The Obsidian Files 7

<p>A 500-year-old masterpiece. A secret worth killing for. And a forger who is the only man who can see the truth.</p><p>Art curator Camila Reyes lives a quiet life surrounded by the ghosts of history. Her world is one of order beauty and provenance. But when a priceless Renaissance painting with a forged history is acquired by her museum she discovers an anomaly that should be impossible: a cryptic message hidden in plain sight a secret cipher embedded in the ancient frame.</p><p>Her discovery throws her into the crosshairs of a ruthless assassin and a near-fatal accident proves that her quiet world was a beautiful lie. Her only lifeline is a voice on a burner phone belonging to a man named Brooks-a cynical brilliant and dangerously skilled master forger who operates in the art world's darkest shadows.</p><p>Forced into a reluctant alliance the meticulous curator and the master criminal must work together to steal the painting back from under the museum's nose. Their mission becomes a high-stakes treasure hunt a race from a San Francisco museum to a forgotten chapel in Florence following a 500-year-old map left by the Medicis. On the run from an unstoppable killer they are a volatile mix of suspicion and undeniable attraction two experts from opposite worlds who must learn to trust each other to survive.</p><p>But when they finally uncover the location of a mythical prize they realize they haven't been the hunters at all. They've been the hounds unwittingly leading the enemy to the one secret that could give her ultimate power.</p><p>The seventh installment of The Obsidian Files is a breathtaking globe-trotting adventure where history is a weapon art is a map and the only thing more dangerous than the truth is falling for the one man who is a master of the lie.</p>