The Book of Lost Fragrances out in Paperback

 
Paperback Publication Date: March 13, 2013

Publisher:  Atria Books

Paperback; 384p

ISBN-10: 1451621485 

The Book of Lost Fragrances is being rereleased this spring in paperback with an all new beautiful cover. I read and reviewed it last spring and thoroughly enjoyed the mix of history, suspense and fantasy. Read on for more information about the book and author. 

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SYNOPSIS: A Secret Worth Dying For.

Jac L’Etoile is plunged into a world she thought she’d left behind when her brother, coheir to their father’s storied French perfumery, makes an earthshattering discovery in the family archives, and then suddenly goes missing— leaving a dead body in his wake. In Paris to investigate his disappearance, Jac becomes haunted by the legend of the House of L’Etoile. If there is an ancient perfume developed in Cleopatra’s time that holds the power to unlock memories of past lives, possessing it is not only worth living for . . . it’s worth killing for, too.

Fusing history, passion and suspense in an intoxicating web that moves from Cleopatra’s Egypt and the terrors of revolutionary France to Tibet’s battle with China and the glamour of modern-day Paris, this marvelous, spellbinding novel comes to life as richly as our most wildly imagined dreams.

Read an EXCERPT.

Buy Links:  Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indie Bound

Praise for THE BOOK OF LOST FRAGRANCES

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the March 2012 Indie Next List

Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top Ten Mystery/Thrillers Spring 2012

"Compelling... suspenseful tale. Once you catch a whiff, you will be enchanted". —Associated Press

"Rose has entered another realm and written what is bound to be one of this year's best books." —Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"From 18th-century Egypt and France to present-day Paris, New York, and China, Rose's deliciously sensual novel of paranormal suspense smoothly melds a perfume-scented quest to protect an ancient artifact with an ages-spanning romance. Rose imbues her characters with rich internal lives in a complex plot that races to a satisfying finish." —Publishers Weekly, Starred and Boxed Review

"Amazing... utterly engrossing. Elegantly written, with unforgettable characters. Will keep you up all night—and leave you with powerful feelings of revelation, wonder, and the infinitude of human possibility." —New York Times best selling author Douglas Preston

"A simmering brew that mingles the erotic sensuality of Patrick Suskind's Perfume with the dark and timeless obsessions of Rider Haggard's classic, She." —New York Times best selling author Katherine Neville

About the Author

M.J. Rose is the international best selling author of eleven novels and two non-fiction books on marketing. Her fiction and non-fiction has appeared in many magazines and reviews including Oprah Magazine. She has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today and on the Today Show, and NPR radio.  Rose graduated from Syracuse University, spent the '80s in advertising, has a commercial in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and since 2005 has run the first marketing company for authors - Authorbuzz.com.  The television series PAST LIFE, was based on Rose's novels in the Renincarnationist series. She is one of the founding board members of International Thriller Writers and runs the blog- Buzz, Balls & Hype.  She is also the co-founder of Peroozal.com and BookTrib.com.

Rose lives in CT with her husband the musician and composer, Doug Scofield, and their very spoiled and often photographed dog, Winka.

For more information on M.J. Rose and her novels, please visit her WEBSITE. You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter.

Happy Reading! _________________________________________
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Always finding books I want

Monday, while waiting to see my chiropractor, I was looking through a People magazine and found new books I want. Yes, I know I just said that I will not be getting any new books, but these look so good and the Tess Gerritsen one is in a series I love. Ack.

So, here are the books that are calling to me but I will resist... for now.

The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen

Spellbound by Cara Lynn Schultz

Both of these were released this month.



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Ghost in the Machine - 1st video

Have you read Skeleton Creek? If you have, you are probably anxiously awaiting the next book, Ghost in the Machine. I know I am. Well, here is some info and places to visit while you wait. 

Be sure to check out the first video!

Skeleton Creek II (Ghost in the Machine) doesn't release until October, but we've posted the first video so you can find out what happened to Ryan and Sarah in the haunted dredge right now! 

