Tequila mixes well with everything except...decisions, and I'm old enough to know better.

Essence

With a face chiseled in arrogance, Antonio Emmanuel Rivas pushes all my buttons. The younger artist acts like my gallery, and everything in it, belongs to him. Including me.

Secretly, I crave Antonio's dominating hands all over my body like I'm one of his signature pieces. But he's a tyrant. A monster. Trouble. He's dangerous for my business and heart.

While the beast chases me relentlessly, I wonder if the man I should hate is also the man my soul can't live without.

Antonio

I'm only gentle with a paintbrush, and Essence Traver's cruel, luscious mouth has incurred my wrath.

I respect Essence's curation acumen. However, the pulse between her thighs and at her throat leaps in defiance when my name is involved.

There's no secret I imagine adorning every inch of her body with...paint. So while Essence intends to keep me at arm's length, I'll have my obsession in my arms soon enough.

All men have a vice; mine happens to be tequila and a blank canvas. Until her.

Common themes in this Black woman Latin man (BWLM) romance include: older woman/younger man age-gap romance, a strong female lead, and steamy, passionate romance!