The Macabre
When the British Museum take an interest in painter Lewis Dixon's most horrifying work, he discovers his ancestor's paintings carry a terrible curse, and that he alone has the magic to enter and destroy them.
Partnered with handsome agent Noah, Lewis plunges into gothic magic and black markets. But the long-lost final painting is still out there, and its power may be the most devastating of all.
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