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WHERE HISTORY MEETS MYSTERY

THE BLOOD & TREASURE SERIES

EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE BLOOD ANTIQUITIES TRADE THROUGHOUT THE AGES

NOVELS

Family secrets stretching back to World War II come to light in Labs’ jet-setting art world thriller


— Kirkus Reviews

NOVELS

LEGACY OF LIES

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

LEGACY OF LIES

Austria, Adolf and the Looted Art of WW II 


 When a renowned international art authenticator uncovers a web of Nazi-era lies buried in a powerful European dynasty, an uneasy alliance with a mysterious art thief ignites a deadly race across continents to expose a conspiracy eight decades in the making. READ MORE

AGENT INQUIRIES

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

REIGN OF REVOLUTION

Russia, the Romanovs, and the Lost  Fabergés


Beginning in 1885, Russian Czar Alexander III and then his son Nicholas II, commissioned jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé to create more than fifty Imperial Easter Eggs over a span of thirty years. Valued at more than $30 million each, seven are still missing. They have not been seen since they were looted by the Bolsheviks in 1917 during the brutal revolution that led to the callous execution of the Romanov royal family. In the second novel in the Blood & Treasure series,  REIGN OF REVOLUTION, Alyx and Max search the globe for the Romanov's missing Fabergé eggs and what they discover will rewrite history.

AGENT INQUIRIES

…his depiction of a fabulous, glitzy world featuring artistic masterpieces from the likes of Rembrandt van Rijn and Gustav Klimt is wholly seductive


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MORE ABOUT THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BLOOD & TREASURE SERIes

LEGACY OF LIES

Two strangers bound by a buried  secret must outrun a legacy of Nazi-era lies someone is killing to protect.


On the verge of marriage to a wealthy European heir, renowned art authenticator Alyxzandra Marx uncovers a chilling secret buried deep within her fiancé’s aristocratic family—one that   ties them to a decades-old conspiracy of looted art, war crimes, and generational  revenge.


When a cryptic betrayal shatters her world, Alyx is forced into an uneasy alliance with Maximilian Zubrov, an elusive Belarusian art thief whose own past is tangled in the mystery. As they race from Manhattan to Madrid to the forests of Eastern Europe, each discovery draws them closer to a truth powerful men have spent eighty years trying to keep buried—and to the deadly consequences of exposing it.


Legacy of Lies is a gripping international thriller that blends historical intrigue with modern-day suspense, set in a world where every masterpiece hides a secret and every ally could be a traitor.


Perfect for fans of The Amber Room, Deadly Provenance, and The Lost Van Gogh, this novel captures the emotional intensity of Woman in Gold and the relentless momentum of The Da Vinci Code.

Gustav Klimt,  Danaë. 1907-1908, Oil, silver, and gold on canvas. Dichand collection.

Gustav Klimt,  Danaë. 1907-1908, Oil, silver, and gold on canvas. Dichand collection. 

Alyx’s emotional struggle regarding her impending nuptials will quickly endear her to readers, and Labs’ playful, energetic prose makes her sympathetic...


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