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

“First off, I think you could learn. Secondly, if you don’t want to, I’m sure we can find something for you to do. Hell, you could be our driver, or our backup. The guy in charge of surveillance while we’re inside taking care of business.”


“What areyou going to do now?” Powell asked.


“That’s something I wanted to talk to you about. Do you have contacts who might be interested in expanding their…horizons the way you were?”


“Possibly. Let me think about it. How soon are you planning on leaving? And where to?”


“I was hoping within the next day or two at the most. That is if you can pull it together that fast to come with us, Jesse.”


“You’re sure you really want me to?”


“Yes. Especially now that I know it won’t make things hard on your father. For sure it’ll make things easier on the rest of us. To be very selfish, we need Fey, and we need her to be able to concentrate on what she has to do, rather than moping around wishing she was back here with you.”


Chapter 65