This is such an interesting book and an interesting concept. You have two very smart woman both of them who have different abilities. Suzanne who can read stones and knows their stories. Because she can do so she is able to make beautiful jewelry. Pieces that no one has ever seen before, nor will they see again. Then you have Violine who can hold an item and it can tell her the story of its past. M.J. Rose does such a lovely job of tying these two woman’s stories together. Both from such different times, but both longing to bring people and items to where they belong. I truly enjoyed being swept up by the tale of these two women. This story is a perfect example of how two lives that never cross can tie back together and bring everything truly full circle.
Thank you so much to AuthorBuzz, Blue Box Press and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advance copy of this title.

The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose

Author M.J.Rose knows her stuff about gems, jewelry and writing a story that grabs you right away. Her stories just flow ever-so-nicely and this one is no exception.

Rose artfully sews together two stories about women of two different decades. Violine lives in the USA during the 1980s, and Suzanne in France in the 1940s. Violine has psychometry. This is a sense where she can know the facts of an object just by touching it. It becomes alive to her. Suzanne is a jewelry designer in war time France.

Based on some real characters, and as a master of delightful details which paint vivid scenes for the reader, our author has fashioned a story which leads us to a very satisfying ending. My thanks to#AuthorBuzzBlueBoxPress and #NetGalley for this ARC.

The stories written by this author never fail to fascinate. This one combining the
elements of mystery, a transference through decades of lives apart being brought together,
a thread of psychic powers running throughout the story, family saga against the historical
turbulence of World War II.

Set in two timelines 1986 and 1941 we have two very strong, character driven women with
strong personalities forging careers and trying to do thebest they can. Suzanne Belperron
a reputed jeweller with a complicated family background is running an atelier despite
restrictions, catering to the elite and Nazi higher ups in Paris, mainly as a front for
her attempts to raise funds to send Jewish families out of France. Her close friends Dixie,
Xavier and her lover all work behind the scenes all part of the Resistance. In 1986 Violine
is called to assess an estate of Paul Osgood and she discovers a secret cache of jewellery hidden cunningly in a trunk. Violine comes from a long line of women who have powers which were
described as witchery, but in her case she feels, hears and sees the past when she touches
an object, especially one with a past. The jewellery items discovered in Paul's case
evoke feelings of despair and terror. This sets the story of Violine delving into the
past history of the jewels, also uncovering Paul's aunts connections to the story and
secrets of his own family closely guarded upto now.

This was a magical read. Despite the atrocities of Nazi occupied France, the story of
loyalty, faith in family and friends, love that surpasses all held the whole story
together. The supernatural psychic phenomenon was an added attraction.

The Trunk

Mystery and secrets abound in this book. Written in two time periods, the time during the war and the time years after. Two time periods that collide with each other in suspense and past secrets.

In 1942 France, members of a resistance group, including the Jewelers Suzanne and Bernard, work with their friend Dixie to sell jewelry to make money to help Jewish people that are in hiding from the Nazi's escape France. They hide the Jewels in Dixie's trunk where there is a false side.

In 1986, Violine works for the auction house of Lamont. Paul Osgood has items he wants Lamont's auction house to look at and possibly sell on commission. One of the items is an old antique trunk. In looking at the trunk Violine finds hidden jewelry. Violine travels to France to try and find out about the jewelry and to whom it once belonged.

Someone wants the Jewelry and they will do anything to get it. Who is the jewelry and are they a Nazi? Will harm come to Paul or Violine? The story follows the two timelines as they play out and the secrets are revealed.

It was a good read and I enjoyed reading it. I would recommend this book.

Thanks to M.J. Rose for writing a good story, to AuthorBuzz, Blue Book Press for publishing it, and to NetGalley for providing me with a copy to read and review.

This is my first time reading something by this author but it won’t be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story alternates between Paris, France during WWII and New York in the 1980s. It’s part historical fiction with some paranormal mixed in.
Violine Duplessi, working for an auction company, is called to inspect a trunk and other items at Paul Osgood’s house. The trunk had belonged to his aunt who had died over 40 years ago. The story focuses on the jewelry that was found in the trunk.
Suzanne Belperron is a jeweler in Paris, who is part of the Resistance during WWII and a friend of Dixie Osgood, Paul’s aunt.
The characters are so vividly written that you can picture them and the story is easy to follow.
Definitely a book worth reading.

This book is a fascinating fictional story blending Suzanne Belperron an actual artist and jewelry designer and Violine Duplessi, a fictional auctioneer and appraiser of fine goods. The story takes place in two time frames; the 1940's and in 1986. Madame Belperron was not only an exceptionally talented jewelry designer, but she worked with the resistance and sold Jewish-owned jewelry in order to raise funds for the owners to leave Nazi-threatened areas in Europe during the war.

Many of the historical characters were real. The story is engrossing. There is a bit of paranormal skills in the book, but it only enhances the story by helping Violine learn the truth about jewelry that she discovers.

