Disgraced cop Doyle McCann and former undercover cop Kord Verlangen are forced to partner on a cold case which they must solve or lose their jobs. Doyle is gay and out; Kord says he's straight. Both harbor secrets they never want revealed.<br><br>The case, involving a series of gay bashings two years earlier, takes them through the underbelly of Philadelphia's gay nightlife, and Doyle has reason to believe the Mafia may also be involved.<br><br>Following years' old leads is hard enough. But working together proves even more difficult as the sexual tension between Doyle and Kord rises and begins to overwhelm their focus. As they come closer to solving the case, their team is split down the middle, threatening to destroy any chance for them to keep their jobs. What will it take to get them working again and keep them on track?

Family Bashings

“Tim, we’d like to know where you were yesterday morning between eight and ten AM,” Doyle said and sounded almost casual.


“I…I was with my boyfriend Giorgio. At his house. That’s not a crime, is it?”


“That so?” Kord said, his voice low and menacing.


“Because, you little shit, instead of being with your boyfriend, you were rammin’ a truck into me and my partner.” Kord didn’t bother to control his anger. He let it roll with his words off his tongue. And Tim flinched with every word.


“N-no! Not true. You think I’m crazy to do something like that? I was with Giorgio.”


“Funny,” Doyle said. “Giorgio remembers it differently.” He stared at Tim. “And Giorgio wasn’t so reluctant to give you up.”


“I told you that fat little wop was trouble,” the older brother said and cursed under his breath.


“Shut up. You don’t know anything. He loves me. He wouldn’t give me up for anything.”


Chapter 31