Forging Caine
Caine & Ferraro, Book 5
A romantic suspense mystery where the slow-burn arc that started five books ago lands its HEA. Antonio is finally moving home from Italy. Samantha is starting her first FBI Art Crime Team consulting job. Her sister’s treatments are behind them. But a thirty-year-old secret about her father is surfacing. Antonio’s own father is announcing an art-investigation company neither of them told her about. And an antiquities smuggler has arrived in town wanting Samantha dead. After everything they’ve survived, the question is whether the truths they each kept can hold under one last threat.
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Samantha Caine
My life is finally coming together. My boyfriend’s moving home from Italy, my sister’s done her treatments, and I’m starting my first consulting job with the FBI’s Art Crime Team.
But instead of celebrating, I’m reeling over a secret I’ve uncovered about my father—one both my mother and my mentor hid my entire life. Add to that, Antonio’s father is launching a new art investigation company and neither of them told me. And to top it all off, a man’s arrived in town who apparently wants me dead.
I should have known I wasn’t destined for a happily ever after.
Antonio Ferraro, Ph.D.
All I want in the world is to return home from Napoli, take Samantha in my arms, and disappear for a few weeks. Perhaps even convince her to marry me.
But first, I’ll have to contend with the antiquities smuggler who’s after her. Repairing and authenticating potential forgeries for him goes against everything I believe in, but it’s a price I’m willing to pay in exchange for Samantha’s life.
I will do whatever it takes to protect her—and our future. No matter the consequences.
Stolen masterpieces, lifelong secrets, and unwavering devotion collide in this thrilling romantic suspense mystery.
Forging Caine is the fifth and final installment in the Caine & Ferraro series, featuring a strong heroine, an Italian love interest, and an art-world mystery in every book. The main couple is together from book one, with no cheating and no cliffhangers.
Perfect for readers who love
- A five-book slow-burn finally landing its HEA
- An established couple finally living in the same country
- An FBI Art Crime Team consulting heroine starting her dream job under fire
- Family secrets from both sides surfacing at once
- An antiquities-smuggler antagonist returning for revenge
- The closing thread of an art-world mystery series
- Dual first-person POV
Tropes & content tags
Genre: Romantic suspense, Mystery romance, Series finale
Tropes: Slow Burn, Opposites Attract, Found Family
Content tags: art-world mystery; established couple from book one; wedding HEA / final book in the series; Antonio moves home from Italy; her father’s hidden past; antiquities smuggler antagonist; someone wants her dead
Quick facts
| Heat tier | Steamy (3/5 chili peppers) |
| POV | Dual first-person |
| Tense | First-person past |
| Setting | Samantha’s tiny Michigan hometown — Antonio finally home from Italy, an antiquities smuggler arriving in town, family revelations from both sides surfacing |
| Series | Caine & Ferraro, Book 5 |
| Read order | Must be read in order |
| Length | Full-length novel — 400 pages |
| Formats | Ebook, Paperback |
| Language | English |
| HEA | Yes — guaranteed happy ever after, no cliffhanger, no cheating |
| Status | Published January 26, 2023 |
About Caine & Ferraro
A strong heroine, a swoon-worthy Italian love interest, and an art-world mystery in every book. Same couple from book one, slow-burn arc culminating in their HEA by book five. The series must be read in order. No cheating, no cliffhangers, no dark romance.
A completed five-book romantic suspense series. The romance arc — Samantha and Antonio’s slow burn — runs continuously across all five novels, landing the HEA at the end of book five. Each book centers on a different art-crime case, but the relationship, characters, and timeline are continuous, so the books are best read in order.