I highly recommend this book. I was provided with an advance reader copy of the book. This is my honest review.

Two well written stories in different time periods are intertwined in this novel which is partially based on a true story. It's historical fiction with a magic twist. In 1942 Paris, Suzanne Belperron is a jewelry designer working with the Resistance, living in constant danger to help Jewish people escape the Nazis. In 1986, Violine Duplessi, who's employed by an auction house, is asked to appraise a trunk -- where she finds a secret compartment containing valuable jewelry. Violine has a hereditary gift: she can feel an object's history by touching it. I especially enjoyed this part of the story because I incorporated a similar gift -- the ability to feel an object's history through the sense of touch -- in my novel "Forbidden," about a girl with mysterious psychic gifts. I wish there had been more in the novel about this gift Violine possessed.

What is the story behind the hidden jewelry? Was it stolen? Can Violine help finds its true owners? Well drawn characters, interesting plot, great historical research, nicely done. Recommended.

Suzanne Belperron is a custom-design jeweler, even artist, some would say. But now her beloved France is occupied by Nazi Germans, and she must fight in secretive ways to keep her beloved and her clients safe from the concentration camps. Suze and her dear friend Dixie Osgood have been up to secrets with their jewelry to help Jews escape France, even if it may cost their lives.

In 1986, a young woman named Violine working at an auction house comes across some jewelry in a secret compartment in the back of some luggage, belonging to a handsome young political candidate whose aunt once lived a fascinating, untold life. Violine has a secret power she hasn’t told the owner of the jewelry, she can feel the stories and emotions behind the items. The gift was a help at times, then a nuisance, but now she can’t ignore the overwhelming feelings accompanying this set of jewelry, nor its beauty. She must find out its history, though discovering it involves jumping through many hoops and even stumbling into danger.

This is a delightful split-time historical fiction about two clever women who help others, and tell stories long-forgotten. A consuming read for anyone who enjoys stories about jewelry, WWII, or historical intrigue.

I received this book in exchange for my honest review from Net Galley. All opinions expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of the publisher or its affiliates or the author.

The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a dual timeline story with the first timeline taking place in 1986 and telling the story of Violine, who works for an auction house; she can touch an item and feel/see the story behind that piece. The second timeline is that of French jewelry designer Suzanne Belperron and her work with the Resistance to help Jews in France during the German occupation. Both timelines feature strong women, likable characters and compelling story lines. I was surprised to learn that Suzanne Belperron was a real person, not a fictional character, and I was able to look up her designs on-line and see pictures of her amazingly modern designs. The story has a mystery that is solved and it came to a very satisfying conclusion. Highly recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

This book is about a present day clairvoyant who works as an auctioneer who can sometimes read the emotions of people who last held the objects she is appraising

I would not recommend this book. I loved the World War II story lines but the combination with clairvoyance and later the occult was a bit much for me.

Felt the WWII sections would have been better if it picked a specific family to concentrate on whose dreams were stolen.

Like several world war 2 novels I have read, this book is written as two stories - one set in 1943 and one more recent, this time in 1986. As the book progresses, the connection between those two stories is revealed.

In 1942, we follow the life of Suzanne Belperron, a jeweler known for the exciting and unusual designs that she creates for her well-known clientele. She lives in occupied France, spending time with Bernard Herz, her Jewish lover and business partner. When Bernard is taken away by the Nazis, Suzanne does everything she can to get him back, whilst also helping Jewish families to escape to freedom, by selling their jewelry to raise funds for their tickets to get out of France. She works with members of the resistance, in particular her American friend 'Dixie' Osgood.

In 1986, Violine Duplessi is an appraiser for an auction house who is asked to assess a house full of antiques and treasures by Paul Osgood, a politician running for the senate seat left vacant by the death of his father. While inspecting an empty Louise Vuitton trunk., Violine realizes there is a hidden compartment, and with Paul's help she discovers jewelry boxes, containing very expensive rings, necklaces and bracelets that appear to have been hidden in the truck since the 1940's. Violine has had the gift of psychometry since her teen years - the ability to 'read' an object that she touches and determine details of its past owners. For the objects in the trunk, she gets nightmarish visions, and sees only fear and fright.

Violine works with the Midas society, a group who try to return stolen art and valuables to their owners, in an attempt to learn the history of these objects. The assumption is that they were stolen during the war - but is that really the case?

This is a very well-written novel based on the life of a real person, Suzanne Belperron. I loved the way the tale unfolded around the jewelry as a centerpiece. I was fascinated in the way that Violine was able to unearth the history and the details of what she found. Great read.

