Undercover cop Dan Hudson is framed for blackmail and kicked off the NOPD force. Enraged about that, and the fact that his lover refuses to stand by him, Dan moves to Denver, where he becomes Dirk Steele. He finds a job working for the Powells, who are pawnbrokers ... and fences. When he proposes to them that he put together a team to steal on demand for the Powells’ less than legitimate clients, a deal is struck and the team is formed. The team consists of Maverick, a thief; Tripp, a street kid who shoplifts to survive; and Fey, another street kid who is an excellent pickpocket and petty thief. Now the question becomes, will the team succeed? And, equally important, will the attraction between Dirk, who has sworn off love, and Maverick -- whose credo is only down and dirty sex -- grow into something more? Or will they remain just 'friends with benefits'? Time will tell as the team takes on increasingly difficult jobs and a man from Dirk's past shows up who could possibly throw a monkey wrench into the works.

Wrong Side of the Law

He looked up to find the waitress standing there with his dinner.


“Sorry. Just trying to figure out my life,” he told her, flashing her a smile as he closed his phone and stuck it back in his jacket pocket.


“Sometimes you just have to take what comes along and deal with it.” She rested a hip against the back of the bench opposite him. “And hope it works out.”


“Yeah. That’s what I’m trying to do. I just have to decide where. I was thinking out west.” Dan wasn’t certain why he was talking to her other than that she had a kind face.


“If you’re partial to big cities, try Phoenix or Denver.”


“You’ve been there I take it?” he asked before taking a bite of the meatloaf. “Hey, this isn’t half bad.”


Chapter 3