Ghost In The Carmine

Kang Yeon-seo is running out of time. Buried under the immense debt left by her parents, her only escape from the shouting landlord and the crushing weight of poverty is a single, cryptic job posting promising salvation at an unbelievable price.

The job lands her inside the Min Mansion, a gilded cage run by Min Yoongi-a notorious mafia boss as meticulous as he is lethal. Yeon-seo is hired as a maid, but her true task is far darker: she is the Cleaner. Her hands-shaking, yet steady-are tasked with erasing the violence, scrubbing the blood from bespoke suits, and tending to the wounds of men who live by the blade. She becomes a silent, terrified witness to Yoongi's brutal world.

Yoongi, a man who sees every angle and trusts no one, finds himself inexplicably fixated on the girl who cleans up his murders without flinching. Her utter fear is magnetic, her competence unsettling. He begins to see her not as a servant, but as a fascinating, quiet anchor in his bloody existence-his most valuable asset.

As their forced proximity spirals into a perilous, unwanted obsession, Yeon-seo realizes that paying off her debt won't buy her freedom; it will only seal her fate. When she finally dares to flee the mansion, she carries a wealth of secrets and a truth that makes her a target for every rival gang in the city. Now, Yoongi must engage in a bloody, city-wide hunt-not just to silence a security threat, but to reclaim the only ghost who ever made him feel human.
The price of silence is paid in blood, and the cost of freedom might be their lives.