{"id":3604,"date":"2014-05-02T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2014-04-28T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:13:54","slug":"the-collector-of-dying-breaths-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3604","title":{"rendered":"THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS : Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TCODB_Tour-Banner_FINAL.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3592 lazyload\" alt=\"TCODB_Tour Banner_FINAL\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TCODB_Tour-Banner_FINAL.png\" width=\"548\" height=\"227\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 548px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 548\/227;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3592\" alt=\"TCODB_Tour Banner_FINAL\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TCODB_Tour-Banner_FINAL.png\" width=\"548\" height=\"227\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5 Stars for THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS<\/p>\n<p>My Thoughts:<\/p>\n<p>As THE COLLETOR OF DYING BREATHS by MJ Rose opens Jac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brother is dying and no medical expert can figure out why. The last of her living family, as she watches her brother waste away, she begins to wonder if perhaps he has been poisoned.<\/p>\n<p>Jac faces her loneliness at the loss of her brother and best friend, but faces the truth that her loneliness has ever been her constant companion. She turned away the only man she ever loved, and is unable to connect truly with anyone or anything, save for her work. Her brother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death, and his haunting of her afterwards, makes her realize that it is her own life that she must learn to connect with. She must find the road that will allow her to live fully, as her brother did.<\/p>\n<p>As she begins a quest to finish her brother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s final project, THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS becomes a journey though time as Jac realizes that she is tied to the work both in the present, and in the past. Joining forces with the love of her life, Jac delves into the past intrigues of Catherine de Medici\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s court. A novel of suspense, murder and love renewed, THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BRETHS will keep the reader riveted until the last page. A wonderful novel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Collector-of-Dying-Breaths.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3594 lazyload\" alt=\"The Collector of Dying Breaths\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Collector-of-Dying-Breaths.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 383px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 383\/576;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3594\" alt=\"The Collector of Dying Breaths\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/The-Collector-of-Dying-Breaths.jpg\" width=\"383\" height=\"576\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29660\">Praise for The Collector of Dying Breaths<\/h2>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_31270\">\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<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_31279\">\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<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_31271\">Buy the Book<\/h2>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29602\"><a id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_31274\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Collector-Dying-Breaths-Suspense\/dp\/1451621531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/The-Collector-Dying-Breaths-Suspense\/dp\/1451621531\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1385164836&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=collector+of+dying+breaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon UK<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-collector-of-dying-breaths-m-j-rose\/1116240661?ean=9781451621556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/M.J.-Rose.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"M.J. Rose\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/M.J.-Rose.jpg\" width=\"323\" height=\"279\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 323px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 323\/279;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"M.J. Rose\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/M.J.-Rose.jpg\" width=\"323\" height=\"279\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29677\">About the Author<\/h2>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29606\">M.J. Rose is the international best selling author of fourteen novels and two non-fiction books on marketing. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in many magazines and reviews including Oprah Magazine. She\u00c2\u00a0 has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today and\u00c2\u00a0 on the Today Show, and NPR radio. Rose graduated from Syracuse\u00c2\u00a0 University, spent the \u00e2\u20ac\u212280s in advertising, has a commercial in the\u00c2\u00a0 Museum of Modern Art in NYC and since 2005 has run the first marketing\u00c2\u00a0 company for authors \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Authorbuzz.com. The television series PAST LIFE,\u00c2\u00a0 was based on Rose\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novels in the Renincarnationist series. She is one\u00c2\u00a0 of the founding board members of International Thriller Writers and runs the blog- Buzz, Balls &amp; Hype. She is also the co-founder of\u00c2\u00a0 Peroozal.com and BookTrib.com.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29611\">Rose lives in CT with her husband the musician and composer, Doug\u00c2\u00a0 Scofield, and their very spoiled and often photographed dog, Winka.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29614\">For more information on M.J. Rose and her novels, please visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/mjrose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">website<\/a>. You can also find her on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#%21\/AuthorMJRose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJRose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> and <a id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29674\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/69003.M_J_Rose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Goodreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_13_0_1_1398428150549_29615\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Stars for THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS My Thoughts: As THE COLLETOR OF DYING BREATHS by MJ Rose opens Jac\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brother is dying and no medical expert can figure out why. The last of her living family, as she watches her brother waste away, she begins to wonder if perhaps he has been poisoned. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=3604\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE COLLECTOR OF DYING BREATHS : Review<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3606,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions\/3606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}