{"id":3586,"date":"2014-04-30T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2014-04-30T14:20:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T18:20:41","slug":"m-j-rose-author-of-the-collector-of-dying-breaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3586","title":{"rendered":"M J Rose, author of THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“It is with irony now, forty years later, to think that if I had not been called a murderer on the most frightening night of my life, there might not be any perfume in Paris today. And that scent\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto which I gave my all and which gave me all the power and riches I could have hoped for\u00e2\u20ac\u201dis at the heart of why now it is I who call myself a murderer.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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“Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.” <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSonia Rykiel <\/span><\/p>\n

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From one of America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most imaginative storytellers comes a\u00c2\u00a0 passionate tale of love and treachery, spanning the days of Catherine de Medici\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court to the twenty-first century and starring a woman drawn\u00c2\u00a0 back, time and again, to the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1533, an Italian orphan with an uncanny knack for creating\u00c2\u00a0 fragrance is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0 perfumer. To repay his debt, over the years Ren\u00c3\u00a9 le Florentine is\u00c2\u00a0 occasionally called upon to put his vast knowledge to a darker purpose:\u00c2\u00a0 the creation of deadly poisons used to dispatch the Queen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ren\u00c3\u00a9\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s other passion\u00e2\u20ac\u201da desire to reanimate a human breath,\u00c2\u00a0 to bring back the lives of the two people whose deaths have devastated\u00c2\u00a0 him\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat incites a dangerous treasure hunt five centuries later. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0 when Jac L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Etoile\u00e2\u20ac\u201dsuffering from a heartache of her own\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbecomes obsessed with the possibility of unlocking Rene\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secret to immortality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon Jac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s search reconnects her with Griffin North, a man she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0 loved her entire life. Together they confront an eccentric heiress whose art collection rivals many museums and who is determined to keep her\u00c2\u00a0 treasures close at hand, not just in this life but in her next.<\/span><\/p>\n

Set in the forest of Fontainebleau, crisscrossing the lines between\u00c2\u00a0 the past and the present, M.J. Rose has written a mesmerizing tale of\u00c2\u00a0 passion and obsession. This is a gothic tale perfect for fans of Anne\u00c2\u00a0 Rice, Deborah Harkness, and Diana Galbadon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Praise for The Collector of Dying Breaths<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153History, mystery, ambition, lust, love, death and the timeless quest for immortality\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6a riveting tale of suspense.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c B.A.Shapiro, New York\u00c2\u00a0 Times bestselling author of The Art Forger<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mysterious, magical, and mythical\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6what a joy to read!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author<\/span><\/p>\n

Buy the Book<\/span><\/h2>\n

Amazon US<\/a> <\/span> Amazon UK<\/a> <\/span> Barnes & Noble<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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