Dangerous Temptations: A slow-burn, high-heat urban romance: She refuses to be a muse-he loves her as the author (Urban, steamy, consent-forward)

By Deanna Brown

Dangerous Temptations

She won't be anyone's muse. Ava Sinclair runs House of Ava, a boutique where clothing is language-every seam a sentence, every pocket a promise that a woman's life belongs to her. He paints attention, not ownership. Haitian-French artist Micah Desrosiers builds portraits from consent and care, a Paris-trained visionary whose gaze listens before it looks.

When a gallery invitation crosses a boutique threshold, chemistry arrives with rules: ask before you touch, respect is the medium, credit belongs where labor lives. What follows is a slow-burn, high-heat multicultural romance set between runway and white-cube gallery-a story that marries fashion and fine art, competence and desire, authorship and intimacy.

Ava is a boss heroine with an impeccable eye, a designer who makes dresses women can actually live in-silk that moves like thought, a red lace showstopper that steals air, and an off-the-shoulder kente maxi that turns a walk into ceremony (with pockets you'll want to cheer for). Micah is the gentleman artist who refuses to put her on a pedestal; instead, he puts her name on the wall. Together they fight for language that honors the maker: no "muse," no more myths-only the truth that the subject is the author.

But the art world has habits, and the past has bad timing. As a former entanglement tests boundaries with harassment and sabotage, Ava draws a hard line-paper protection, locked doors, and a city that learns to say her name without conditions. Through it all, she and Micah choose grown intimacy that's consent-forward and deeply passionate: slow kisses at the knee, heat building along the inside of the thigh, touch that listens, desire that stops because they decide it does. This is steamy urban romance written for readers who want heat with a backbone.

Expect the pleasures of a contemporary art-world romance-gallery openings, museum-quality portraits, behind-the-scenes installs-woven with the texture of a fashion-house drama: fittings, chalk, pins, runways, wholesale buyers, and contracts that don't erase the people who made the work. Expect multicultural representation done with care: a Black designer whose brand protects her community and craft; a Haitian-French hero who brings Paris discipline and tenderness in equal measure. Expect a partnership between equals, a love story that respects the work as much as the heart.

Dangerous Temptations is a high-heat slow burn with real stakes and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. If you love boss heroines, gentleman artists, consent-first steam, and stories where pockets stay and credit lives where labor lives, welcome home.

Perfect for readers who love:

Multicultural & interracial romance Urban romance with art & fashion settingsSlow burn, big heat (explicit, consent-forward) Boss heroine gentleman heroArtist/painter hero Fashion designer heroine Gallery and runway drama"She refuses to be a muse" energy Contemporary HEA

Tropes & vibes:

Workplace partnership Protective hero without possessivenessStrong boundaries and paper protection Found-family crew (seamstress love )Steamy, attentive intimacy Author, not muse

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FNMVYBKF
• ISBN13: 9798262018055
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"