One painting. One impossible secret. One woman who never learned to look away.
Sloane Calloway spent eleven years building a life no one could disturb. The work was enough. The quiet was enough. Looking after everyone else's history was easier than living her own.
Then one painting refuses to make sense.
A routine authentication uncovers something no one was ever meant to find-not a forgery, but the deliberate erasure of a woman whose name has been hidden for more than three centuries. The deeper Sloane digs, the clearer it becomes that someone didn't just change history.
They built an entire fortune on the lie.
The only person who can keep pace with her is Irish collector Declan Mercer-the one man whose instincts rival her own, whose questions are as dangerous as hers, and whose quiet certainty begins to dismantle the life she's spent eleven years constructing.
The trouble is, the lie she's exposing may lead straight to the heart of his family.
For the first time in her life, Sloane can't protect both the truth...
...and the future she's only just begun to imagine.
A Due Diligence Novel
Sophisticated Romantic Suspense - Book One of Four
Perfect for readers of Daniel Silva, Kate Morton, and Lucinda Riley who love international intrigue, hidden histories, art-world mysteries, and unforgettable slow-burn romance.