First Chapter First Paragraph — Seduction

first paragraphEvery Tuesday,
Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea posts the first paragraph of her current read.
Anyone can join in.
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I will share here the first paragraph of a book
in the Completed Tours category.

 
SeductionHardcover, 384 pages

Publication date: May 7th 2013 by Atria Books
ISBN: 1451621507 (ISBN13: 9781451621501)

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Every story begins with a tremble of anticipation. At the start we may have an idea of our point of arrival, but what lies before us and makes us shudder is the journey, for that is all discovery. This strange and curious story begins for me at the sea. Its sound and scent are my punctuation. Its movements are my verbs. As I write this, angry waves break upon the rocks, and when the water recedes, the rocks seem to be seeping. As if nature is expressing what is in my soul. Expressing what I cannot speak of out loud but can only write, here, in secret, for you, Fantine.

MJ Rose’s website | The virtual book tour | My review

WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD YOU KEEP READING?

The Greenland Breach: flash sale today and tomorrow

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Today and tomorrow
there’s a flash sale for
The Greenland Breach!

Flash launch #sale on Amazon for The Greenland Breach.

60% off regular price.

Today and tomorrow only.

#kindle #deal

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G53931S

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Read more about it here

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Greenland Breach

Author Bernard BESSON

on Tour

October 28 – November 6, 2013

with his spy thriller:

The Greenland Breach

 Release date: October 30, 2013
from Le French Book

   113,000 words/285 pages

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SYNOPSIS

A stylish, fast-paced spy thriller about the intrigue, economic warfare and struggles for natural resources promised by global warming. The Arctic ice caps are breaking up. Europe and the East Coast of the Unites States brace for a tidal wave. Meanwhile, former French intelligence officer John Spencer Larivière, his karate-trained, steamy Eurasian partner, Victoire, and their bisexual computer-genius sidekick, Luc, pick up an ordinary freelance assignment that quickly leads them into the glacial silence of the great north, where a merciless war is being waged for control of discoveries that will change the future of humanity.
A plausible vision of climate catastrophe combines with French freelance spies and Bond-like action forming a gripping page-turner of a thriller.[provided by the publisher]

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AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR

Award-winning thriller writer Bernard Besson, who was born in Lyon, France, in 1949, is a former top-level chief of staff of the French intelligence services, an eminent specialist in economic intelligence and Honorary General Controller of the French National Police. He was involved in dismantling Soviet spy rings in France and Western Europe when the USSR fell and has real inside knowledge from his work auditing intelligence services and the police. He has also written a number of prize-winning thrillers and several works of nonfiction. He currently lives in the fourteenth arrondissement of Paris, right down the street from his heroes.
Julie Rose is a prize-winning, world-renowned translator of major French thinkers, known for, among other works, her acclaimed translation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, which was published by Random House in 2008. She has translated twenty-eight books, including many French classics, and writes on the side. She lives in her hometown of Sydney, Australia, with her husband, dog and two cats.

ADVANCE PRAISE
[AS FEATURED ON THE PUBLISHER’S WEBSITE]

“Original and harrowing.”

–Cosmopolitan

This is a remarkable book that is fascinating, frightening, instructive and fun all at once.”

–Inter-Ligère

“Suspense is omnipresent from beginning to end. The story navigates between climate change, subsequent natural disasters, corporate rivalries, murder, espionage, mysteries and love. Besson progressively weaves a web that entraps the readers. Each page make you want to turn the following one quicker to find out what happens next.”

–Culture et Plaisir par la lecture

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France Book Tours stops for Nov 3-9

Greenland Breach Sunday, November 3
Review + Giveaway at Gluten Free + 2

Monday, November 4
Review + Giveaway at Finding Time To Write

Review at Words And Peace

Tuesday, November 5
Review + Giveaway at Queen of All She Reads

Wednesday, November 6
Review at Confessions of a Word Addict

Interview + Excerpt + Giveaway at Words And Peace

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Paris Was The Place Sunday, November 3
Review  at Queen of All She Reads

Monday, November 4
Review  at Walkie Talkie Book Club

Tuesday, November 5
Review at Griperang’s Bookmarks

Wednesday, November 6
Spotlight at Caffeinatedlife.net

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Unravelled Monday, Nov 4
Review + Giveaway at
The French Village Diaries

Tuesday, Nov 5
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Wednesday, Nov 6
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Thursday, Nov 7
Review + Giveaway at Suko’s Notebook

Review + Giveaway at Vvb32 Reads

Friday, Nov 8
Review + Giveaway at Caffeinatedlife.net

Saturday, Nov 9
Review + Guest-Post at Jorie Loves A Story