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

“Who did you say you were?” James asked, his voice betraying his fear and suspicions.


“Detective Doyle McCann.” He held his breath waiting for the guy to break the connection. There’d be nothing he could do.


“You weren’t involved in the case two years ago, were you?”


“I am now. The department wants this case solved.”


“That’s not what Detective Kaine told me.”


“What’d he tell you?” Doyle curbed his impatience.


“That the department didn’t care one way or the other and that they’d be just as happy to put the case away unsolved as to solve it. They just wanted it off the radar.”


“I’m afraid he wasn’t right. Maybe he didn’t have all the information at the time. But we do now.” Doyle knew it was a lie and didn’t know what he’d say if the guy wanted to know what the new information was.


“Well, it doesn’t concern me. I can’t help you. I don’t know any more than what I told those detectives, Kaine and somebody. I don’t remember his name.”


Chapter 46