Crimson Shadow

Soren Vale has built his life around precision. Control. Distance.
Damien Armand unravels all three.
Hired to restore a rare painting locked inside the estate of one of the city's most enigmatic collectors, Soren enters a world of quiet luxury and whispered threats. Damien is cultured, composed, devastatingly beautiful-and utterly unreadable.
The longer Soren works under Damien's watchful gaze, the clearer it becomes that the painting isn't the only thing being examined. Damien studies him. Tests him. Pushes at invisible boundaries with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes.
Then Soren discovers something hidden in the artwork-something that suggests Damien's collection holds more than stolen treasures.
It holds secrets.
Dark ones.
As suspicion twists into desire, Soren must confront a truth more dangerous than Damien's reputation: he doesn't want to escape.
He wants to stay.
And Damien never keeps anything he doesn't intend to claim.