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

“The shop has a lot of security,” Dirk said as they headed to the elevator. “And so does the building I suspect. At least there are no cameras in the hallway.”


“There are in the lobby,” Fey told him. “We should check the service entrance.”


They did, both inside and out. Off to one side of the hallway leading to it was a room marked security. Fey, playing nosy, opened the door to look inside, saying “Sorry,” when a man told her she wasn’t allowed to come in.


“Several monitoring screens,” she told Dirk. “Three men watching them.”


He nodded. “Probably for all the cameras installed in the various businesses on the first two floors. We’ll come back after the building closes to figure out the security guards’ routines.”


Chapter 35