The Seductive Shade Of Red
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When art restorer Elara Vance unknowingly cracks open a centuries-old secret hidden inside a painting, she steps into the crosshairs of Luciano Devereux, the most feared man in Europe.
He doesn't forgive. He doesn't forget. And now, he doesn't intend to let her go.
To keep her silent, he forces her into his world of blood, loyalty, and luxury, a world painted in the seductive shade of red.
But the longer she stays, the more dangerous the game becomes. Because the only thing deadlier than his secrets...
is the way he looks at her.
In a world where blood is currency and love is the deadliest sin, red is no longer just a color. It's the shade she'll bleed in to survive him.
"You should've left the painting unfinished."
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