Blood and Canvas

I am a collector of beautiful, dead things. For every masterpiece I add to my gallery, I extinguish a life. It's a simple, perfect transaction. Until her.

Anya Morozov was supposed to be a witness. A loose end to be erased after I claimed my latest prize. But when she looked at me with defiance in her wide, dark eyes, I saw something far more valuable than the Monet I'd just killed for. I saw my next acquisition.

I chose not to kill her. I chose to keep her.

Now she is mine, a beautiful complication in my sterile world. I will shatter her defiance. I will teach her my rules. I will own every part of her until she understands that she belongs to me. But the curator has secrets of her own, a past written in blood and shadow. She thinks I am her greatest threat, but she has no idea she's the one ghost I was hired to hunt.

I have collected the daughter of my enemy, and now, I will never let her go.

Content Advisory for Blood and Canvas

Please be advised: Blood and Canvas is a dark romance intended for a mature audience (18+) only. The relationship depicted is unequal and rooted in a dangerous power dynamic that may not be suitable for all readers. This story is a work of fiction that explores dark themes of violence, psychological manipulation, and intense, often brutal, power dynamics. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

This book contains frequent and explicit scenes and themes that some readers may find distressing, including:

• Graphic Violence: The story includes explicit and detailed depictions of violence, such as murder, gun and knife combat, and physical assault.

• Captivity & Psychological Abuse: The central narrative revolves around kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, gaslighting, and psychological manipulation. The development of trauma bonds, such as Stockholm syndrome, is a core theme.

• Organized Crime: The plot is set within the brutal world of international assassins and the Russian Bratva, featuring associated criminal activities.

• Grief & Major Character Death: The book contains themes of parental loss and features the on-page death of a main character.

• Non-Consensual / Dubiously Consensual Sexual Content: There are explicit sexual scenes that are non-consensual or exist in a gray area of consent due to the inherent power imbalance in the relationship.
  

For readers who appreciate specific elements of the dark romance genre, this series contains the following:

• Captor/Captive Romance

• Knife & Blood Play

• Forced Proximity

• Touch Her and You Die Theme

• Praise & Degradation Kink

• Hurt/Comfort Dynamics