The Jewel Thief — Vanessa Cardui

Seren was never one for playing by the rules -- she was a thief, and a good one. When a big heist and a botched getaway leave her with a fortune in Carephalan bloodstones and stranded in the isolated cottage of a taciturn woodsman named Rain, almost the first thing she does is steal his flitter, and try to make it back to civilization.



But when the flitter crashes, Rain is her only chance for survival. Naked, chained, and collared, Seren learns to play by Rain's rules. Together, they face down the implacable, inhuman Carephalans, and discover the sort of treasures that Seren would never have found on her own.