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

Merrick went back the way he’d came, down the hallway toward the glow from an open doorway. He couldn’t face Wyatt and he wasn’t ready to show his bad mood to Grant, so he went past Thurman’s bedroom toward the inviting radiance at the end of the hall.22


Inside the room stood a sprawling collection of canvases on easels, like ballerinas lining up at the barre. While Merrick never had any interest in being an artist, that world fascinated him: the tools, the brushes, the tubes of paint, the canvases leaning against the wall.


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