Every wish your heart desires...That is the curse laid upon the Phantom, a 532-carat blue diamond, and the descendants of Sir Ossric of Glyco, a Scottish knight who won the stone in battle during the Crusades in Palestine in 1192. The stone presently rests atop the Royal Scepter of St. Cristobel, a small European principality, where beautiful and resourceful Princess Royal Marie-Marguerite Savard, Molly for short, is about to ascend the throne.On the eve of her coronation, Molly discovers that her uncle, the regent, is stealing St. Cristobel blind by replacing the Crown Jewels, one by one, with fakes. The last stone on his list -- the Phantom.Chase Sanquist, a handsome, suave jewel thief, and a descendant of Sir Ossric, has come to St. Cristobel to reclaim the Phantom, stolen from his family by one of Molly's bloodthirsty ancestors. When the Princess enlists him to "steal" the Phantom, he's only too happy to help. Chase doesn't believe in the curse. Until Sheihk Shehabi, a descendant of the sultan Sir Ossric killed in battle, appears at Molly's coronation ball. He's there to take possession of the Phantom. And to kill Chase at any cost.With the Phantom, Chase and Molly flee the palace, barely one step ahead of Shehabi's thugs and the palace guards, who believe Chase has kidnapped the princess. Within hours, every police force in Europe is searching for them. And the Phantom is insinuating itself into Chase's psyche. He wishes for a snowstorm to hide their stolen Range Rover from a helicopter tracking them -- and the chopper disappears in a sudden, out of nowhere whiteout.Coincidence? Or was the Phantom granting his wish?Does he dare wish for Molly to fall in love with him? Would the Phantom grant his wish? Or will the stone destroy him?
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