First, let me say thank you Celia for hosting me on her blog. She’s been truly helpful sharing my latest book on Instagram which I find hard to navigate. So thanks, Celia! 😊
With the new Ocean’s 8 movie out the possibility of female robbers isn’t unbelievable anymore. I’ve loved heist movies like “The Italian Job” and Pink Panther. It’s weird how women have always been painted the cops or the sidekick but never the msterminds.
In THE MILANESE STARS, a group of women plan, execute and make off with a set of five pink diamonds. The police and an insurance investigator, Samuel Keane are on the hunt. But the women pull off the heist successfully without any suspicion.
In the midst of it all, love blossoms and Samuel finds the woman he loves at the center of the crime. But the heist of the decade is not just about stealing diamonds, its about settling the score.
I must admit that I’ve never written a negative heroine before. Since I usually write sweet, contemporary romances, my heroines are always good, positive, world-changing. As the story developed in this book, I wanted to show women when pushed to their limit, can very well be exacting, ruthless and long sighted when it comes to their goals.
Vita isn’t stealing diamonds to get rich, she’s doing it to get even. Very few books have women in this role. So I’m glad to have written this story with a role reversal of sorts. It might seem unusual to my readers but I enjoyed bending the rules while writing this one.
It wasn’t easy. I remember my first edit, the editors and beta readers had comments like, “is this possible?” and “would she have said/ done that?”
I’m so glad that this book broke that glass ceiling for me. I didn’t set any limits on the women. Yes, there are women who can hack into software, plan elaborate schemes, and market diamonds on the sly. There are women who have the audacity to take on the bad guys!
THE MILANESE STARS is on pre-order till the 25th of June.
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Do you think women can pull off heists? Let us know what you think.
– Pamela Q. Fernandes