MONOCHROME: A Dark Psychological High-Spice Romance
No Customer Reviews
Sera Valenti built a career out of color.
Then an accident took it away.
Two years after a traumatic brain injury leaves the celebrated painter with acquired cerebral achromatopsia, Sera has rebuilt everything that matters: her studio, her career, and a critically acclaimed monochrome practice. What she has not rebuilt is the part of herself that still believes pleasure, spontaneity, and the woman she was before the crash belong to somebody else.
Until one private, unexpected climax gives her twelve impossible seconds of red.
It should not happen. Her neurologist cannot explain it. And Sera cannot stop wanting it again.
Her search leads to Lucian Cross-a brilliant former neurosurgeon whose career ended after he concealed a worsening hand tremor for too long, and whose need for precision survived long after the operating room was gone. Inside a private adult BDSM community, Lucian is known for controlled scenes built on anticipation, restraint, and consent.
He will not treat Sera. He will not promise to restore her vision. He will only promise this: he can help her discover what makes her body answer.
The arrangement begins with boundaries, safewords, and a question neither of them wants to ask too closely. Then red returns. Blue flickers. Green breaks through. And the more Sera's body responds, the more valuable the results become-to her art, to the market watching her supposed "recovery," and to Lucian, whose damaged hands have begun to feel useful again.
Soon the experiment has become intimacy. The intimacy has become love. And love becomes dangerous when Sera needs Lucian to see color-and Lucian needs to believe he can still save something with his hands.
When their private relationship threatens to become public spectacle, Sera must decide whether she is chasing a lost version of herself or building a life large enough to contain what changed.
Because Lucian is not her cure. Monochrome is not failure. And desire was never supposed to be proof that she deserved to feel alive.
MONOCHROME is a dark psychological high-spice romance about art, grief, disability, consensual power exchange, obsession, control, and choosing love after the fantasy of being "fixed" finally breaks. Standalone. HEA. Adult readers only.
Then an accident took it away.
Two years after a traumatic brain injury leaves the celebrated painter with acquired cerebral achromatopsia, Sera has rebuilt everything that matters: her studio, her career, and a critically acclaimed monochrome practice. What she has not rebuilt is the part of herself that still believes pleasure, spontaneity, and the woman she was before the crash belong to somebody else.
Until one private, unexpected climax gives her twelve impossible seconds of red.
It should not happen. Her neurologist cannot explain it. And Sera cannot stop wanting it again.
Her search leads to Lucian Cross-a brilliant former neurosurgeon whose career ended after he concealed a worsening hand tremor for too long, and whose need for precision survived long after the operating room was gone. Inside a private adult BDSM community, Lucian is known for controlled scenes built on anticipation, restraint, and consent.
He will not treat Sera. He will not promise to restore her vision. He will only promise this: he can help her discover what makes her body answer.
The arrangement begins with boundaries, safewords, and a question neither of them wants to ask too closely. Then red returns. Blue flickers. Green breaks through. And the more Sera's body responds, the more valuable the results become-to her art, to the market watching her supposed "recovery," and to Lucian, whose damaged hands have begun to feel useful again.
Soon the experiment has become intimacy. The intimacy has become love. And love becomes dangerous when Sera needs Lucian to see color-and Lucian needs to believe he can still save something with his hands.
When their private relationship threatens to become public spectacle, Sera must decide whether she is chasing a lost version of herself or building a life large enough to contain what changed.
Because Lucian is not her cure. Monochrome is not failure. And desire was never supposed to be proof that she deserved to feel alive.
MONOCHROME is a dark psychological high-spice romance about art, grief, disability, consensual power exchange, obsession, control, and choosing love after the fantasy of being "fixed" finally breaks. Standalone. HEA. Adult readers only.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0HDRNG1PT
ISBN13:9798191874333
Release Date:August 2026
Publisher:Independently published
Length:314 Pages
Weight:0.93 lbs.
Dimensions:9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"
Customer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2026 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
