{"product_id":"blood-diva-vm-gautier-9781496027511","title":"Blood Diva","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 19th century's most infamous party-girl is undead and on the loose in the Big Apple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 23 year-old Parisian courtesan, Marie Duplessis succumbed to consumption in 1847, Charles Dickens showed up for the funeral and reported the city mourned as though Joan of Arc had fallen. Marie was not only a celebrity in in her own right, but her list of lovers included Franz Liszt -- the first international music superstar, and Alexandre Dumas \u003ci\u003efils\u003c\/i\u003e, son of the creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers\u003c\/i\u003e. Dumas \u003ci\u003efils\u003c\/i\u003e wrote the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lady of the Camellias\u003c\/i\u003e based on their time together. The book became a play, and the play became the opera \u003ci\u003eLa Traviata\u003c\/i\u003e. Later came the film versions, and the legend never died.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut what if when offered the chance for eternal life and youth, Marie grabbed it, even when the price was the regular death of mortals at her lovely hand?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Marie wonders if perhaps nearly two centuries of murder, mayhem, and debauchery is enough, especially when she falls hard for a rising star she believes may be the reincarnation of the only man she ever truly loved. But is it too late for her to change? Can a soul be redeemed like a diamond necklace in hock? And even if it can, have men evolved since the 1800?s? Or does a girl's past still mark her?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Diva\u003c\/i\u003e is a sometimes humorous, often dark and erotic look at sex, celebrity, love, death, destiny, and the arts of both self-invention and seduction. It's a story that asks a simple question: Can a one hundred ninety year-old \u003ci\u003edemimondaine\u003c\/i\u003e find happiness in 21st century Brooklyn without regular infusions of fresh blood?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e VM Gautier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496027515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496027511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.72d","brand":"VM Gautier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458902339839,"sku":"9781496027511","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d8985133-94ca-431c-a35a-05cce577879b.jpg?v=1777407285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-diva-vm-gautier-9781496027511","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}