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A reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound together in Ali Hazelwood’s intoxicating new dark academia romance—available only in audio!

Veronica “Vero” Mercer grew up with grifters for parents, and she knows her way around a con. When grad school bills pile up and her friends are in trouble, she turns her art history skills into a forgery side hustle.

It’s supposed to be a short term deal, but her work draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor. Instead of turning her in, Ashworth kidnaps her—politely—and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him.

Soon Vero finds herself spending long nights with Viktor, bent over rare vellum samples and obscure inks. But as the con grows riskier, Vero has to wonder: what does Viktor really want, and why can’t she stay away?

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Despite the story sounding a bit rushed towards the end I really enjoyed Vero and Viktor together. Knowing that everyone knew how much he was in love with her and she actually suspecting it was refreshing.
The plot twists had me gasping, they all caught me by surprise

Such a comfort listen

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The book had good narrations that kept me hooked and another really engaging story by Ali Hazelwood. 5 shiny stars

Enjoyed it

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why did the mmc sound like AI
the story was good but the narrators had poor chemistry which kind of ruins the point of an audio book

Ali what was this

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I absolutely loved this. The narrators were great, the story was great, and I loved the ending! Highly recommend.

Dark academica romance <3

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I truly enjoyed this book. I love that Ali still honoured having an incredibly intelligent FMC while the book was completely different from her others. The way the relationship built between Victoria and Vero was nothing short of beautiful and I absolutely couldn't stop listening to this. The narration of this book was fantastic, I love how Ali had a male narrator despite it all being from Veros pov, it makes it such an easy listen and for someone who doesn't like single pov it makes it so you don't even notice. The story was fantastic and fascinating, I loved the world that was built. Another spectacular book from Ali Hazelwood.

Beautiful

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