𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐳 has always found comfort in color, canvas, and quiet. At twenty years old, she wants nothing more than to disappear into her art and leave her past behind. But the moment she steps into the studio of 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠—a brilliant, demanding, and dangerously captivating visual arts professor—her carefully constructed calm begins to unravel. Ace is a man carved from contradictions: cold yet magnetic, disciplined yet burning beneath the surface. Rumors follow him like shadows—about his temper, his obsessions, the darkness he keeps locked behind that controlled exterior. Olivia should stay far away. But Ace sees her. Studies her. Wanting becomes inevitable. Their connection is forbidden, undeniable, and far more powerful than either of them anticipates. What begins as fascination quickly slips into something deeper—something reckless, intoxicating, and impossible to resist. And when buried secrets resurface, threatening Ace’s reputation and Olivia’s fragile peace, they must decide whether their dangerous bond is worth surviving—or worth losing everything for. A dark, seductive, forbidden student–teacher romance about passion, secrets, and the kind of love that consumes.
