The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose

Romance, witches, sex, painting, Paris…this story had it all. Rose succeeds again, not surprising due to her unlimited talent and exceptional creativity. Highly recommend this wonderfully sculptured novel. Provocative, opaque with a metaphysical presence, rousing. The ending leaves you craving more, your thirst not quite satiated while it is filled with one suspense filled ending inciting a riot of anxiety until the next sequel. The plot is involved, down right spellbinding, intoxicating with the turn of every page. With the perfect blending of supernatural, romance and mystery, all marrying to create a sensual reading exploration.

All enchanting with their individuality and role. The characters offer sophistication, nimble not short of corporeal.

Rose manipulates language in such an enticing manner, enhancing the entire narrative, hypnotizing, sultry whatever the label it is lush. Rose takes full advantage and fulfills expectations with unbridled intent. The setting creates an amazing ambiance - belle epoque Paris stirs the peruses attention, conjures the imagination. In her instantly absorbing tour de force, Rose imagines Sandrine’s “wild night of the soul” dramatically underwritten by a tragic love story and a family curse that illuminates the fine line between explosive passion and complete ruination. Fear, desire, lust, and raw emotion ooze off the page,” says the Associated Press. Rose has a talent for compelling writing, and this time she has outdone herself. Soon Sandrine’s threatening husband tracks her down and an insidious spirit takes hold: La Lune, a witch and a legendary sixteenth-century courtesan who exposes Sandrine to a deadly darkness. There Sandrine meets Julien Duplessi, a mesmerizing architect who introduces her to the City of Lights-its art world, forbidden occult underground, nightclubs-and to her own untapped desires. New York socialite Sandrine Salome flees an abusive husband for her grandmother’s Paris mansion, despite warnings that the lavish family home is undergoing renovation and too dangerous to enter. Rose creates her most provocative spellbinder to date in this gothic novel set against the lavish backdrop of Belle Époque Paris.Ĭalled an “elegant tale of rare depth and beauty, as brilliantly crafted as it is wondrously told” by the Providence Journal, The Witch of Painted Sorrows “melds the normal and paranormal in the kind of seamless fashion reserved for such classic ghost stories as Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw.”

The Witch of Painted Sorrows by M.J. Rose