The Housebreaker’s Assistant by Merry Farmer

To save a captive lord, a pickpocket and a master housebreaker must pull off an impossible heist without losing their hearts in the process.

Percival “Penny” Frey survives by his wits in the shadows of Whitechapel, lifting coins from careless nobles and dreaming of a life far beyond his station, a life where he and his sister are finally safe.

Greer O’Toole is already everything Penny wants to be: England’s most notorious housebreaker, a legend of The Zagreus Den…and utterly out of Penny’s reach.

Until one mission changes everything.
Sent to infiltrate Trebarral Castle and rescue a kidnapped lord, Greer is forced to take Penny on as his assistant, which is a distraction he can’t afford. Because Greer has wanted Penny for far too long, and the spark between them is anything but subtle.

As the mission spirals into danger, deception, and desire, the greatest risk isn’t the fortress they must break into, it’s falling for each other when failure could cost them everything.