Oil and Ash

Willa Rowe paints pain.

At twenty-four, she's built a fragile life from the wreckage of her past-scraping by in a cramped apartment, avoiding the shadows that haunt her, and pouring her demons into the canvas. Her work is raw, intimate, and devastating-and it catches the eye of reclusive billionaire Grant Wolfe, a man known as much for his obsessive art collection as for the tragedy that surrounds him.

He doesn't want a portrait.
He wants her pain.

Three paintings. Ninety days. Two lives unraveling.

When Willa agrees to move into Grant's cliffside mansion to create three original works, she steps into a world of eerie silence, locked doors, and a man who's as controlling as he is magnetic. Haunted by the death of his fiancée, Grant is brilliant, cold, and impossible to read-but beneath the surface, something fractured calls to the same darkness that lives in Willa.

As their relationship deepens into a tangled, tender affair, Willa finds herself torn between what she knows and what she wants. But loving Grant means confronting the truth: about his past, about her own, and about the secrets buried deep inside the walls of his house.

When their passion gives way to something more-and an unexpected life begins to grow-Willa must decide if she can rewrite the story she was born into... or if some canvases can't be cleaned.

Darkly romantic and achingly intimate, Oil and Ash is a haunting love story about trauma, redemption, and the way we learn to live after loss.

Trigger Warning: This content may include themes or descriptions that could be distressing or triggering for some individuals, such as references to violence, trauma, abuse, or mental health struggles. Please take care of yourself and proceed only if you feel comfortable.