The Portrait No One Could Own

Some masterpieces are worth killing for.When a legendary portrait resurfaces after twenty years, art-provenance investigator Nia Bennett is hired to determine its rightful owner. Instead, she makes an impossible discovery: the mysterious woman in the painting bears a striking resemblance to her late mother.Julian Devereaux, the guarded owner of an international auction house, knows more than he is willing to reveal. He chose Nia because of her connection to the portrait—and because someone powerful will do anything to control the secret concealed behind its frame.As forged ownership records and competing claims lead them from New York’s elite galleries to hidden rooms in Venice and a private auction in Monaco, distrust gives way to an attraction neither of them can ignore. But every new clue draws them closer to a betrayal involving their families, a missing fortune, and a truth that was never meant to surface.To survive, Nia must decide whether Julian is the man protecting her—or the reason she was placed in danger.The Portrait No One Could Own is Book One of The Provenance Duet, a glamorous international romantic suspense filled with forbidden secrets, dangerous ambition, emotional betrayal, and a mystery that continues in The Fortune Behind the Frame.