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

“What do we do with him?” Galvez asked once they were on the sidewalk.


“Take him up to my apartment,” Maverick suggested, nodding to the entry next to the club.


“Good idea. Al, go back inside if you would. I have the feeling Tripp and Fey are wondering what’s going on.”


Galvez nodded, heading back into the club, while Dirk and Maverick hauled their burden up the flight of stairs to the second floor and into the apartment Maverick had rented.


Galvez rejoined them after buzzing to let them know it was him. “They were worried, according to Fey, but decided we knew what we were doing and their jumping in to help haul out the trash,” he glanced at the comatose man, “would only call more attention to us. We gonna leave him here?”


“For the moment. But we need to tie him up,” Dirk replied.


With nothing else available, they took the man’s shirt, tore it into strips and tied him to the old-fashioned radiator in the bedroom. Using what was left of the shirt, Maverick gagged him.


Chapter 61