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The Collector Of Dying BreathsBy M.J. RoseReincarnationist, Book 6Publisher: Atria BooksRelease date: April 8, 2014
Genre: Historical SuspenseLength: 384 PagesISBN: 9781451621532
ASIN: B00DPM9088About the book:From one of America’s most imaginative storytellers comes a passionate tale of love and treachery, spanning the days of Catherine de Medici’s court to the twenty-first century and starring a woman drawn back, time and again, to the past.
In 1533, an Italian orphan with an uncanny knack for creating fragrance is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici’s perfumer. To repay his debt, over the years René le Florentine is occasionally called upon to put his vast knowledge to a darker purpose: the creation of deadly poisons used to dispatch the Queen’s rivals.
But it’s René’s other passion—a desire to reanimate a human breath, to bring back the lives of the two people whose deaths have devastated him—that incites a dangerous treasure hunt five centuries later. That’s when Jac L’Etoile—suffering from a heartache of her own—becomes obsessed with the possibility of unlocking Rene’s secret to immortality. Soon Jac’s search reconnects her with Griffin North, a man she’s loved her entire life. Together they confront an eccentric heiress whose art collection rivals many museums and who is determined to keep her treasures close at hand, not just in this life but in her next.
Set in the forest of Fontainebleau, crisscrossing the lines between the past and the present, M.J. Rose has written a mesmerizing tale of passion and obsession. This is a gothic tale perfect for fans of Anne Rice, Deborah Harkness, and Diana Galbadon.
About the author:
M.J. Rose, is the
international bestselling author of 13 novels;Lip Service, In Fidelity, Flesh Tones, Sheet Music, Lying in Bed, The Halo Effect, The Delilah Complex, The Venus Fix,The Reincarnationist, The Memorist, The Hypnotist, The Book of Lost
Fragrances, and Seduction.
Rose is also the co-author with Angela Adair Hoy of How to Publish and Promote Online and with Randy Susan Meyers of What to Do Before Your Book Lauch.
Rose is also the co-author with Angela Adair Hoy of How to Publish and Promote Online and with Randy Susan Meyers of What to Do Before Your Book Lauch.
She is a founding member and
board member of International Thriller Writers and the founder of the first
marketing company for authors: AuthorBuzz.com. She runs the popular blog; Buzz,
Balls & Hype.
Getting published has been an
adventure for Rose who self-published Lip Service late in 1998 after several
traditional publishers turned it down. Editors had loved it, but didn’t know
how to position it or market it since it didn’t fit into any one genre.
Frustrated, but curious and
convinced that there was a readership for her work, she set up a web site where
readers could download her book for $9.95 and began to seriously market the
novel on the Internet.
After selling over 2500
copies (in both electronic and trade paper format) Lip Service became
the first e-book and the first self-published novel chosen by the
LiteraryGuild/Doubleday Book Club as well as being 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 and
New York Magazine.
Rose 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. She lives in Connecticut with
Doug Scofield, a composer, and their very spoiled dog, Winka.
Fascinated with Catherine de Medici since
grade school, I jumped at the chance to read and review The
Collector of Dying Breaths by M.J. Rose. While the sixth
book in the Reincarnationist series, this book can be read and enjoyed on
its own as Ms. Rose provides more
than enough of the characters background for the reader to get a full grasp of
their story so far. Weaving a tale full
of action, passion, and obsession, Ms.
Rose takes the reader on a dark ride as her characters work to discover the
secret recipe to immortality.
Determined to get over a personal tragedy, mythologist
Jac L’Etoile learns of René le Florentin, an alchemist trained in a monastery, who
as Catherine de Medici’s perfumer and private poison creator, went from a life
of poverty to a life as the greatest perfume creator in the French court. Throwing herself into her work, Jac uncovers René’s
secret obsession with creating a formula for reincarnation. Becoming obsessed with her research, Jac’s
path leads her back to Griffin North, her former lover and a linguist, who has
already begun translating René’s work. Using
Jac’s rare talent to see the past lives of others, Jac and Griffin find
themselves on a journey back through time that could prove dangerous to their
loved ones and themselves.
Taking us back to the early 1500’s, Ms. Rose provides us with a picture of
life in Catherine de Medici’s court in Paris.
Filled with beauty, wealth and treachery, Ms. Rose paints a vivid picture of what life was like for René as
he collected the “dying breaths” of people he believed he would be able to use
on someone else. As Jac shadows René’s
movements in the court, and uncovers everything he did for Catherine de Medici
(creating special poisons), she realizes how difficult and dangerous her task
has become. Ms. Rose does a really good job developing all of the background
characters and bringing everything to life in a way the reader will understand.
Will Jac uncover the recipe she’s looking
for? Will her travels give her the chance to fix her relationship with Griffin
and have the life she’s always dreamed of? You’ll have to read The Collector of Dying Breaths to find
out. I enjoyed it and look forward to
reading more of Ms. Rose’s work.
My Rating: 4
out of 5 Crowns
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*FTC Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
thanks for your awesome review! Emma
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