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

Wyatt flipped between the two. “It’s the right hand in this painting, then the left hand here. That’s different, also.”


“Could be.” Wyatt sighed. “Combination to a vault somewhere?”


“Ooh.” Thurman clapped. “A vault full of riches.”


Merrick scoffed. “You don’t have enough?”


“I can’t very well wish for a vault of gorgeous hunks, now can I?”


Wyatt shook his head. “There’s seven numbers though. Coordinates? A code?”


“Your dad didn’t tell you anything else? No hint, nothing?” Thurman slid his finger across the photograph of Lonelinessas if he could track what the subject was pointing to.


Wyatt took three steps away from the desk. “My dad was always so cryptic about everything.”


Thurman chuckled. “That might be where you got your charming presence from.”


Merrick shrugged. “So, what is your dad trying to tell you?”


Chapter 30