The Libri GmbH The Painted Prince of Everglass Paperback

Isla Beaumont has spent her life restoring the forgotten masterpieces of Everhart Estate, carefully removing centuries of soot, varnish, and decay from paintings that others consider worthless. But one neglected canvas is unlike anything she has ever encountered. Hidden beneath layers of ancient pigment is a young nobleman whose midnight-blue doublet seems to glow from within, whose eyes appear strangely alive, and whose sorrowful gaze follows Isla as though he can truly see her.The painting, The Terrace at Twilight, soon reveals its impossible secret. The young man is Prince Tristan Everhart, a royal heir who vanished nearly two centuries ago. Trapped inside the canvas, Tristan can speak to Isla through the painted surface and tell her the horrifying truth about his disappearance. He was betrayed by Victor Holloway, the royal painter whose obsession with immortality drove him to create a living painted dynasty.Holloway believed that royal blood and souls could be transformed into an occult artistic medium, allowing an entire dynasty to exist forever inside his masterpieces-beautiful, youthful, and completely under his control. Tristan escaped death by entering the unfinished painting, but his existence remains bound to Holloway's supernatural creation.Now the estate itself is in danger. Financial ruin has placed its priceless collection in the hands of wealthy collector Dorian Blackwell, while strange disturbances spread through the galleries. Painted figures move within their frames, ancient portraits awaken, and Holloway's own image becomes something far more terrifying than a historical artifact.Isla must uncover the secrets of the old royal workshop and find a way to break the alchemical binding without destroying Tristan. To save the prince, she must enter a world where art is alive, history can bleed through canvas, and a masterpiece can become a prison.