A detective with secrets. A thief in the spotlight. Thrown into an emergency case, Detective Zosia Novak comes head-to-head with The Star: a notorious thief with an eye for the unattainable. With the clock ticking and treasures disappearing by the night, Zosia is caught in the spotlight of a dangerous game. Yet there is more than one shadow lurking behind the scenes, and as Zosia is pulled in by the alluring enigma of her thief, she must deduce which rewards are most worth winning—or lose it all. The Stage is Set is a sapphic romantasy novella that melds "be gay do crime" with flirty theater fun in a low-magic, medium-spice, and high-romance setting.