The
Witch of Painted Sorrows
M.J.
Rose
Genre: Gothic – Erotic
Publisher: Atria/S&S
Date of Publication: March 17 2015
ISBN-10: 147677806X
ASIN: B00LD1ONBC
Number of pages:384
Book Description:
New York socialite Sandrine
Salome flees an abusive husband for her grandmother's Paris mansion, but what
she finds there is even more menacing. The house, famous for its lavish art
collection and elegant salons, is closed and under renovation. Her grandmother
insists it's too dangerous to visit but Sandrine defies her — an unexplainable
force is drawing her home.
There she meets Julien Duplessi,
a mesmerizing architect, who introduces her to the City of Lights — its art
world, forbidden occult underground, nightclubs — and to her own untapped
desires.
From a mysterious fire at the
Palais Garnier opera house, to a terrifying accident at the Eiffel tower and
classes with Gustav Moreau at the École des Beaux-Arts, Sandrine's experiences
awaken her passions. Among the bohemians and demi-monde, Sandrine uncovers her
erotic nature as a lover and painter.
Then more ominous influences
threaten — her husband is tracking her down and something insidious is taking
hold, changing Sandrine, altering her. She's overcome by the spirit of La Lune,
a witch, a legendary sixteenth-century courtesan, and an unsung artist in her
own right, who exposes Sandrine to a darkness that could be a gift or a curse.
This is Sandrine's "wild
night of the soul," her odyssey in the magnificent city of Paris, of art,
love and witchery, and not until she resolves a tragic love story and family
curse will she be free of the ghost's possession.
Effortlessly absorbing and richly
imagined, with sumptuous detail and spellbinding suspense, The Witch of Painted
Sorrows conjures the brilliance and intrigue of Belle Époque Paris and
illuminates the fine line
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Excerpt
Paris, France April
1894
I did not cause the
madness, the deaths, or the rest of the tragedies any more than I painted the
paintings. I had help, her help. Or perhaps I should say she forced her help on
me. And so this story—which began with me fleeing my home in order to escape my
husband and might very well end tomorrow, in a duel, in the Bois de Boulogne at
dawn—is as much hers as mine. Or in fact more hers than mine. For she is the
fountainhead. The fascination. She is La Lune. Woman of moon dreams, of
legends and of nightmares. Who took me from the light and into the darkness.
Who imprisoned me and set me free.
Or is it the other way
around?
Reviews
April Indie Next List
March Library Reads List
Big Spring Books – Amazon
#1 Historical Fiction for 2015 -
Goodreads
"This bell époque thriller is a
haunting tale of obsessive passions." —People Magazine
"Provocative, erotic, and
spellbindingly haunting...will have the reader totally mesmerized
cover-to-cover....a 'must-have' novel." —Suspense Magazine
"A haunting tale of erotic love....
M.J. Rose seamlessly weaves historical events throughout this story filled with
distinctive characters that will keep the reader captivated to the end."
—Examiner.com
"Rose has a talent for compelling
writing, and this time she has outdone herself. Fear, desire, lust and raw
emotion ooze off the page." —Associated Press
"Haunting tale of possession."
—Publishers Weekly
"Rose's new series offers her
specialty, a unique and captivating supernatural angle, set in an intriguing
belle epoque Paris — lush descriptions, intricate plot and mesmerizing
storytelling. Sensual, evocative, mysterious and haunting." —Kirkus
About
the Author:
New York Times Bestseller, M.J.
Rose grew up in New York City mostly in the labyrinthine galleries of the
Metropolitan Museum, the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park and
reading her mother's favorite books before she was allowed. She believes
mystery and magic are all around us but we are too often too busy to notice...
books that exaggerate mystery and magic draw attention to it and remind us to
look for it and revel in it.
Rose's work has appeared in many
magazines including Oprah Magazine and she has been featured in the New York
Times, Newsweek, WSJ, Time, USA Today and on the Today Show, and NPR radio.
Rose graduated from Syracuse University, spent the '80s in advertising, has a
commercial in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and since 2005 has run the first
marketing company for authors - Authorbuzz.com
The television series PAST LIFE,
was based on Rose's novels in the Reincarnationist series. She is one of the
founding board members of International Thriller Writers and currently serves,
with Lee Child, as the organization's co-president.
Rose lives in CT with her husband
the musician and composer, Doug Scofield, and their very spoiled and often
photographed dog, Winka.
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