In Manhattan, the truth is priceless. Love is the ransom.

Ava Sinclair was supposed to be untouchable: a rising art curator with a flawless reputation and the kind of future people envy. Then a single scandal detonates inside a glittering museum world, and Ava becomes the headline, the suspect, and the convenient sacrifice.

Enter Julian Grant: a sharp, controlled attorney with a dangerous family legacy and a protective streak he doesn't advertise. He's not supposed to get involved. He's definitely not supposed to fall first. But when Ava's name is dragged through the mud and the evidence starts disappearing, Julian sees what no one else wants to admit.

This isn't a mistake. It's a machine.

Forced into uneasy partnership and closer than either of them can safely afford, Ava and Julian race through a city of private clubs, hush money, and back-room power brokers, following hidden clues and secret messages that point to something bigger than a forgery. Someone has been watching. Someone is pulling strings. And someone knows exactly how to turn love into leverage.

As the danger escalates from whispered threats to brutal, very real attacks, Ava must decide how far she'll go to reclaim her name, and Julian must choose what he's willing to burn to keep her alive. Because in a romantic suspense Manhattan where money edits reality and influence erases consequences, survival isn't just about outrunning the people hunting them.

It's about trusting the one person they were never meant to trust.

LAST NIGHT IN MANHATTAN is an addictive slow burn romance thriller packed with twisting revelations, high-stakes intimacy, and a relentless art world conspiracy-perfect for readers who crave forced proximity, a protective hero, "he falls first," and a pulse-pounding fight for the truth.