Published March 17, 2015 by Atria Books
Sandrine Salome flees New York for her grandmother’s Paris
mansion to escape her dangerous husband, but what she finds there is even more
menacing. The house, famous for its lavish art collection and elegant salons,
is mysteriously closed up. Although her grandmother insists it’s dangerous for
Sandrine to visit, she defies her and meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing
young architect. Together they explore the hidden night world of Paris, the
forbidden occult underground and Sandrine’s deepest desires.
Among the bohemians and the demi-monde, Sandrine discovers her erotic nature as a lover and painter. Then darker influences threaten—her cold and cruel husband is tracking her down and something sinister is taking hold, changing Sandrine, altering her. She’s become possessed by La Lune: A witch, a legend, and a sixteenth-century courtesan, who opens up her life to a darkness that may become 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.
Among the bohemians and the demi-monde, Sandrine discovers her erotic nature as a lover and painter. Then darker influences threaten—her cold and cruel husband is tracking her down and something sinister is taking hold, changing Sandrine, altering her. She’s become possessed by La Lune: A witch, a legend, and a sixteenth-century courtesan, who opens up her life to a darkness that may become 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.
My Thoughts….
The Witches of Painted Sorrow is a different type of book
that I have read before. There is so
much happening with the main character, Sandrine. She is mourning the loss of her father,
hiding from her husband, possessed by a witch family member, and trying to find
her happy ever after. Yet, with all of
this going on the story flows perfectly and it is all tied together exactly as
it should be.
While I felt that the story started slowly, I could not stop
reading. The story was full of
suspense. I kept turning page after
page, thinking that I would finish this chapter only to have to keep reading
unable to stop. I was captivated by
the details of the buildings, the paintings, and the characters in this
story. I could picture what Sandrine
and Julian were seeing while in the tower and discovering all the hidden
treasures, I was able to envision the
buildings and places that were visited, and I could feel the feelings and
struggles that Sandrine was having.
This book had a lot going on. There was art, history, witchcraft, erotica,
and love. As a fan of paranormal stories
I enjoyed The Witches of Painted Sorrow from the beginning to the end. I recommend this book and cannot wait from
more from M.J. Rose.
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Praise for M.J. Rose
"Rose is an unusually skillful storyteller. Her
polished prose and intricate plot will grip even the most skeptical reader.
"
– Washington Post
“Provocative…a sweeping sense of romance and
history.”
– Cleveland
Plain Dealer on “The Book of Lost Fragrances”
“Rose seduces the reader from the very first page.
Enticing…fascinating…unexpected.”
– Associated
Press on “Seduction”
“A sensual mystery (readers) will truly never forget!
This deserves a standing ovation.”
– Suspense
Magazine on “Seduction,” Best Book of 2013
About M.J. Rose
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 is a the Co-President and founding member ofInternational Thriller
Writers and the founder of the first marketing company for authors: AuthorBuzz. She runs the
blog, Museum of
Mysteries.
In 1998, her first novel Lip Service was
the first e-book and the first self-published novel chosen by the
LiteraryGuild/Doubleday Book Club as well as the first e-book to go on to be
published by a mainstream New York publishing house.
Rose has been profiled in Time magazine, Forbes, The
New York Times, Business 2.0, Working Woman, Newsweek,
andNew York Magazine.
She has appeared on The Today Show, Fox
News, The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, and features on her have
appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad, including USAToday, Stern, L'Official, Poets
and Writers, and Publishers Weekly.
Rose graduated from Syracuse University and spent the '80s
in advertising. She was the Creative Director of Rosenfeld Sirowitz and Lawson
and she has a commercial in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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