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

“Yeah. Thought you’d like that. So I go over there tomorrow night. Get the lay of the land if I can and we’re in.”


“We need to have her back,” Maverick said as soon as Fey left.


“Absolutely. Only not us. Tripp. He can pull off jealous boyfriend if needs be. We’re a bit too old for that. We’ll tell them both in the morning and set up some way she can communicate with him,” Dirk replied. “It’s not like we don’t have what we need to do that.”


“And then we get to work training Galvez.”


“Yep. I’ll find a place, like the ones we used with Tripp and Fey.”


Maverick nodded. “There goes tomorrow night down the drain. So…” He paced toward Dirk, a wicked gleam in his eyes.


“Do you have something in mind?” Dirk moved away, grinning.


“Maybe.” Maverick closed the distance, with Dirk backing away, until Dirk was pressed against the wall beside the bedroom door. Then Maverick went in for the kill, giving him a toe-curling kiss.


Chapter 49