Love and Other Forgeries (Dreaming Spires Romantic Mysteries #6)

Love and Other Forgeries (Dreaming Spires Romantic Mysteries #6) by Maxine Barry, a Cozy Mystery release out on October 28, 2026.

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Love and Other Forgeries (Dreaming Spires Romantic Mysteries #6) Release Date: October 28, 2026

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Among Oxford’s dreaming spires and dusty studios, Frederica Delacroix is painting the most dangerous picture of her life.

Discover multi-million bestselling author Faith Martin, writing romantic mysteries as Maxine Barry.

Frederica Delacroix is the most gifted student at Oxford’s Ruskin School of Art. Now she has a secret commission. Her father sold their family’s prized painting and she must forge a perfect copy before her mother notices.

Lorcan Greene is a self-made millionaire, a London gallery owner and a celebrated fake-buster. The Art Fraud Squad has a tip-off that someone in Oxford is planning a major art coup, and a Ruskin student is involved. So Lorcan arrives on a visiting fellowship to watch and wait.

He’s far too old for her. She has everything to hide. The last thing Frederica needs is his sharp eyes anywhere near her easel. And the closer he gets, the more dangerous her secret becomes.

Because if Lorcan finds her forgery, he’ll think he’s found his criminal.

Can Frederica protect her family’s secret without losing her heart to the one man who could expose her?

Perfect for readers who love a swoony slow-burn romance, a heroine with a secret to protect and a fraud with a sting in its tail.

For fans of R.L. Killmore’s Cinnamon Falls Mysteries, Faith Martin, Nora Roberts, Claire Kingsley, Elle Cosimano and Pretty Little Liars.

This book was previously published as Altered Images and An Oxford Fraud.

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Genre: Cozy Mystery, Romance

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