Bøger af Patricia Rice

This is the seventh book in Michael Williams' "Adventures with Michael" series that recaps events during his life. This book is different from other books in the series because it provides vignettes on various situations Michael has encountered. Included are vignettes from Michael's time in the army which has scenes and humor similar to the movie and television series M.A.S.H. It also reviews some of the difficult aspects all Americans faced during the Vietnam War. The section on running races in Riyadh provides descriptions of racing in the desert and the effects of some unusual circumstances not typically encountered in U.S. road racing. The section on mountain climbing describes 12 experiences. Some of the challenges faced - such as falling in a crevasse or being abandoned on a mountain - provide insights into what it is like to attempt to climb mountains for someone who is a professional economist and not a professional mountaineer. This book is personal as you get a sense of the manner in which Michael responded to various challenges. Michael has been keeping a daily journal since 1980 and the specifics for his racing and mountain climbing vignettes come directly from these journals.

Award-winning author Patricia Rice brings you another light-hearted Regency romantic mystery set in Wycliffe Manor...At Gravesyde Priory, each new arrival is either a blessing-or a threat. . . Wycliffe Manor has been neglected for decades. Its new heirs are determined to create a welcoming home. Yet soon after the latest family moves into the nearby parsonage, bones are uncovered in the orchard. . . and odd strangers arrive. When her curate father returns his family to Gravesyde for the marriages of the manor's heirs, gawky spinster Patience Upton has high expectations-until her father is murdered. Shock at learning her father had a mysterious past, leads to alarm that the killer may have been after his notebook, which she now possesses. After the chapel is ransacked and a witness killed, it's clear the murderer isn't done. Desperate to find the truth, Patience accepts the aid of Henri Lavigne, Wycliffe Manor's smooth-talking rake. Intent on saving his new home and family from danger, Henri is drawn to the clergyman's guileless daughter but wonders if she hasn't reason to conceal the killer's identity. Before there will be any courting, much less marrying, the inhabitants of the manor realize if they want a chance at a future, they must hunt the killer themselves. But are they hunting one murderer. . . or more? GRAVESYDE PRIORY MYSTERY BOOKSBook #1 The Secrets of Wycliffe ManorBook #2 The Mystery of the Missing HeiressBook #3 The Bones in the Orchard

"A passionate, sensual, and romantic adventure."-RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 stars"Delicious romance and delightful characters."-Booklist Lady Sin is an innocent; Sir Trevelyan is far from itLady Lucinda Malcolm Childe has an uncanny talent for painting pictures that predict future events. When her prize painting of an imaginary romantic hero is displayed in an art gallery, however, it's declared to be the portrait of a murderer at the scene of a crime, and becomes the scandal of the season.Sir Trevelyan Rochester has taken down bloodthirsty pirates, captured French privateers, even gained a commendation from the king. Yet now the whole country is convinced he's a cold-blooded killer-because of a painting. If there's anyone he's ever wanted to murder, it's Lady Lucinda. But somehow the woman bewitches him like no other, and soon he finds he can't bear the thought of letting her go...MAGICAL MALCOLM SERIES IN ORDERMerely MagicMust Be MagicThe Trouble With MagicThis Magic MomentMuch Ado About MagicMagic Man

"Rice has a magical touch for creating fascinating plots, delicious romance, and delightful characters."-Booklist"You can always count on Patricia Rice for an entertaining story with just the right mix of romance, humor, and emotion."-The Romantic Reader Can the hopes of a lonely laird be answered by a vicar's daughter with magic in her hands?Convinced he brings destruction wherever he goes, enigmatic Aidan Dougal is alienated from a family he can never call his own. For such a man, affection is impossible and marriage out of the question. Even asking for help is beyond him. . . until a callous enemy forces him to accept assistance from a young woman whose beauty and strange enchantments turn his cool composure into red-hot passion.Left homeless by the death of her adopted parents, Mora Abbott is not the meek vicar's daughter she appears to be. Inside, she seethes with a desire to live life fully and embrace the magical talents she's only beginning to discover. Aidan stirs more than her soul, but he presents a formidable challenge. . .and unless he is willing to open his heart and explore the potential of their combined powers, their attraction can never blossom into the full flower of love.MAGICAL MALCOLM SERIES IN ORDERMerely MagicMust Be MagicThe Trouble With MagicThis Magic MomentMuch Ado About MagicMagic Man

