She restores what the world destroys. She forges what the world has stolen. And the man hunting her is about to become the only one who sees her true self. Elena Voss is the Metropolitan Museum's most gifted art restorer — and its most dangerous secret. By day, she heals damaged masterpieces with surgical precision. By night, she becomes "V," a legendary forger who creates flawless replicas of Nazi-looted art, swapping them back to museums and the descendants of h*******t victims while the corrupt collectors never know the difference. FBI art crimes investigator Gabriel Ashford has spent three years hunting the phantom forger who keeps outwitting his bureau. When he's assigned to infiltrate the museum's elite donor circle, he expects to uncover a criminal. He doesn't expect Elena — brilliant, guarded, and able to see through his cover in twenty minutes. Their attraction is immediate. Their conversations become a dangerous game: debates about truth and authenticity, midnight walks through empty galleries, a kiss that shouldn't happen between a woman who lives in shadows and a man sworn to drag her into the light. Gabriel falls for the restorer. Elena falls for the hunter — knowing exactly who he is, while he has no idea who she is. But Elena isn't just a forger. She's the daughter of Gabriel's former mentor, the art historian whose ruin drove him to the FBI. And the conspiracy that destroyed her father is still alive, protected by a powerful woman who will kill to keep her secrets buried. When Gabriel finally discovers the truth, he must choose between his oath and her justice. Between the law that failed her family and the love that might save them both. And Elena must decide whether to keep running — or trust him with the only thing she's never forged. Her heart. --- A dark, compulsive romance about the lies we tell to survive, the art we make to heal, and the courage it takes to finally create something original.