Tattoos and Late Nights

Valentina "Val" Wolf has always known what she wanted-to become a well-known tattoo artist in Seattle. With ink running in her veins and raw talent guiding her hand, she's spent years apprenticing under her uncle, Diego, at his downtown shop, Lone Wolf Ink. He's not just her mentor; he's the closest thing to family she has.

But everything shatters the night Diego dies of an overdose.

Left reeling from his sudden death, Val is determined to keep his shop and his legacy alive. But her world tilts again when she learns that Diego didn't leave Lone Wolf Ink to her. Instead, ownership now belongs to his best friend, with his son-Silas Reyes-as his right-hand man.

Silas is everything Val doesn't want to deal with. He's cocky, infuriating, and worst of all, a damn good tattoo artist. He thinks she's too emotional, too reckless, too stubborn for her own good. She thinks he's too arrogant, too closed-off, too full of himself. But if they both want Lone Wolf Ink to survive, they'll have to find a way to work together.

As tensions rise between them, life throws them another curveball. Desperate to get his traditional Mexican family off his back about finding a 'good girlfriend' and wanting to shut down Val's abusive ex before he can crawl back into her life, Silas and Val strike an agreement:

Fake date. Just for a little while. Just until the pressure dies down.

But lines blur quickly between ink and emotion, between pretend and something real. And as Val finds herself unraveling the truth about Diego's struggles, uncovering secrets buried beneath the surface, she realizes that loss is never clean, grief is never easy, and love-real, messy, complicated love-might be the hardest thing she's ever had to face.

With passion, heartbreak, and the raw artistry of tattooing, Tattoos and Late Nights is a story about chasing dreams, finding family in unexpected places, and learning to heal-even when the ink is permanent.