A black American painter goes to Haiti to escape New York. She instantly identifies with the Haitians who equally instantly identify her as a foreigner. Nor is she welcomed by the other foreigners who are white. Rejected on either side, she drifts into promiscuity, until she meets a revolutionary.

"Alessandro Cardenas isn't stepping out on the Miami art scene only for the hottest parties. Someone is forging his late grandfather's paintings--and he's determined to uncover the culprit. But when he crosses paths with gallerist Angeline Louis, the boundaries between mystery and seduction become blurred. Does Angeline suspect his ulterior motives...even as she surrenders to his kisses? Does she have secrets of her own? Or can Alessandro trust that...

"Rosalind Plumley needs something. She's a frustrated thirtysomething artist in Portland, Oregon whose sole output consists of decorative paintings of hummingbirds for the upscale children's boutique where she works. Her husband is a blocked writer while her family's leftist political passions provide constant unwanted drama. When she decides moving to Buenos Aires will solve all her problems she has little idea just what she's getting herself into....

"Aspiring artist Neale Delacroix should be on top of the world. She's landed a spot in an exclusive art program that's sure to be her ticket to success, but then her best shot at stardom goes up in flames-literally. When her relationship follows suit, Neale finds herself a stone's throw from rock bottom. Her heart broken and her dream deferred, Neale decides to work a soul-crushing nine-to-five job until the heat dies down. However, that's not exactly...

Serial dater and greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley goes undercover in a media-training company suspected of video piracy, but when a dead body appears on the company's property, she's caught up in a conspiracy that goes way beyond some stolen DVDs. Wollie Shelley isn't happy about taking the job as a "social coash" at MediaRex, but the FBI makes her an offer she can't refuse. If she agrees to infiltrate the company, they'll guarantee that her schizophrenic...

"Emilia arrives in Rome reeling from heartbreak and reckoning with her past. What was supposed to be a romantic trip has, with the sudden end of a relationship, become a solitary one instead. As she wanders, music, art, food, and the beauty of Rome's wide piazzas and narrow streets color Emilia's dreamy, but weighty experience of the city. She considers the many facets of her life, drifting in and out of memory, following her train of thought wherever...

"Alicia Berenson's life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house overlooking a park in one of London's most desirable areas. One evening, her husband, Gabriel, returns home late from work, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face and then never speaks another word. Alicia's refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander,...

"México, 1925. El gran deseo de Frida es ser médico, pero un terrible accidente le impide vivir su sueño. El azar la une a Diego, una de las grandes figuras en el mundo de la pintura. Frida y Diego se enamoran al instante y él la convence para que se convierta en artista. Frida sigue sus propias ideas, intuiciones y sueños, y consigue triunfar con un estilo único, con una fuerza nunca vista. Pero el dolor del amor fallido es insoportable y ella,...

"Book one. "Can a painting hold a secret safe in plain sight across seven centuries? The murder of the last member of an old Venetian family peels back the rug on a shocking truth that draws art historian and textile expert Phoebe McCabe into the fray. What she sees in the missing symbology will shake the foundations of religious and cultural assumptions across two continents and point the way to a priceless hoard. It's a secret potent enough to pitch...