Unholy Trifecta

It's not stealing if you're stealing it back… Ari had a game plan for life: shoot people. Get money. Hang out with fellow criminal friends. He saw absolutely no reason to change that plan until one dark night in Memphis, when a little girl reached out to him with pocket change and a desperate plea for him to help her. Adopting an abused little girl off the streets was, needless to say, not part of the plan. Ari had no idea what he was doing with an eight year old. He especially didn't know how to juggle taking contracts and raising a little girl. Things get more complicated when the mercenary, Carter Harrison, approaches him with a job. He needs Ari's expertise to get into the very high-security museum, Knowles, and steal back Monet's Water Lily Pond. The job isn't an easy one. He'd need more than the two of them to make it happen. It's further complicated because Ari's not sure what to do with his new daughter while working this job. And for that matter, how's he supposed to handle the sexy mercenary?

Since when is playing Robin Hood part of the plan? Pop into the unguarded apartment, find the multi-million dollar Treskilling stamp, pop back out. That's it, that's the entirety of Ivan's plan. What's not part of the plan? -Meeting the cute Aiden Stalworth -Feeling guilty about trying to steal from the cute Aiden Stalworth -Becoming Aiden's "Robin Hood" and buying him all the things -Playing bodyguard while searching for the stamp -Being trusted completely by Aiden Ivan very quickly realizes he needs a new plan: -Seduce Aiden -Protect him -Find the stamp Oh, and lick him. Licking Aiden needs to be part of the plan too. However, Ivan's not sure how having his heart get stolen made it onto his list.

Staying away is Kyou's number one rule when it comes to protecting the sexy real-estate developer. Kyou has a routine. A system. He guards Brannigan Genovese, hacks for his family of choice, and drinks far too much caffeine for any living being. Only a few things can completely disrupt his routine to cause him trouble: •Brannigan buying up real estate from the Irish Mob •Kyou's band of brothers figuring out who Brannigan actually is •Ivan •Feelings for one Brannigan Genovese Oddly enough, it's the feelings that get Kyou in the most trouble. Because when Brannigan is in danger, Kyou ignores all his brain's protestations and breaks every rule he has to save the man, including his number one. And damn the consequences.