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

He knew why he was feeling down. With all the time he’d spent with Lou—at the gallery and in Lou’s apartment—being alone for the day was…lonely. I’m used to being with him or being around people at the gallery while he’s at work. It never used to bother me. Well, not much. I created my jewelry to keep busy. Something I haven’t done since…Well, since I met Lou and we went after Hanks. Maybe now’s the time to get back to it.


With that thought in mind, he went into what was supposed to be a second bedroom in his small apartment. He had turned it into a studio of sorts, with a battered desk he had found at a near-new shop—and moved down from his old place in Boulder—serving as his workbench. Two cabinets held his supplies. A third held the jewelry he hadn’t taken to the shop on Seventeenth that handled his work on a consignment basis.


Chapter 35