Opium's Kiss: Some beauty was never meant to be seen

By M D Veyne and Veyne

Some beauty was never meant to be seen.

When art historian Claire Devlin is asked to authenticate a long-lost portrait known only as Opium's Kiss, she believes she's chasing a masterpiece.
But the painting is more than pigment on canvas. It is a mirror. A trap. A door.

The longer Claire studies the subject's impossible beauty, the more the world unravels:

Friends vanish.

Time fractures.

Her own reflection becomes a stranger.

Every secret she uncovers pulls her deeper into the painting's hunger-and the house that protects it. But when her closest friend Sophie becomes bound to the cursed portrait, Claire must face the truth:

Some art preserves. Some art consumes.

And once you've seen Opium's Kiss... it never lets you go.

Fans of psychological thrillers with a supernatural twist-like The Silent Patient, Verity, and The Haunting of Hill House-will be unable to put this book down.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FSRRT4LD
• ISBN13: 9798267111508
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"