♡ Thank you for the free book, art supplies, and recipe, author Jennifer Gooch Hummer + BookSparks.
Synopsis
Freshly graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, Veridian Sterling is ready to hang her work in any of the countless New York galleries that are sure to give her a show. The problem is only one will, and they’re not interested in her art so much as her personal assistant skills.
No glitz, no glam, and definitely none of the money she needs to help her struggling mother finally realize her dream of starting her own business after having sacrificed everything for Veri to go to art school. So, when she overhears her new boss discussing the impressive finder’s fee for a lost Van Gogh, Veri takes matters into her own hands. Maybe her own artwork isn’t celebrated, but she knows how to copy what is, and maybe those skills can help lead to a discovery.
But when a famous art dealer takes her under his wing (and his charming driver takes her interest), Veri realizes she’s in deeper than she expected, and quite possibly with the wrong people. With her mother’s dreams and her own future at stake, Veri will have to pull out every trick she can think of to wipe her canvas clean and erase the mess she’s created before she goes down for someone else’s crimes.
Thoughts
Inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s role in How to Steal a Million (which I love), this is a light and entertaining story. I kept eyeing the book’s cool cover in the bookstore, so I snapped up the opportunity to read it for BookSparks Book Club’s October selection. With an artsy setting, colorful characters, and humorous situations, this is an all-around delightful read.
Recipe
A Veri Moscow Mule
Ingredients
- 2 oz vodka
- ½ oz ginger beer, chilled
- Garnish: lime wheel
Directions
- Fill a Moscow Mule mug with ice
- Add vodka and lime juice
- Top with ginger beer
- Garnish with lime wheel