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

“Yep. He was bragging about what a great skier he is. Even showed me his ‘fantastic’ skis.” She made a moue of disgust. “Like I know diddly-squat about them.”


“Christmas is in less than a week, meaning he’ll be gone on Tuesday,” Dirk said. “We’ll set this up for Wednesday night.”


“Who’s actually going in?” Maverick asked.


Dirk rapped a finger on the desk, looking at the floor plans and then the assembled team members. “You, me, and Tripp because he’s actually seen the basement. Fey and Galvez will be backup in case there’s trouble.”


“You think there could be?” Galvez asked.


“It’s a chance we take every time we go in someplace. This job’s a bit iffier because we’re going to be in an area with no exit other than the stairs to the ground floor. From what I saw when I did exterior recon there are no basement windows.”


“None that I saw,” Tripp agreed. “Otherwise I’d have used one to get out when Fey deserted me.” He laughed when she raised her middle finger.


Chapter 52