THE RUSSIAN BOY

Three Men. One Painting. One Dangerous Secret. A stolen masterpiece. A trail of lovers. A deadly obsession on the French Riviera.

When a provocative portrait—Le Jeune Homme Russe, painted in 1912 by Russian maestro Fyodor Luschenko—is stolen from a Paris restoration studio, three very different men are drawn into a web of passion, art, and danger.

A century-old scandal…Teenaged aristocrat Alexei Dubernin longs to paint like the Impressionists. His desire leads him into the arms—and the studio—of famed painter Luschenko in Nice, 1912, in the final glittering days before the Russian Empire collapses. Their intimate collaboration produces The Russian Boy, a portrait as erotic as it is revolutionary.

A modern-day crime…In present-day Paris, struggling art student Dmitri Baranov steals the painting in a desperate bid to keep his life from falling apart. His crime drags him into the underworld of the Côte d’Azur, where someone will kill—again—to own the masterpiece.

Chasing Dmitri is his determined American boyfriend, Taylor Griffin, whose loyalty is tested at every turn.

And on the Riviera, disgraced art-history professor turned investigator Rowan McNair follows the scent of the stolen canvas… and finds himself pulled into a dangerous new attraction. Passion, betrayal, and the dangerous men we loveTold in alternating viewpoints across two centuries, The Russian Boy weaves together:

MM romance across age gaps and power imbalancesArt-world intrigue and European glamourSecrets, murder, obsession, and redemptionThe tangled lives of older men and the younger protégés they can’t resistPerfect for fans of:

Josh Lanyon, Gregory Ashe, Tal Bauer, E.M. Lindsey, and anyone who loves MM romantic suspense with art, danger, and international settings.

Desire meets danger on the Riviera. Unlock the secrets behind a stolen masterpiece—and the men willing to risk everything for love.