Rose creates her most provocative spellbinder to date in this gothic novel set against the lavish backdrop of Belle Epoque Paris.Ĭalled an "elegant tale of rare depth and beauty, as brilliantly crafted as it is wondrously told" by the Providence Journal, The Witch of Painted Sorrows "melds the normal and paranormal in the kind of seamless fashion reserved for such classic ghost stories as Henry James's The Turn of the Screw." In her instantly absorbing tour de force, Rose imagines Sandrineand#8217 s and#8220 wild night of the souland#8221 dramatically underwritten by a tragic love story and a family curse that illuminates the fine line between explosive passion and complete ruination. Fear, desire, lust, and raw emotion ooze off the page,and#8221 says the Associated Press. Rose has a talent for compelling writing, and this time she has outdone herself. There Sandrine meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing architect who introduces her to the City of Lightsand#8212 its art world, forbidden occult underground, nightclubsand#8212 and to her own untapped desires.andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt Soon Sandrineand#8217 s threatening husband tracks her down and an insidious spirit takes hold: La Lune, a witch and a legendary sixteenth-century courtesan who exposes Sandrine to a deadly darkness.andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt and#8220 M.J. Rose creates her most provocative spellbinder to date in this gothic novel set against the lavish backdrop of Belle and#201 poque Paris.andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt Called an and#8220 elegant tale of rare depth and beauty, as brilliantly crafted as it is wondrously toldand#8221 by the andlt iandgt Providence Journal, The Witch of Painted Sorrows andlt /iandgt and#8220 melds the normal and paranormal in the kind of seamless fashion reserved for such classic ghost stories as Henry Jamesand#8217 s andlt iandgt The Turn of the Screw.andlt /iandgt and#8221 andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt New York socialite Sandrine Salome flees an abusive husband for her grandmotherand#8217 s Paris mansion, despite warnings that the lavish family home is undergoing renovation and too dangerous to enter. andlt iandgt New York Timesandlt /iandgt bestselling novelist M.J.
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