A glamorous life. A vanishing secret. A forbidden love forged in the glittering shadows of Monte Carlo. When celebrated artist Elena Vallin vanishes without a trace, her daughter Claire's desperate international search leads her straight into a world where beauty conceals betrayal and a masterpiece hides a crime. Claire must follow a trail that stretches from the lavish galleries of Paris to the storm-lit streets of Florence-a trail woven with stolen art, forgeries, and the truth about her mother's secret life. Her only ally is Gabriel, a mysterious art dealer with a haunted past who is as dangerous as he is compelling. As they work together to unravel a web of art forgery thriller that points to someone she trusted, Claire finds herself falling for the brooding man who may hold the key to the entire international crime mystery. But in a world of wealth and deception, Gabriel has his own dangerous secrets. Claire must decide: how far is she willing to go for truth, justice, and the love that could either be her ultimate redemption-or her destruction? From the sunlit Riviera to the high-stakes world of art theft, Love and Lies in Monte Carlo is a sweeping, heart-pounding romantic suspense thriller of family, art crime, and forbidden devotion. A new romance book with suspense, wealth, love, with a crime thriller integration, and deception.