The creator says:
I really like books about ladies who made a distinction. Even when historical past has not given them their due – novelists can:) That is the superb Suzanne Belperron who mentioned “My type is my signature.” She by no means signed a single piece of bijou and he or she impressed my subsequent novel.
To have fun this launch, M.J. (in addition to her writer, Blue Field Press) are sponsoring right now’s e-newsletter. 😀
…a classic Louis Vuitton trunk is what calls to Violine, with the stunning however simple thrum of vitality that may solely be one factor: the present handed right down to her by La Lune, the sixteenth-century courtesan.
Since childhood, Violine has been capable of learn an object’s historical past and be taught the secrets and techniques of its house owners by merely touching it…
The creator says:
I gave these phrases to Suzanne Belperron in my e-book (coming Feb seventh, 2023) however I imagine them with all my coronary heart.
“As younger as I used to be over the past struggle, I discovered from my lecturers that just one factor saves you, and that’s not shedding sight of magnificence. Be it watching a butterfly flit from flower to flower or learning a single autumn maple leaf, magnificence has the facility to maintain your soul from shriveling, dying, and leaving you nothing however an empty, ugly husk.”
So what’s it about?
A fascinating story of two passionate ladies separated by many years however united by a shared imaginative and prescient. One, the well-known jeweler Suzanne Belperron, combating to guard her firm and rescue the person she loves. The opposite, a younger auctioneer whose distinctive items reveal a secret that endangers her very life.
“Just one factor saves you, and that’s not shedding sight of magnificence.”
Paris, 1942. Suzanne Belperron is called probably the most revolutionary jewelers of her time. Elsa Schiaparelli and the Duchess of Windsor are simply two of her many illustrious shoppers. What nobody is aware of is that Suzanne and her pricey pal, American socialite Dixie Osgood, have been serving to transport lots of of Jewish households out of France for the reason that struggle started. However now, the struggle has come to Suzanne’s entrance door—the Nazis have arrested her enterprise companion and longtime lover, Bernard Herz.
New York, 1986. Violine Duplessi, an appraiser for a boutique public sale home, is summoned to go to the house of Paul Osgood, a scholarly lawyer and political candidate who aspires to take over the Senate seat of his just lately deceased father. Paul has inherited all the things inside Osgood Manor, from the eighteenth-century furnishings to the nineteenth-century Limoges china. However a classic Louis Vuitton trunk is what calls to Violine, with the stunning however simple thrum of vitality that may solely be one factor: the present handed right down to her by La Lune, the sixteenth-century courtesan.
Since childhood, Violine has been capable of learn an object’s historical past and be taught the secrets and techniques of its house owners by merely touching it, however she silenced her psychometry when it destroyed her final relationship. Why has it returned now?
Whereas inspecting the trunk, she senses it holds a hidden treasure and finds a hoard of valuable jewels that provoke nightmarish visions and lift a large number of questions. Who owned these items? Why have been they hidden contained in the trunk? Have been they stolen? Might their discovery derail Paul’s marketing campaign and their burgeoning attraction to one another?
So begins a search that takes Violine to Paris to work with the Midas Society, a covert worldwide group whose mission is to return misplaced and stolen antiques, jewels, and art work to their authentic house owners. There, Violine will uncover each her and Paul’s stunning connections to the trunk—and to Suzanne Belperron, who silently and heroically hid a tremendous reality in plain sight.
Instructed via Violine’s first-person account and Suzanne’s diary entries, The Jeweler of Stolen Desires is a riveting story of magick, thriller, romance, and revenge. Impressed by the real-life legend Suzanne Belperron, it marks yet one more masterpiece by New York Instances and Wall Road Journal bestselling creator M.J. Rose.
The creator’s having a zoom chat!!
You’re cordially invited to zoom with me and Megan Likelihood about our model new novels on Tuesday, Feb 21 at 7PM est. There might be giveaways and the zoom is free however it might be enjoyable in the event you learn the novels first:) They’re each on the market now for below $8:)
