big mash-up.

To Catch A Rogue is my chance to delve into the thief/heist plotline (with a steampunk twist, of course), and boy was it fun to write.

I've been writing the London Steampunk series for seven years now, so I know this world inside and out. It's a dark world full of glittering ballrooms, foggy rookery streets, vampires stalking their prey from the shadows, and powerful steam-driven automatons that patrol the streets.

In my world, the male aristocrats of England (and many other European countries) infected themselves with the craving virus (which makes them stronger, faster, impervious to sickness etc. but brings with it the blood craving), so there's a little bit of a twist on the vampire mythos and the English ton. The blue bloods are not vampires, but evolving into them, and vampires are ravaging, bloodthirsty creatures who have lost all rational concepts.

In the Blue Blood Conspiracy series, a mysterious organization plots to overthrow the queen.

To combat this mysterious threat, the Duke of Malloryn puts together a highly-skilled team of individuals who call themselves the Company of Rogues—thieves, assassins, spies and bounty hunters—but he knows the threat is personal. His old nemesis is back in play, and the Company of Rogues is facing a dangerous task when one of their own is kidnapped.

All signs point to Russia; to rescue their companion, they're going to have to infiltrate the vicious Crimson Court, find their friend, and plot the rescue of the century in plain sight.

My hero, Charlie Todd, knows he needs the best thief in the rookeries to help him pull off this rescue, so he turns to his onetime dearest friend, Lark. Of course, they have a bit of a history, and Lark has a few secrets up her sleeve, so... all does not go according to plan, but that's part of the fun.

A bit like being a plantser—nothing is ever quite the way you plan it, but by the time you finish writing the book, you've had a glorious time doing it.

Author Bio

BEC MCMASTER grew up on a steady diet of 80’s fantasy movies like Ladyhawke, Labyrinth and The Princess Bride, and loves creating epic, fantasy-based worlds with heroes and heroines who must defeat all the odds to have their HEA. If you like sexy, dark, paranormal romance, try her Dark Arts series; for some kick-bustle ladies-saving-the-day steampunk romance then check out London Steampunk; and for rocket-fuelled post-apocalyptic romance with a twist on the werewolf theme, then see her Burned Lands series.

Bec has been nominated for RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance for Heart of Iron (2013), won RT Reviews Best Steampunk Romance with Of Silk And Steam (2015), and Forged By Desire was nominated for an RWA RITA award in 2015. The series has received starred reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, with Heart of Iron named one of their Best Romances of 2013.

Escape the Ordinary at www.becmcmaster.com or follow her on Twitter @BecMcMaster, or www.facebook.com/BecMcMaster

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