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

“Won’t find out until you ask,” Maverick pointed out.


Dirk did, leaning against the restroom door to keep anyone else out when he saw that Galvez was the only one in there.


“Did you see the man who was talking to me?” Galvez asked.


“Brown hair, black jeans and a blue turtle-neck?”


“Yep. He didn’t say anything about it, but he seemed to be very interested in you.”


“I didn’t recognize him,” Dirk told Galvez, frowning.


“He has a very slight southern accent. I think he was trying to hide it but it came out in a few phrases he used. Like he was talking about the group that’s performing tonight. I said they were local and he says, ‘My eye they are’. That’s pure Cajun. Last I heard someone say that was in New Orleans.”


Dirk nodded. “Was he looking at me like he knew me, or just that he thought I looked familiar?”


“Couldn’t tell for sure. He just kept glancing over and once, when you looked in my direction, he turned away fast.”


Chapter 60