title: The Good Thief: A Tale of Mercy
author:  Robert Vall 
description: Robert Vall was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and began writing full time after a varied career in business, including several years managing his own company. Reflecting on his life so far, Rob sees God's guiding hand in good times and bad. Having experienced the mercy of God in so many palpable ways, Rob feels a strong desire to impart hope to others who are unaware, or unsure of, God's great love for them. Rob is a graduate of Michigan State University. He is a Benedictine Oblate and a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He lives and writes in Naperville, Illinois, where he is a member of SS. Peter &amp; Paul Catholic Parish. This is his first novel.
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  A Thief &
  
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  Clare Sager
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Title Page](index_split_000.html#filepos267)
  
  [A Thief & a Gentlewoman (Counterfeit Contessa,
  #1)](index_split_002.html#filepos4442)
  
  [Opportunity](index_split_004.html#filepos4966)
  
  [A Game of Chance](index_split_006.html#filepos58086)
  
  [A Thief’s Duty](index_split_008.html#filepos91406)
  
  [The Night Shift](index_split_010.html#filepos126501)
  
  [Under the Influence](index_split_012.html#filepos145184)
  
  [Making an Exhibition](index_split_014.html#filepos169368)
  
  [A Fence & a Philanderer](index_split_016.html#filepos201839)
  
  [A Gentleman’s Watch](index_split_018.html#filepos220613)
  
  [In the Bathhouse](index_split_020.html#filepos278750)
  
  [Flirtation & Foreigners](index_split_022.html#filepos317954)
  
  [Swords & Sabrecats](index_split_024.html#filepos348775)
  
  [Neorion Square](index_split_026.html#filepos380276)
  
  [Masquerading](index_split_028.html#filepos436998)
  
  [The Fanciful Janissary](index_split_030.html#