An absorbing, bittersweet historical novel set in 1894 Boston with a memorable mystical twist. Saffron is a painting. Brought to life mysteriously by the hands of her artist, she’s color on canvas but she’s also so much more. When Mr. Emmett Charles buys her, Saffron begins to question everything about her painted life. This handsome cotton mill owner, an elite of nineteenth-century Boston, gazes at her with deep longing and familiarity that whisper of something even more magical than living canvas. Saffron has one question: What happened before she woke up as a painting? Brimming with blissful romance, intriguing magic, and curious mystery, A Painted Life is a touching romance about second chances and reaching beyond our frames.