Join The Coffee Pot Book Club on tour with…
The Prisoner of Paradise
(The Paradise Series, Book 1)
By Rob Samborn
(The Paradise Series, Book 1)
By Rob Samborn
January 19th – March 23rd 2022
Publication Date: 30th November 2021
Publisher: TouchPoint Press
Page Length: 333 Pages
Genre: Commercial Thriller, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism
The world’s largest oil painting. A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: “Amore mio.” My love.
Nick and Julia O’Connor’s dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto’s Paradise, a monumental depiction of Heaven. Convinced his delusions are the result of a concussion, Julia insists her husband see a doctor, though Nick is adamant the voice was real.
Blacking out in the museum, Nick flashes back to a life as a 16th century Venetian peasant swordsman. He recalls precisely who the voice belongs to: Isabella Scalfini, a married aristocrat he was tasked to seduce but with whom he instead found true love. A love stolen from them hundreds of years prior.
She implores Nick to liberate her from a powerful order of religious vigilantes who judge and sentence souls to the canvas for eternity. Releasing Isabella also means unleashing thousands of other imprisoned souls, all of which the order claims are evil.
As infatuation with a possible hallucination clouds his commitment to a present-day wife, Nick’s past self takes over. Wracked with guilt, he can no longer allow Isabella to remain tormented, despite the consequences. He must right an age-old wrong – destroy the painting and free his soul mate. But the order will eradicate anyone who threatens their ethereal prison and their control over Venice.
Rob Samborn
In addition to being a novelist, Rob Samborn is a screenwriter, entrepreneur and avid traveler. He’s been to forty countries, lived in five of them and studied nine languages. As a restless spirit who can’t remember the last time he was bored, Rob is on a quest to explore the intricacies of our world and try his hand at a multitude of crafts; he’s also an accomplished artist and musician, as well as a budding furniture maker. A native New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for twenty years, he now makes his home in Denver with his wife, daughter and dog.
Tour Schedule
January 19th
Excerpt
The Historical Fiction Company
Excerpt
January 26th
Excerpt
Excerpt
February 2nd
Excerpt
Excerpt
February 9th
Excerpt
Review
February 16th
Excerpt
Guest Post
February 23rd
Elizabeth St.John’s Official Blog
Interview
Guest Post
March 2nd
Guest Post
Review
March 9th
Excerpt
Historical Fiction With Spirit…
Review
March 16th
Five Fun Facts
Review
March 23rd
Excerpt
Review
Thank you, Mary Anne and Ellie! I loved being on tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club. I look forward to doing it again!
ReplyDelete