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The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru
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$30.00
Published on Mar 24, 2026 | 416 Pages
A fearless fortune teller in 1920s Paris must use her powers to divine who she can trust when an exiled Romanov princess and her brother come to her seeking answers about a decades-old mystery…
Spirited Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where they have lived quietly since Zina’s mother’s untimely death. By day, the women serve tea, mostly to members of the bustling Russian émigré community, but when dusk falls, they divine fortunes and perform séances for their loyal clientele.
Then the charming Princess Olga and her brother arrive, searching for knowledge about the disappearance of their father, the exiled Grand Duke, cousin of the last Tsar of Russia. Zina, eager to learn more about the spirit world and her powers, performs the séance. She is able to summon the Grand Duke, but to her horror, he starts to haunt the shop, and he seems to know something sinister about her mother’s death.
As Zina delves into her family’s hidden past, dark secrets are unearthed, threatening the home and tearoom Zina and her grandmother have worked so hard to build, not to mention their very lives.
Spirited Zina and her secretive grandmother, Baba Valya, own a tearoom on rue Daru in Paris, where they have lived quietly since Zina’s mother’s untimely death. By day, the women serve tea, mostly to members of the bustling Russian émigré community, but when dusk falls, they divine fortunes and perform séances for their loyal clientele.
Then the charming Princess Olga and her brother arrive, searching for knowledge about the disappearance of their father, the exiled Grand Duke, cousin of the last Tsar of Russia. Zina, eager to learn more about the spirit world and her powers, performs the séance. She is able to summon the Grand Duke, but to her horror, he starts to haunt the shop, and he seems to know something sinister about her mother’s death.
As Zina delves into her family’s hidden past, dark secrets are unearthed, threatening the home and tearoom Zina and her grandmother have worked so hard to build, not to mention their very lives.
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Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
Olesya Salnikova Gilmore is the critically acclaimed author of The Fortune Tellers of Rue Daru, The Haunting of Moscow House, and The Witch and the Tsar. Originally from Russia, she was raised in the US and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in English/political science, and from Northwestern School of Law with a JD. She practiced litigation at one of the largest top law firms in Chicago for several years before pursuing her dream of becoming an author. She writes fiction in a variety of genres, including fantasy, gothic suspense, mystery, and historical. She also loves exploring American and European history and folklore. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Tor.com, CrimeReads, Writer’s Digest, and Washington Independent Review of Books, among others. When she is not working on her latest novel, she is a freelance editor, writing coach, and publishing consultant. She lives in a wooded, lakeside suburb of Chicago with her husband and two daughters.
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