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In 1533, an orphaned Italian named Rene le Florentine rises from poverty to become Catherine de Medici’s perfumer, using his skill to create both exquisite fragrances and lethal poisons for the Queen’s rivals. Grieving the deaths of two beloved people, he vows to reverse death by reanimating a dying breath, a secret that survives five centuries. Five hundred years later, heartbroken Jac L’Etoile obsessively hunts for the hidden science of immortality, leading her to Griffin North, her lifelong love. Together they confront an heiress whose vast art collection is guarded as fiercely in the here as in the next life. Set against the historic woods of Fontainebleau, the novel blends romance, gothic atmosphere, and occult intrigue.
Key themes include perfume as a metaphor for scent and power, obsession with death and rebirth, historical romance set in the Tudor‑Italian court, supernatural ambition, and the intertwining of past and present.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Suspense/Supernatural Suspense
Authors: M. J. Rose
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