World-renowned fashion designer Giorgio Janardi does not suffer fools well and is not interested in singing the blues with anybody but himself. A womanizer.

A grump. A creative genius who views himself as a gift to the world, even he knows he is not love material.

But after a one-night stand with a woman who is not interested in being another one of his side pieces, he can’t get her off his mind. And years later, when they meet again in an explosive way, he feels drawn to her still.

But he can’t pull himself to enter her life and destroy it the way he destroys all he touches. Behind the scenes he helps her.

Behind the scenes he watches her. Behind the scenes he loves her.

But after tragedy strikes them both, fate brings them together again in a way that solidifies their bond. And Giorgio realizes just how much he needs her, not because she helps his creative side, but because she reinvigorates his human side.

He vows to never leave her. But when she finds out his secret, will she leave him?Janardi and His Muse is the latest explosive standalone novel in Mallory Monroe’s popular Rags to Romance series.

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