C21 is a covert operation comprised of good men and women who ended up on the wrong side of the law. Now they have a chance to track and punish criminals to whom the law doesn't seem to apply. In this gay erotic romance box set by best-selling author Edward Kendrick, meet three of C21's newest recruits. Contains the stories: Dylan's Dilemma: When Dylan accidentally kills his ex-lover, he knows he's in trouble. Then he meets Mars, who offers him a solution -- join C21. There he learns his ex was an arms trafficker and goes undercover to bring down the rest the gang. Things get interesting as he becomes involved with both C21 and Mars. Can their relationship grow before the work they do tears them apart? Sean's Predicament: A professional thief, Sean is caught breaking into the home of C21 handler, Jonah, who makes him an offer he can't resist. Join C21 and put his talents to better use. Teamed with Ken to destroy a phony adoption racket, Sean fights his growing interest in the man, certain it won't be reciprocated. Is he right? Or will they become more than just partners while stopping a gang of jewel thieves? Tate's Quandary: What's a C21 operative to do when his partner is kidnapped? In Tate's case, he unwillingly hooks up with Van, an FBI agent and his ex lover, to rescue Gwen from Barone, who runs a prostitution ring they are trying to shut down. Can Tate and Van put aside their past, to find Gwen and stop Barone? Or will working together only destroy the last vestiges of what they once felt for each other?

C21 Box Set

“He used to be a cop,” Mars said. “When he arrested one of the leaders of a gang of drug traffickers, other gang members retaliated by killing his parents. Emmet went off the deep-end. He went after them on his own, eliminating as many of the gang as he could before disappearing. Jonah—he’s one of the handlers, like Alastair—found him two years later in a city halfway across the country. Emmet was an alkie, living in the bottle. Jonah was undercover and ran into him in a bar. From something Emmet said, Jonah pieced together who he was. After all, the story of Emmet’s rampage had been headline news at the time. Jonah took him in hand, got him clean-and-sober again, and recruited him.”


“Damn. No wonder he doesn’t talk about it.”


“Yeah. I probably wouldn’t know his story, but we got paired on a job a couple of years ago and became friends as well as partners. When I offered to take him out for a drink to celebrate when the job was over, he declined and told me why.”


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