The Last Mantra

A breathtaking romance about art, loss, and finding love in the spaces between silence and sound. When curator Maya Winters accepts a position at Manhattan's prestigious Ashford Museum, she expects to advance her career—not to fall for the enigmatic museum director still grieving his mother's death. Damien Ashford is haunted by unfinished business. His late mother left behind journals, sketches, and an incomplete vision for a revolutionary exhibition exploring the power of silence in art. Desperate to honor her memory, he hires Maya to bring that vision to life. What he doesn't expect is a woman who refuses to let him hide behind his grief—a woman who challenges him, inspires him, and makes him feel alive again. As Maya delves into Catherine Ashford's private journals, she discovers more than curatorial notes. She finds a philosophy of life, love, and the courage to trust your vision even when it terrifies you. Working late nights in empty galleries and stolen moments in a meditation room designed for contemplation, Maya and Damien create something extraordinary: an exhibition that will transform the art world, and a love neither saw coming. But bringing beauty into the world requires vulnerability. As professional boundaries blur and their connection deepens, Maya must decide: Can she risk her heart and her career on a man still learning to live beyond loss? Can Damien open himself to love when he's spent years running from feeling anything at all? From the elegant galleries of New York to the ancient temples of Kyoto, The Last Mantra is a sweeping romance about two people who discover that the most profound truths aren't spoken—they're felt in the silence between heartbeats, in the space between two souls finally finding home in each other.