Gideon Monahan is a man dedicated to what he does -- recovering stolen art -- to the exclusion of anything else, including a personal life. There's a reason for that, something that happened in his past that he can't forget.<br><br>Cole Newell is an archaeologist with a problem. He needs to find out who looted a dig he worked the previous summer, after one of the artifacts shows up at his gallery. Cole calls on Gideon to lend his expertise, which, much against his better judgment, Gideon does.<br><br>When one of the looters is murdered, they set out to find answers, with the help of Detective Quint Hawk. In the process, Cole realizes he's attracted to Gideon, even though he's certain the man is straight. After he helps Gideon open up about -- and accept -- his past, can the two men become more than friends? Both Gideon and Cole hope so, once they overcome the myriad problems facing them.

It Takes an Archaeologist

“Then my being here would be superfluous.”


“What if they’ve already sold some of the pieces?” Cole said. “Don’t you have the right connections to find the buyers, Gideon?”


“I’m sure Quint can get that information out of them. He can offer them a deal. A lighter sentence in exchange for names of the buyers, if there are any.”


Cole snorted. “Even if he does get names, the buyers will deny they purchased a stolen bowl or whatever, since they won’t have the proper letters of certification, attesting to when and where the item was found.”


“A problem when it comes to retrieving any stolen art,” Gideon agreed.


“So I’ve been told,” Gideon said wryly. “In this case, as I said, Quint can do it just as well as I can, and he has the legal backing to force the issue with a possible buyer. If that doesn’t work, he can notify the BLM, and they’ll take over.”


Chapter 10