I am a long time fan of MJ Rose’s writing and her newest book, “The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams” is another excellent story you don’t want to miss. Set with dual timelines we meet the creative and passionate Suzanne Belperron, a famous jeweler in the backdrop of World War 2, desperately trying to survive the atrocities around her country and protect her company, her clients and rescue the man she loves. Conversely we meet Violine Duplessi, an intelligent and yet conflicted woman in 1996, who valuates items prior to auction. When she is young, Violine learns she has a gift passed down through her family that allows visions when she touches an object or person. This gift proves both a blessing and a curse, but will it prove useful when she meets the dashing politician with a trunk full of hidden jewels that lead back to WW2 in her investigation? I received an ARC of this book, and highly recommend it. All opinions are my own.

This is my first book by the author and I really enjoyed it. When I see a dual timeline in the historical fiction genre I cringe a bit because it is so over done. However, I felt M.J. Rose crafted a story that benefitted from the dual timeline instead of being stifled by it.

The book is clearly well researched and used with characters you can’t help but root for. I enjoyed the mystery within the plot and felt it was well played.

Thank you Blue Box Press & NetGalley for an arc to review.

This historical fiction book is fantastic and M. J. Rose’s research is spot-on. This book is a thriller, historical and a love story! This book ranks up there with the recent historical fiction books by Kirstin Harmel & Lisa Scottoline.

Treasure from Paris 1942 finds its way to an auctioneer in New York 1986. Two well crafted time periods intertwine beautifully. Art history meets psychometry. Based on a true story, the Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is a real gem.

Thank you Netgalley and AuthorBuzz for this captivating ARC.

I read another book by M.J. Rose in 2022 so when I saw this on Netgalley I quickly requested it. I was happy to see that the Midas Society makes a small feature in this book.
I loved the dual timeline and thought Rose captured the uncertainty and commitment within the Resistance movement in France during World War 2. I enjoy reading books set during World War 2 and especially enjoy those that highlight real people and/or events during that time.
There are secondary characters in this book that appear in another series I look forward to reading in the future.

I received a dARC from the publisher via Netgalley; this is my honest review.

I loved The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams, which is both intrigue, romance, and mystery. In the Acknowledgements, Rose makes clear that with few exceptions, much of The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams is based on facts. Rose also lists the source matter that was used. Although I had solved the multiple mysteries quite early, the journey through M.J. Rose's novel was well worth the reading. No reader should be disappointed by this novel.

In The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams, it is the characters who drive the action. The dialogue is beautifully paced and many of the descriptions are haunting. This is a Holocaust themed novel that focuses on a less well known world--the world of designing and creating expensive jewelry in occupied France. The woman narrator in the 1942 portion of this dual time novel is Suzanne, a talented jeweler. Suzanne is a real person. It is her story in 1942 that Rose relates. Together with her friend Dixie, Suzanne is able to help rescue hundreds of Parisian Jews before they are deported. The descriptions of the jewelry that Suzanne creates are enchanting and evocative in their beauty.

Violine, who is a fictional character, is the narrator in the 1986 portions of The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams. It is Suzanne's jewelry that links the two narrators. Both Suzanne and Violine possess extraordinary but different talents. The two worlds that Rose creates are richly detailed and often compelling. I had a difficult time putting The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams down. I wanted to keep reading, irrespective of time or obligations.

I want to thank both author and publisher for providing this ARC for me to read. Rose has created a new fan, and I will definitely read more of her novels. Thank you also to NetGalley for listing this wonderful novel.

M.J. Rose writes some of the best dual timeline stories. She has hit it out of the ballpark again with The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams. Even better, it is another Daughters of La Lune story. It jumps back and forth between World War II Paris and 1986 when a hidden cache of jewelry is discovered among items to be appraised and auctioned. I was pulled into the story immediately and couldn't stop reading.

I really enjoyed this work of dual-timeline historical fiction by MJ Rose. I have enjoyed her other novels as well.

1986: What are the secrets of the Louis Vuitton trunk that (fictional character) Violine, who works for an auction house, will discover?

1942: What did jeweler and artist Suzanne Belperron (a real person) have to hide, and how did she do it?

The end felt a little rushed, but otherwise the pacing was nice and I liked learning about the characters from both of the timelines. The book is pretty clean - there is only light romance and I think only one mention of the 's' word.

The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams
By M.J. Rose

This is the story of two women; Madame Suzanne Belperron, a real-life French jewelry designer who worked with the French resistance during the Nazi occupation, and Violine Duplessi, a fictional appraiser for a New York auction house. Both of these women have special gifts. Suzanne has an affinity with precious stones which allows her to design wonderful pieces based on what the gems reveal to her. Violine descends from a line of "witches"; her gift allows her at a touch to know the stories contained in the objects/people she comes in contact with.

The storyline here jumps back and forth between the war years in Paris and the 1980s, when Violine, on an estate appraisal, discovers a trove of hidden jewelry in a trunk which has been in an attic for more than 40 years.

There are, of course the love interests for both women, the various heroes and traitors, the mystery behind the hidden jewelry – and one woman, Dixie Osgood, who is the link between the two stories.

While there have been many similar stories written around happenings during World War II, this book manages to incorporate real personages and fictional characters into a novel which held my interest until the final resolution.