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The Painting

A Kerslake Family Saga

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Book 1 of Kerslake Family Trilogy

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Pub Date Jun 11 2026 | Archive Date May 29 2026


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Description

"An overlooked masterpiece brings a prominent family's hidden dramas to a head in this saga of deception and artistic dreams gone awry." -Regina Buttner, award-winning author of The Revenge Paradox

When Petula Kerslake returns to her childhood home in the Catskill Mountains, she discovers that the family painting hanging above the library mantel-long suspected to be valuable-is actually worth a staggering fortune. But the Fleming Foundation, which inherited the historic mansion and its contents, immediately moves to auction off the Sarah Cole masterpiece, citing fiduciary responsibility.

Determined to keep the painting in the family and community where it belongs, Petula and her siblings must navigate a web of family secrets, legal battles, and small-town politics. Her brother Chad has been managing the estate-the mansion and its collection of heirlooms-but his choices raise suspicions, and her younger brother Tripp becomes entangled in the mysterious death of an artist famed for reproducing masterpieces.

As the siblings fight to reclaim their heritage, they uncover shocking truths about their family's past and the painting's true history.

"An overlooked masterpiece brings a prominent family's hidden dramas to a head in this saga of deception and artistic dreams gone awry." -Regina Buttner, award-winning author of The Revenge Paradox

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Advance Praise

"An overlooked masterpiece brings a prominent family's hidden dramas to a head in this saga of deception and artistic dreams gone awry." -Regina Buttner, award-winning author of The Revenge Paradox

"A cracking art world mystery filled with intrigue and told with a great eye for rural details about family loyalty, secrets, and frailty." -Dan Kopcow, award-winning author of Madcap Serenade

"With distinctive characters, an alluring setting, and both the provenance of the painting and an unsolved murder hanging in the balance, The Painting masterfully fills in the frame with finely rendered scenes of small town life, and family dynamics." -Linda Lowen, author of Secret Syracuse

"An overlooked masterpiece brings a prominent family's hidden dramas to a head in this saga of deception and artistic dreams gone awry." -Regina Buttner, award-winning author of The Revenge Paradox

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ISBN 9781685137618
PRICE $5.99 (USD)
PAGES 311

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