{"id":3008,"date":"2013-06-28T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2013-06-26T09:17:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T13:17:48","slug":"seduction-by-mj-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"SEDUCTION by MJ Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/seducation-Tour-Banner.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3009 lazyload\" alt=\"seducation Tour Banner\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/seducation-Tour-Banner.png\" width=\"617\" height=\"272\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 617px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 617\/272;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3009\" alt=\"seducation Tour Banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/seducation-Tour-Banner.png\" width=\"617\" height=\"272\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>SEDUCTION is one of those books that lingers with you after you&#8217;ve finished it. Moving back and forth between the present and the past, this novel explores what it means to love, and what it means to be bound by that love, not just in this lifetime, but in lifetimes long forgotten. Moving from a primeval forest in New England to the ancient caves on the isle of Jersey , SEDUCTION tells the story of Jac and her search for freedom from pain. A beautifully written novel that transports you from the moment you pick it up, SEDUCTION takes you on a journey you won&#8217;t soon forget. 5 stars<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Seduction.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3010 lazyload\" alt=\"Seduction\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Seduction.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"473\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 312px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 312\/473;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3010\" alt=\"Seduction\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Seduction.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"473\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12494\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;\">SYNOPSIS: From the author of The Book of Lost Fragrances comes a haunting novel about a grieving woman who discovers the lost journal of novelist Victor Hugo, awakening a mystery that spans centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 1843, novelist Victor Hugo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beloved nineteen-year-old daughter drowned. Ten years later, Hugo began participating in hundreds of s\u00c3\u00a9ances to reestablish contact with her. In the process, he claimed to have communed with the likes of Plato, Galileo, Shakespeare, Dante, Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand even the Devil himself. Hugo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s transcriptions of these conversations have all been published. Or so it was believed.<\/p>\n<p>Recovering from her own losses, mythologist Jac L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Etoile arrives on the Isle of Jersey\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhere Hugo conducted the s\u00c3\u00a9ances\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhoping to uncover a secret about the island\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Celtic roots. But the man who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s invited her there, a troubled soul named Theo Gaspard, has hopes she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll help him discover something quite different\u00e2\u20ac\u201dHugo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lost conversations with someone called the Shadow of the Sepulcher.<\/p>\n<p>What follows is an intricately plotted and atmospheric tale of suspense with a spellbinding ghost story at its heart, by one of America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most gifted and imaginative novelists.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" id=\"irc_mi\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 329px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 329\/285;margin-top: 153px;\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.mjrose.com\/images\/author\/mj-rose.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"285\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" id=\"irc_mi\" style=\"margin-top: 153px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjrose.com\/images\/author\/mj-rose.jpg\" width=\"329\" height=\"285\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;\"><span id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12531\" style=\"font-size: large;\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12530\">About the Author<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>M.J. Rose is the international best selling author of eleven novels and two non-fiction books on marketing. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in many magazines and reviews including Oprah Magazine. She has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today and on the Today Show, and NPR radio.\u00c2\u00a0 Rose graduated from Syracuse University, spent the &#8217;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 &#8211; <a id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12532\" href=\"http:\/\/Authorbuzz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Authorbuzz.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The television series PAST LIFE, was based on Rose&#8217;s novels in the Renincarnationist series. She is one of the<\/p>\n<div class=\"yiv4099405128gmail_default\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif; display: inline;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms,sans-serif;\">founding board members of International Thriller Writers and runs the blog- Buzz, Balls &amp; Hype.\u00c2\u00a0 She is also the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/Peroozal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Peroozal.com<\/a> and <a id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12529\" href=\"http:\/\/BookTrib.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">BookTrib.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rose lives in CT with her husband the musician and composer, Doug Scofield, and their very spoiled and often photographed dog, Winka.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on M.J. Rose and her novels, please visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjrose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">WEBSITE<\/a>. You ca<\/p>\n<div class=\"yiv4099405128gmail_default\" style=\"font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif; display: inline;\">n also find her on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#%21\/AuthorMJRose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> and <a id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1369052057888_12533\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MJRose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thoughts: SEDUCTION is one of those books that lingers with you after you&#8217;ve finished it. Moving back and forth between the present and the past, this novel explores what it means to love, and what it means to be bound by that love, not just in this lifetime, but in lifetimes long forgotten. 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