Ian Lapstrake is one of Rarities Unlimited very dangerous, deadly operatives. He guards people and things like a barely leashed junkyard dog. (Baby, is that a gun in your pocket or are you pleased to see me?) While ‘guarding’ the artist Susa, he’s intrigued by budding artist Lacey Quinn. Lacey has an astonishing legacy of hundreds of paintings from her deceased grandfather, painted in the style of another long dead artist. The art Lacey calls The Death Suite, depicting three violent deaths, attracts the interest of some very dangerous people. Lacey’s shop burns down. Her storage unit also burns. Three paintings are stolen and it appears someone is searching for more. The death threats begin, and Lacey and Ian follow a paper trail leading straight back to … Lacey’s paintings. Was her grandfather an art forger? Or worse, a murderer? Driven by the past and compelled to follow her future, Lacey struggles along with Ian to sort fact from fiction, and find the truth about her grandfather and his graphic, horrific art. Highly lush and sensual, Ian and Lacey’s passionate romance is the backdrop to this dark and dangerous suspense. Riveting reading!