{"product_id":"crimson-varnish-jude-harrow-9798233736605","title":"Crimson Varnish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the rain-slicked city of Veridia, art is a religion, and masterpieces are never truly finished-they are just waiting to feed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenna is a \"Solvent Witch,\" a rarity in a city obsessed with the Old Masters. While others admire the brushstrokes, she cleans the mess they leave behind. She specializes in \"Tainted Canvases\"-paintings that bleed, weep, or move when the gallery lights go out. Armed with holy water, turpentine, and a clinical detachment, she keeps the restless spirits of art trapped within their gilded frames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she is hired to restore \"The Prince of Thorns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKian is not just a painting. He is a mistake of magic, a subject who clawed his way out of the canvas three centuries ago. But existence outside the frame is agonizing. He is cracking, flaking, and fading into nothingness. He needs Renna's chemicals to hold his physical form together, and her touch to anchor his soul to a world that wasn't made for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a job becomes a dangerous obsession. Kian is the perfect man-literally painted to be so-but he is also a starving creature who feeds on \"Awe.\" And Renna is the only one who sees him for what he truly is: a masterpiece of sorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Museum Curator desires Kian for his private collection, and he knows a secret that could destroy them both: Kian wasn't trapped in the painting. He \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the painter, and he used blood magic to escape death, leaving a trail of cursed pigment that is now coming to claim its due.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe can fix him, but at what cost? Some works of art are meant to be destroyed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jude Harrow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233736605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Antillas Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.57d","brand":"Jude Harrow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517143232767,"sku":"9798233736605","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbac8a02-701c-45a0-b3f4-6a69b583df04.jpg?v=1778730194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crimson-varnish-jude-harrow-9798233736605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}