M. J. Rose
on Tour
July 19-28
with
The Secret Language of Stones
(historical fiction)
Release date: July 19, 2016
by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4767-7809-9
320 pages
SYNOPSIS
AS WORLD WAR I RAGES AND THE ROMANOV DYNASTY REACHES ITS SUDDEN, BRUTAL END, A YOUNG JEWELRY MAKER DISCOVERS LOVE, PASSION, AND HER OWN HEALING POWERS IN THIS RICH AND ROMANTIC NOVEL BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ROSE.
Nestled deep within Paris’s historic Palais Royal, safe inside La Fantasie Russie’s once-bustling workshop, young, ambitious Opaline Duplessi spends her days making trench watches for soldiers at the front and mourning jewelry for the mothers, wives, and lovers of those who have fallen. Opaline has a rare gift, a form of lithomancy that allows her to translate the energy emanating from stones. Certain gemstones enable her to receive messages from beyond. In her mind, she is no mystic, but merely a messenger giving voice to soldiers who died before they were able to properly express themselves to loved ones. Until one day, one of these fallen soldiers communicates a message—directly to her. So begins a dangerous journey that will take Opaline into the darkest corners of wartime Paris and across the English Channel, where the exiled Romanov dowager empress is waiting to discover the fate of her family.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
M.J. Rose
grew up in New York City
exploring the labyrinthine galleries
of the Metropolitan Museum
and the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park
—and reading her mother’s favorite books
before she was allowed.
She is the author of more than a dozen novels,
the co-president and founding board member of International Thriller Writers,
and the founder of the first marketing company for authors, AuthorBuzz.com.
She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Please visit her website, her blog: Museum of Mysteries
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or on any other book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter/Facebook,
they are listed in the entry form below.
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Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday
of the Tour will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]
Global giveaway open to US residents only:
9 participants will each win a print copy of this book.
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Words And Peace 
I can’t wait to read M.J. Rose’s latest, The Secret Language Of Stones. What I love most about her books is that I’m brought right into the story. I love that I become connected to the characters. I also love her writing. What I hate is when I read the last page and it’s over.
Carol L
Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot ) com
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so sounds like you definitely would love this book. Ah yes, the horror of the last page!
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i’m a bit preoccupied with romance in Rembrandt’s house to give any time to this. Hope you find plenty of takers though
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romance in Rembrandt’s house?
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I can’t say I’ve read any of her books yet but I LOVE historical fiction!
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thanks for sharing, hers are historical novels with a twist!
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I like the sense of being immersed in another world and escaping my own — Rose is superb at fabricating engaging detailed settings with characters I want to follow in their various life adventures. Thanks for making hard copies available for several entrants — that’s delightful! Cheers, Kara S
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great words, yes, her characters are amazing. You know, the choice of book format are not determined by tour organizers, but by authors (sometimes, when independent mostly), and often by publishers. And there are copyright issues, hence the limit to some countries sometimes. The giveaways are also determined by publishers and authors, not tour organizers
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