Brilliant art thief Merrick Davidson can steal anything, except Grant Silvan’s heart. Merrick has to keep Grant at arm’s length for fear of revealing his secret. When Merrick’s biggest rival exposes his secret to Grant, the rejected lover returns to win back his relationship with Merrick, but there are obstacles to overcome.<br><br>Wyatt Silvan, Grant’s father and Merrick’s employer, is after the famous seven Xanderclied paintings, which all contain clues to a treasure. If Merrick succeeds in obtaining all the paintings and find the treasure, he can retire as an art thief and start a normal, uncomplicated life with Grant.<br><br>Together, they hunt the paintings from art galleries to private collections, from city to city, dodging bullets and escaping from life threatening attacks. With danger all around and the FBI on their tails, will Wyatt and Merrick find the paintings and treasure they are looking for? Will Merrick realize love is the biggest treasure of it all, before it is too late?

Merrick the Art Thief

“Get the bodyguard,” the man yelled.


As Merrick ran out of the gallery, an arm appeared at his neck level. He fell to the floor with a groan.


Scotty stepped over him, grabbed him by his shirt and then slammed him against the wall. “Got you.”


Merrick hit him with the baton on his right side. Scotty leaned into the blow, then Merrick whacked Scotty’s left arm. After he was released, he kicked the man in his belly. “I’m not the bodyguard.” He grabbed the painting and then ran past the metal dragon, into the room of knights. “Bodyguard.”


He shoved the back door open, then ran to their van with dark-tinted windows and the logo for the Galloway Museum on the side.


Merrick climbed in the passenger side, being thrown back into the seat as Wyatt sped away from the loading dock. He placed the small painting on the floor between his seat and the middle console, then fastened his seatbelt.


Chapter 8