Watch the video here:http://enterpcstudio.com/blog/2009/07/21/gitm-premiere/

"I want bloggers, readers, booksellers, and librarians to have unprecidented access to the project as it's being made, so I've pulled back the curtain on the creative process. "-Patrick Carman

Main site - www.enterpcstudio.com

The Back Lot - http://enterpcstudio.com/back-lot/

Follow writers, directors, and actors through Twitter, vlogs from the set, production photos, and live chats. 

The back lot gives young readers an unparalleled look behind the scenes as we create, shoot, and edit the next project. 

Daily studio blog - http://enterpcstudio.com/staff-blog/

This is where readers can find out quickly what's happening from day to day.

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June 2nd New Release: The Strain

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan comes out tomorrow, June 2nd! I was lucky enough to get the book through Library Thing's Early Reviewers Program. You can find my review here. 

You need to check out these trailers! I usually am not a fan of book trailers but these are AWESOME. So good they make me want to read the book all over again now that I know what these vamps are supposed to look like. Very scary! Take a look.

(You might want to lower the volume at the beginning of this next one if you are at work or kids are around. There is the use of an expletive.)

Learn more at www.thestrainthebook.com
 and go here for a Sneak Peak inside the book.

Book Description:

The visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning author bring their imaginations to this bold, epic novel about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity. It is the first installment in a thrilling trilogy and an extraordinary international publishing event.

The Strain
They have always been here. Vampires. In secret and in darkness. Waiting. Now their time has come.
In one week, Manhattan will be gone. In one month, the country.
In two months—the world.

A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but an alert goes out to the CDC. Dr. Eph Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold.

In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing…
So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city—a city that includes his wife and son—before it is too late.

About the Authors:

Guillermo del Toro

Born and raised in Guadalajara , Mexico , Guillermo del Toro made his feature directorial debut in 1993 with the film Cronos, and has since gone on to direct Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, Hellboy I, Hellboy II, and Pan's Labyrinth, which garnered enormous critical praise worldwide and won three Academy Awards. He will direct two films based on The Hobbit, to be produced by Peter Jackson.

 

Chuck Hogan

Chuck Hogan is the author of several acclaimed novels, including The Standoff and Prince of Thieves, which won the 2005 Hammett Award and was called one of the 10 best novels of the year by Stephen King. Prince of Thieves will soon be a major motion picture.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Have you all heard of this book? I have seen it around on other's blogs and found it on the shelves at Barnes & Noble today. I had to get it. Pride and Prejudice. And Zombies! I am a big Jane Austen fan and I think this looks hilarious. Just reading the first line makes me want to start reading this now. 

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains."

Product Description
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice) this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.

Are you interested in this one?

November Book Releases

These are the books I am looking forward to this month:

November 11th

Just After Sunset by Stephen King

a mercy by Toni Morrison

November 17th

Cross Country by James Patterson

November 25th

Your Heart Belongs To Me by Dean Koontz

This Month's Book Releases

I am a recent convert to Terry Pratchett's books. I have read a couple of his YA books that are part of his Discworld Series and have loved them. I can't wait to get my hands on his new book, Nation, which will be released on September 30th.


Other books I am looking forward to this month:

September 2

American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld

September 16

The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory

September 22

One Fifth Avenue by Candice Bushnell

September 23

Untamed: A House of Night Novel by PC Cast and Kristin Cast

Book Releases

Melissa Walker's new book in the Violet series comes out this Tuesday, August 5th. I have heard really great things about this young adult series and the first book,Violet by Design is sitting on my bedside table at home. I, unfortunately, was unable to bring it with me to CA.





Other books being released this month that I am excited about:

AUGUST 2
Breaking Dawn: The Twilight Saga, Book 4 (Little, Brown, $22.99) by Stephanie Meyer

AUGUST 5
The Gargoyle (Doubleday, $25.95) by Andrew Davidson
Foreign Body (Penguin, $25.95) by Robin Cook

AUGUST 19
Mike's Election Guide 2008 (Grand Central, $13.99) by Michael Moore

AUGUST 26
Devil Bones (Simon & Schuster, $25.95) by Kathy Reichs