In Paris, in 1910, two rascals meet one another and become fast friends. Young and cocky, when they weren’t feeding their appetite for food and flesh, they were selling works of art “stolen” from the Louvre. But their life suddenly changes when the Mona Lisa is actually stolen from the Louvre. The Counterfeit Smile is a lusty novel about the Golden Age of Paris, charged with characters like King Edward VII. famous artists, bistros, brothels and beautiful women. $3.96 on Kindle.