False Provenance

Camille Ross is supposed to spend a few quiet weeks in Geneva checking paintings for a museum exhibition. Instead, she discovers that one of the collection’s most famous masterpieces is an exquisite fake, and Adrian Vale already knows. Adrian is wealthy, controlled, infuriatingly intelligent, and carrying a family secret that could destroy far more than his reputation. His late father quietly returned disputed paintings to families who had spent decades fighting to reclaim them, replacing the originals with copies so no one would notice. Adrian kept the secret alive. Camille should report what she knows and walk away. Instead, another suspicious painting appears, suggesting someone has learned the Vales’ secret and is using it to hide something far less noble. Finding the truth means working beside the one man she has every professional reason not to trust, and every personal reason to keep thinking about. The closer Camille gets to Adrian, the harder it becomes to separate attraction from judgment. Because someone is stealing masterpieces, someone wants Adrian blamed, and Camille may be the only person who can tell where the lies really began.