Love Me in the Dark by Mia Asher is a standalone romance that borders on a love-triangle trope without ever fully stepping into that darkness. It is beautifully written to showcase the depth of conflict between the lead married female, Valentina, her apathetic husband, William, and the successful Parisian artist, Sebastien. 
 Valentina thought she had it all. The happy marriage, the doting husband, the comfortable life. When she catches her husband, on their anniversary, cheating on her, the next year is spent dissecting their years together and trying to move past this heartbreaking event. When he offers to get away with her and go to Paris for some much needed time together she finally thinks things are on the mend and is willing to open up and maybe let him back into her heart. When he gets held up by meetings and sends her on ahead then never shows she is left to discover her true self, alone, in Paris. 
 Sebastien is a troubled man who has suffered much loss in his life. He is a successful, renowned and wealthy artist who hasn't opened himself up to love in years. When he meets Valentina, by coincidence, at a gallery party, the attraction and intrigue is instantaneous for him. He wants more but they go their separate ways only to have fate play it's hand and have Valentina staying in his same apartment building. They build a solid friendship through the months she stays there all the while knowing that a reckoning is coming in the way of William and none of them will like it. 
 Magical. I loved every word. I have laid out the gist of the story above without letting any of the sordid details loose and it is the sordid details, Sebastien's past, William's own nasty secrets, and Valentina's true desires, that make this story so amazing. Enjoy!