Catalina Ortiz wasn’t looking for trouble. She only wanted to breathe new life into the Ortiz Gallery, her family’s pride in the heart of Humboldt Heights. But when a mysterious, reclusive artist known only as Santos steps into her world, Catalina finds herself drawn to a darkness she can’t resist. Santos is a man of secrets, a genius with a paintbrush and a killer with a code. His violent past is woven into every savage, breathtaking canvas he creates. And his greatest masterpiece? Catalina herself. When he paints her in scarlet…wild, powerful, dripping with devotion and danger, Catalina’s world explodes. Their passion is electric, their bond intoxicating… but the deeper she falls, the closer she comes to the truth about Santos and the bloody empire that shadows him. Now, the city’s most dangerous players want to claim her, and Santos is ready to start a war to protect the woman who became his obsession. But love this deep demands sacrifice. And Catalina must decide if she’s willing to be his muse forever… or become his final masterpiece.