M. J. Rose
on TourJuly 19-28
with
The Secret Language of Stones
(historical fiction)Release date: July 19, 2016
by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4767-7809-9
320 pages
Author’s page | Goodreads
SYNOPSIS
AS WORLD WAR I RAGES AND THE ROMANOV DYNASTY REACHES ITS SUDDEN, BRUTAL END, A YOUNG JEWELRY MAKER DISCOVERS LOVE, PASSION, AND HER OWN HEALING POWERS IN THIS RICH AND ROMANTIC NOVEL BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ROSE.
Nestled deep within Paris’s historic Palais Royal, safe inside La Fantasie Russie’s once-bustling workshop, young, ambitious Opaline Duplessi spends her days making trench watches for soldiers at the front and mourning jewelry for the mothers, wives, and lovers of those who have fallen. Opaline has a rare gift, a form of lithomancy that allows her to translate the energy emanating from stones. Certain gemstones enable her to receive messages from beyond. In her mind, she is no mystic, but merely a messenger giving voice to soldiers who died before they were able to properly express themselves to loved ones. Until one day, one of these fallen soldiers communicates a message—directly to her. So begins a dangerous journey that will take Opaline into the darkest corners of wartime Paris and across the English Channel, where the exiled Romanov dowager empress is waiting to discover the fate of her family.
Full of romance, seduction, and a love so powerful it reaches beyond the grave, The Secret Language of Stones is yet another “entrancing read that will long be savored” (Library Journal, starred review).
“Spellbinding.” —Alyson Richman, author of The Lost Wife
My Review
Four Stars
Copy received from France Book Tours for an honest review
I really enjoyed "The Secret Language of Stones" by M.J. Rose. I enjoy books set during WW I and Rose's characters always feel real and developed. Opaline and Jean Luc had great chemistry. I liked to see how Opaline grew and developed as an individual and also as a couple with Jean Luc. Since I enjoyed "The Witch of Painted Sorrows" I was really looking forward to this books since it is a continuation. Just like the previous book I liked how Rose included both the magical elements of the story with the historical parts. Rose is a very unique author who blends characterizations well with plot and this book was no exception.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
M.J. Rose
grew up in New York City
exploring the labyrinthine galleries
of the Metropolitan Museum
and the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park
—and reading her mother’s favorite books
before she was allowed.
She is the author of more than a dozen novels,
the co-president and founding board member of International Thriller Writers,
and the founder of the first marketing company for authors, AuthorBuzz.com.
She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Please visit her website, her blog: Museum of Mysteries
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