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

Powell handed him information, saying wryly, “Who knew a bottle of wine could be worth that much.”


Dirk had to agree. One was a 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild valued at forty-seven thousand dollars. The other was a 1990 Romanee-Conti DRC that had been auctioned off by Sotheby’s, London, for twenty-eight thousand.


“I’ll get the team together and we’ll go from there. Is there a deadline?”


“No. He, the client, wants them whenever I can get them to him. Of course sooner is better, as always, but I suspect he understands it won’t be easy for you to get your hands on them.”


“So that’s what we’re after,” Dirk said, looking at the rest of the team.


Maverick was sitting in one of the armchairs, with Lucky lying calmly at his feet, his eyes fixed on Dirk at the moment. Tripp and Fey were at either end of the sofa, while Dirk sat at the desk, the laptop turned on and ready to be used.


“Not exactly something we can stick in our pockets and walk out with,” Maverick said.


Chapter 41