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Be My Muse

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Book One (Dark Strokes Duet Series)


Yara Levine has always turned chaos into art. 

Orphaned young and hardened by a fractured upbringing, she finds solace in her art. A surrealist sanctuary where pain becomes pigment, and control is a brushstroke away. 

But when Zayne Lanston, a man as enigmatic as he is dangerous, crashes into her world, her carefully curated walls begin to crack. For Yara, he's a perfect muse. Magnetic, a living masterpiece begging to be captured on canvas. But convincing him to pose for her means stepping into his orbit, and Zayne's darkness doesn't tolerate spectators.

What starts as artistic obsession sharpens into something darker, hungrier. As Yara uncovers Zayne's twisted past, she realizes his enemies have marked her, too. Yet the deeper she falls, the more she risks becoming collateral in a game she doesn't understand.

Caught between her art and desires, Yara must decide: Is Zayne her salvation or her ruin? And when the line between muse and obsession blurs, can she paint her way out, or will she drown in the shadows of a man who thrives in them?





Dark Romance

.✰Awards✰.
1st in Dark Romance category in The Twilight Awards 2025
3rd in Cover Crush Category in Vintage Glamour Awards 2025

Note: All the pictures I've used in this story are not mine; they belong to their respective owners. The cover, mood boards and banners are made by me.All Rights Reserved

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