<p>He's an arrogant, reclusive artist, and a complete and utter prick. Why can't I get him out of my head?<br> <br> Ryan Raynard is driving me insane. First, he doesn't deliver his paintings to my art gallery on time. Then, when I show up at his crumbling gothic mansion to collect them, he has the nerve to treat me like a piece of furniture.<br> <br> Goddamn him. If he wasn't so hot.</p><p>That messy hair, those come-to-bed eyes, the chiseled body of a Michelangelo statue ... if only he saw me as something other than the mousy art curator trying to cramp his style. <br> <br> As if wrangling the temperamental artiste wasn't enough trouble, now I'm being chased by shapeshifting foxes, and a malevolent werewolf has put a price on my head. If I want to keep my job - and my life - I'm going to have to accept Ryan's help. <br> <br> Ryan Raynard may be my only hope. If only I can keep my hands off him ...<br> <br> Art of Cunning is the first book in the Crookshollow Gothic Romance series by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes. This book contains scorching sex, some artful flirting, and a cliffhanger ending. If you like hot shifters, dark mysteries, and one clever, spontaneous heroine, then this book will have you howling for more.</p>