First published 2017
Natasha Leonova stands on a warm June evening in St. Paul de Vence, her beauty masking seven years of careful survival. The Russian billionaire Vladimir Stanislas rescued her from a freezing Moscow street and now she lives in his world of yachts and armed guards. She knows the rules: keep him happy, ask no questions, stay loyal. At a restaurant decorated with priceless paintings, she meets Theo Luca, son of the famous artist Lorenzo. Theo sees her and begins painting her image obsessively. Vladimir sees the artwork and demands to buy what cannot be sold. Natasha finds herself caught between the man who owns her and the artist who wants her. She cannot risk even a conversation with Theo, yet she begins to dream of the freedom that Vladimir's protection has cost her. From Moscow to the Mediterranean, three people move toward a collision that will test whether love can survive in a world where everything has a price.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-love
Setting: St. Paul de Vence, Moscow, Mediterranean
Period: 21st-century
336 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press
Content warnings: violence