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

In the basement rooms, Rhonda had one bed, while Grant took the other. On the main floor, Wyatt had been sitting in a desk chair before the security monitors, while Merrick had made a bed for himself on the sofa by the wet bar. Even with knowing they were safe there, he hadn’t slept much. Wyatt probably hadn’t slept at all.


Merrick picked up his phone from the floor and then checked the time. It was almost seven o’clock; probably time to get the day started no matter how much he wanted to sleep in. He stared at the ceiling fan for a few breaths, then put a hand over his eyes. Had Grant slept any, or like him, he’d just dozed on and off, his thoughts too full to let him rest. They hadn’t talked much the night before, but Grant deserved to know the whole story about Brian. Merrick wanted to tell him—just not today.


“Good, good.” Wyatt’s soft voice carried through the silent building.


Chapter 20