Officer Lou Hernandez is surprised when he's asked to help Gideon Monahan catch an art forger. He's not too happy, however, when he meets the man he'll be working with. Lou thinks Rory Kinley is a supercilious pain in the ass. Rory, on the other hand, sees no reason why Lou has been brought into this. After all, he's just a cop, albeit one who is good at going undercover.<br><br>The art forger they're after -- Nate Hanks -- cons collectors, saying he has an undiscovered painting by a famous artist. He's killed one of his marks already to keep from being caught.<br><br>Lou and Rory will have to set aside their differences as they set up a sting to stop Hanks. When they do, they discover they may not be as incompatible as they thought. The question becomes, will their growing feelings survive what's to come -- or be destroyed in the process?

It Takes a Forger

“So it would seem. It was between my friend and one Nathaniel Herriot. It didn’t take me long to discover Herriot, per se, didn’t exist. However, fingerprints found on the receipt belonged to Nate Hanks.”


“No,” Rory replied. “You should know, being a cop, that to get a driver’s license, many states require a thumbprint.”


“True. That’s how you linked Herriot to Hanks. Then what? You had proof he sold the Bramer to the collector. Why not turn the evidence over to the police?”


“I wanted to deal with Hanks myself. I didn’t like the idea he’d managed to con my friend, who, as I said, was elderly and not in the best of health when he bought the Bramer forgery.”


“So you’ve been tracking Hanks ever since. Obviously, you haven’t caught him trying to pass off another forgery to a greedy collector.”


Chapter 5