My Violent Muse

Morello is a homeless orphan and starving artist with nothing but impossible dreams of escaping obscurity. Then Florence appears dazzling, dangerous, and offering Morello a way out, on one chilling condition: each year, they must hunt and kill one of the art world s predatory men. In return, Morello will inherit a life of privilege and promise. Together, they transform revenge into twisted performance art, staging each murder with meticulous, theatrical flair. But when Morello falls for Jude, a wealthy art student who offers her a glimpse of a life sans murder, her carefully curated reality begins to unravel and she s one lie away from losing everything she s killed for. With the body count rising and anonymous threats closing in, Morello must finally ask herself: is the cost of vengeance ever truly paid? And after a life shaped by violence and manipulation, will she ever become the artist of her own fate, or remain forever someone else s muse? Compulsive and deviant, My Violent Muse is a razor-sharp thriller about revenge, exploitation, obsession, and the dangerous bargains we strike for power, survival, and love.