“Readers will marvel at Rivers’s storytelling arc encompassing the reconciliation of gritty past misdeeds and the work in progress of a life of forgiveness.” Booklist This is an amazing, beautifully written tale to be savored and pondered and shared with others.” Romantic Times “Richly detailed characters with traumatic pasts are woven together with biblical truths and redemptive themes. Fans of Christian romance will delight in this tale of salvation through love.” Kirkus Reviews “Rivers deftly threads Roman’s and Grace’s lives together as they tiptoe around their emotional scars, eventually shifting into a dance of tentative steps toward a love neither can resist. until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship―and both their lives―forever.

But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it’s as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own.

But Grace doesn’t know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist―an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison. The demons of Roman’s past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view.

Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken among us into an imperfect yet stunning masterpiece.Ī successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want―money, women, fame. “This character-driven romance will enthrall many fans.” Library Journal A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY bestseller

The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers