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.

Indie Next Pickandlt BRandgt Library Reads Pickandlt BRandgt andlt iandgt Peopleandlt /iandgt Magazine Pickandlt BRandgt andlt iandgt Boston Globeandlt /iandgt Pick of the Weekandlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt Possession.

The witch of painted sorrows