THE ARTIST & HER LOVER

This is a travel romance involving a love triangle. In this part of the series, Autumn Simmons, an American artist, flees from the Sahara Desert and travels to Hispaniola, a Caribbean island, divided into two nations: Haiti and the Dominican Republic. While there, Autumn encounters two men, initially friends, who become rivals vying for her affection. One pursuer is Xavier Cortada, a piano prodigy who paints 'Costumbrismo' style paintings, a style favored by his ancestors, descendants from Spain. His father is the third-richest man in the DR. The other man is Haitian-born artist, Francois Dubois. Born to 'caneros', sugar plantation workers, he has garnered substantial acclaim for his 'market' style paintings, which sell in prestigious galleries around the world - New York City, London, and Paris. Will Autumn choose Cordoba and live in luxury in a ten bedroom villa atop a mountain in the DR? Or Will she choose his best friend, Dubois ... a charming lady's man -and- a clandestine, Haitian 'Brigadier'?