Possession. Power. Passion. New York Times bestselling novelist M. J. Rose creates her most provocative and magical spellbinder yet in this gothic novel set against the lavish spectacle of 1890s Belle Époque Paris.Sandrine Salome flees New York for her grandmother’s Paris mansion to escape her dangerous husband, but what she finds there is even more menacing. The house, famous for its lavish art … for its lavish art collection and elegant salons, is mysteriously closed up. Although her grandmother insists it’s dangerous for Sandrine to visit, she defies her and meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing young architect. Together they explore the hidden night world of Paris, the forbidden occult underground and Sandrine’s deepest desires.
Among the bohemians and the demi-monde, Sandrine discovers her erotic nature as a lover and painter. Then darker influences threaten—her cold and cruel husband is tracking her down and something sinister is taking hold, changing Sandrine, altering her. She’s become possessed by La Lune: A witch, a legend, and a sixteenth-century courtesan, who opens up her life to a darkness that may become a gift or a curse.
This is Sandrine’s “wild night of the soul,” her odyssey in the magnificent city of Paris, of art, love, and witchery.
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I can appreciate a good ghost story, and The Witch of Painted Sorrows does not disappoint. It’s historical, cultural, artistic, mysterious, supernatural, suspenseful, seductive, passionate, erotic…shall I go on?
Author M.J. Rose writes with a dark and gothic tone, and I honestly didn’t expect to like this novel so much but I was intrigued from …
The Witch of Painted Sorrows is a fascinating, unique read. This paranormal has romantic elements and a haunting storyline. The protagonist is Sandrine, a woman at a crossroads, who finds refuge in her ancestral Paris home. Before long, the spirit of a powerful ancestor reaches out to her…and La Lune will not be denied.
I could not put this book down. THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS must be savored and recognised for the great story M.J. Rose has created. This book is full of passion, power, intrigue, with elements of magic, and set during Belle Epoque Paris. The author has done a wonderful job writing a very beautiful story for readers to fall under a spell.
Spine-tingling fantasy! A real page-turner!
OMG What a fantastic tale, filled with passion, possession and mystery, with a soupçon of eroticism !
I truly loved this spellbinding suspense The Witch of Painted Sorrows, written by M.J. Rose! Lovers of Gothic stories, will fall in love with her heroine Sandrine Salome, a mysterious young woman. This …
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This book, as any book by MJ Rose, is wonderful. Captures your interest and holds on to it till the very end. You enter a different world and want to stay there. Loved it!!
A haunting and artistic read.
I didn’t like this book. I read half of it and quit. Too much boring history and boring detail. I just couldn’t just interested.