The book of lost fragrances fuses history, passion, and suspense in an intoxicating web that moves from cleopatras egypt and the terrors of revolutionary france to tibets battle with china and the glamour of modernday paris. Popular suspense fiction books goodreads share book. Roses, the book of lost fragrances is the latest installment in her bestselling series of suspense novels featuring the enigmatic phoenix. The seduction of victor h a novel of suspensenook book. Cleopatra believed a fragrance could enable one to remember past lives. A novel of suspense reincarnationist series rose, m.
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Jac letoile has always been haunted by visions of the. Phil gigante jac letoile has always been haunted by the past, her memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up surrounded by as the heir to a storied french perfume company. There was a blankness to him, as if the normal human emotions that you took for granted in everyone you met had been excised. This marvelous, spellbinding novel mixes the sensory allure of perfume with the.
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His eyes, staring out at her from the photograph, looked she searched for another word to describe them and failed he looked evil. Fusing history, passion, and suspense in an intoxicating web that moves from. This story has everything a good book needs there is love, sensuality, grief, secrecy, murder, theft, madness, different time periods, historically famous people, magic, dreadful end and happy end. The book of lost fragrances fuses history, passion, and suspense in an intoxicating web that moves from cleopatra s egypt and the terrors of revolutionary france to tibets battle with china and the glamour of modernday paris. Be the first to ask a question about the book of lost fragrances. Roses previous suspense novels, the book of lost fragrances. Elegantly written, with unforgettable characters and flawlessly realized international settings, here is a novel that will keep you up all night. In this riveting and richly drawn novel a talented young artist flees new york for the south of france after one of her scandalous drawings reveals a dark secret and triggers a terrible tragedy. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Rose a secret worth dying for jac letoile has always been haunted by visions of the past, her earliest memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up with as the heir to a storied french perfume company.
A novel of suspense paperback february 12, 20 by m. The book of lost fragrances fuses history, passion and suspense in an intoxicating web that moves from cleopatra s egypt and the terrors of revolutionary france to tibets battle with china and the glamour of modernday paris. This haunting tale of possession, set in 1894 paris, from bestseller rose the book of lost fragrances inaugurates a new trilogy. The book of lost fragrances is a mesmerizing romp through ancient egypt, revolutionary france, and the modern day struggle to keep a family perfume business alive. Jacs quest for the ancient perfume someone is willing to kill for becomes the key to understanding her own troubled past. My book came today and i couldnt be any more pleased than i am.
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