1--What is the title of your latest release?
THE JEWELER OF STOLEN DREAMS
2--What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A captivating tale of two passionate women separated by decades but united by a shared vision. One, the famous jeweler Suzanne Belperron, fighting to protect her company and rescue the man she loves. The other, a young auctioneer whose exceptional gifts reveal a secret that endangers her very life.
3--How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
It was dictated by the life of the jeweler who is one of the two main characters and the part of the true story I used. She was in Paris during WW2 and that’s the part of her story I was telling.
4--Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Absolutely.
5--What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Talented, courageous, unique
6--What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I learned a lot about gemstones and the black market in France during the war.
7--Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
Once I’m done.
8--What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
Caviar
9--Describe your writing space/office!
Small but all the walls are covered with artwork and the shelves are filled with talismans and books and there are a lot of plants.
10--Who is an author you admire?
Anne Rice and Daphne du Maurier
11--Is there a book that changed your life?
So many but The Secret Garden was the first book that made me realize that one could write a novel.
12--Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was offered a deal on this book and the one before it but turned it down because I own a publishing company with two partners, and I wanted our company to do it so we could be in control - - especially when it comes to the price of the eBook. I don’t believe eBooks should cost as much as traditional publishers charge – mine is $7.99
13--What’s your favorite genre to read?
Historical fiction and rom coms
14--What’s your favorite movie?
Sabrina
15--What is your favorite season?
Spring
16--How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
It’s so close to Christmas and New Years – I like to spend it quietly.
17--What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
I’m having so much fun with Emily in Paris because I can’t get enough of Paris and the clothes are fabulous.
18--What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
French
19--What do you do when you have free time?
Read, visit museums, walk, swim, play with the dog, cook – not in any order
20--What can readers expect from you next?
I don’t ever talk about the next book while I’m writing it. Sorry. But I can say that it takes place in London.
A captivating tale of two passionate women separated by decades but united by a shared vision. One, the famous jeweler Suzanne Belperron, fighting to protect her company and rescue the man she loves. The other, a young auctioneer whose exceptional gifts reveal a secret that endangers her very life.
“Only one thing saves you, and that is not losing sight of beauty.”
Paris, 1942. Suzanne Belperron is known as one of the most innovative jewelers of her time. Elsa Schiaparelli and the Duchess of Windsor are just two of her many illustrious clients. What no one knows is that Suzanne and her dear friend, American socialite Dixie Osgood, have been helping transport hundreds of Jewish families out of France since the war began. But now, the war has come to Suzanne’s front door—the Nazis have arrested her business partner and longtime lover, Bernard Herz.
New York, 1986. Violine Duplessi, an appraiser for a boutique auction house, is summoned to visit the home of Paul Osgood, a scholarly lawyer and political candidate who aspires to take over the Senate seat of his recently deceased father. Paul has inherited everything inside Osgood Manor, from the eighteenth-century furniture to the nineteenth-century Limoges china. But a vintage Louis Vuitton trunk is what calls to Violine, with the surprising but undeniable thrum of energy that can only be one thing: the gift passed down to her by La Lune, the sixteenth-century courtesan.
Since childhood, Violine has been able to read an object’s history and learn the secrets of its owners by merely touching it, but she silenced her psychometry when it destroyed her last relationship. Why has it returned now?
While inspecting the trunk, she senses it holds a hidden treasure and finds a hoard of precious jewels that provoke nightmarish visions and raise a multitude of questions. Who owned these pieces? Why were they hidden inside the trunk? Were they stolen? Could their discovery derail Paul’s campaign and their burgeoning attraction to each other?
So begins a search that takes Violine to Paris to work with the Midas Society, a covert international organization whose mission is to return lost and stolen antiques, jewels, and artwork to their original owners. There, Violine will discover both her and Paul’s surprising connections to the trunk—and to Suzanne Belperron, who silently and heroically hid an amazing truth in plain sight.
Told through Violine’s first-person account and Suzanne’s diary entries, The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a riveting story of magick, mystery, romance, and revenge. Inspired by the real-life legend Suzanne Belperron, it marks yet another masterpiece by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author M.J. Rose.
Mystery | Suspense | Thriller [Evil Eye Concepts, On Sale: February 7, 2023, Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781957568270 / ]
M.J. Rose grew up in New York City mostly in the labyrinthine galleries of the Metropolitan Museum, the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park and reading her mother's favorite books before she was allowed. She believes mystery and magic are all around us but we are too often too busy to notice... Books that exaggerate mystery and magic draw attention to it and remind us to look for it and revel in it. Rose is a the Co-President and founding member of International Thriller Writers and the founder of the first marketing company for authors: AuthorBuzz. She runs the blog, Museum of Mysteries. In 1998, her first novel Lip Service was the first e-book and the first self-published novel chosen by the LiteraryGuild/Doubleday Book Club as well as the first e-book to go on to be published by a mainstream New York publishing house. Rose graduated from Syracuse University and spent the '80s in advertising. She was the Creative Director of Rosenfeld Sirowitz and Lawson and she has a commercial in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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