๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ? Art museum marketer Maddie has lived in the shadow of her older sister, and sheโs desperate to be as beautiful and captivating. After a gala at the Boston Public Library, an enigmatic artist offers her a deal that seems too good to be trueโheโll paint her portrait and transform her into the beauty she longs to be. But thereโs a cost. Her body or her blood. When she meets Cole, a Navy SEAL veteran haunted by a troubled past, she must make a difficult choice. Enter a world where desire and danger collide. Will anyone survive this cruel game? Full of danger, steam, and the irresistible pull of forbidden attraction, join Maddie and Cole in the Art of Darkness trilogy. Fans of Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray and Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait will love the echoes in this modern-day story. Escape into a gripping romance will captivate you until the very last page!