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

Galvez started to laugh. “Since I thought he was just a bratty straight boy, I’ve never given it a second thought. Good on a job, yeah. And I wished he’d stop with the whole ‘I don’t trust him’ thing. But that’s it.”


The buzzer sounded at that moment. As Dirk went to make certain it was Tripp and Fey, he said, “For now this discussion is on hold.”


Galvez nodded. “At least I know what’s going on, which helps.”


“By the way,” Maverick said while they waited for Fey and Tripp to come upstairs, “A four year age difference isn’t all that much. Dirk is six years older than me, and Jesse’s over ten years older than Fey.”


“Yeah, well…” Galvez’s expression was pensive. Even more so when Dirk opened the apartment door to let Fey and Tripp in. He seemed to be seeing Tripp in a different light. Then Tripp looked at him, almost smiling, and Galvez quickly turned his attention to Dirk, saying, “Now that we’re all here, what’s the job?”


Chapter 57