"Rice has a magical touch for creating fascinating plots, delicious romance, and delightful characters..." - BooklistAs a second son, Lord Harry Winchester indulges in a carefree, comfortable life- until the unusual death of his brother and father bestows upon him a dukedom plagued with a crumbling family manor and hungry debtors. What's a desperate duke to do but marry the wealthy lady betrothed to him since childhood? Lady Christina Malcolm Childe's magical gift of reading auras reveals, to her dismay, that her laughing Harry has recently become a dark and bitter man. She must find out why. . .before the worm-eaten floors of his manor collapse beneath her feet. Until Harry learns to love her truly, this willful Malcolm refuses to consummate their marriage. No matter how tempting he proves to be.... MAGICAL MALCOLM SERIES IN ORDERMerely MagicMust Be MagicThe Trouble With MagicThis Magic MomentMuch Ado About MagicMagic Man

Poison, passion, pandemoniumAnastasia Devlin is a genius at organizing her eccentric family and her online clients, but she seriously doesn't have time for playing detective.Then her super-geeky teenage brother Tudor claims his hacker worm has escaped and is chewing through the Internet. This, followed by the news that the executives of a major computer company have croaked from exotic fish poison, sets Ana's danger radar pinging. Soon, Tudor is running from government agents, a trained assassin, and corporate spies.Tudor's worm might have led to murder, but Ana's landlord--the infuriatingly competent Amadeus Graham--could take the fall. Before long, Ana has four bodies, dozens of suspects, and more trouble than she can count. On top of which, the Internet is on the brink of collapse.Finally Ana gets more than a glimpse of sexy Graham, the enigmatic tycoon who holds the family's inheritance hostage. But this time, she holds the trump card and is about to secure their future--if she lives long enough. FAMILY GENIUS SERIES IN ORDER: Evil Genius, Undercover Genius, Cyber Genius, Twin Genius, Twisted Genius

In "What is Life All About?" Michael presents a compendium of poems written between 1972 and 2017. The poems are divided into two broad categories - poems dealing with life's challenges and poems dealing with relationships. The poems provide a glimpse into Michael's soul as he struggles with the meaning of life.

"The interactions between Ana and the mysterious Amadeus are delightful. The ending will leave readers longing for more stories about this captivating heroine and her gifted half-siblings." - Romantic Times Book Reviews Call her a petite princess or a paranoid neurotic, either way, Anastasia Devlin has the instincts of a chameleon. She can disappear into the woodwork, share tea with a queen, or flatten a thug with one swift kick, but what she really wants is to provide her dysfunctional younger siblings with the security of the home she's been denied.Instead, she discovers her grandfather has died without the family being notified, his mansion has been usurped by a stranger who never leaves the third floor, and her grandfather's executor has absconded to the Caribbean with the proceeds of their inheritance. If murder hasn't already been committed, she might perpetrate one herself-starting with the annoying spy in the attic.To avoid murder, she makes a pact with the devil who apparently now owns the home she is determined to win back. While she searches for the absconding lawyer and the real murderer of the senator's aide, she will help their landlord locate a mysterious Cambodian-until oddly, the threads of all three mysteries begin to twine together, and someone is intent on cutting the cord before Ana comes too close to finding the answers."This thought-provoking story includes a convoluted mystery and some fascinating characters. The interactions between Ana and the mysterious Amadeus are delightful. The ending will leave readers longing for more stories about this captivating heroine and her gifted half-siblings." 4 stars -Susan Mobley, RT Book Reviews

Bestselling author Patricia Rice offers the next book in her Regency historical mystery series...Wycliffe Manor, a magnet for murder... On a long-delayed errand to remote Wycliffe Manor, ex-Lieutenant Jack de Sackville stumbles across the murdered body of London dandy, Basil Culpepper, in the hedgerow, a long way from his usual haunts. To Jack's dismay, he discovers the earl's daughter Culpepper ruined hiding in Wycliffe's kitchen. Disguised as a lowly cook, Lady Elspeth Villiers may have liked to shoot Culpepper for ruining her life, but she dropped out of sight for more immediate reasons than an old scandal-her wealth has become the focus of greedy men. The arrival of Jack, the man she's adored since childhood, along with Culpepper's corpse, mean her hiding place is no longer safe. But once Lady Elsa reveals herself to the unconventional inhabitants of Wycliffe Manor, they become the protective family she has never known. Outraged to learn the beautiful woman he once loved and lost has become a target of greed, Jack joins the investigation into Culpepper's death. With a murderer on the loose, the amateur sleuths must unravel a deadly tangle of kidnappers and counterfeiters or the Manor's eccentric inhabitants will be in as much danger as their cook.

The mystic Isle of Aelynn slowly gravitates toward the same disastrous fate as revolutionary Europe-its survival depends on returning an elusive treasure... With her home torn by the loss of their spiritual leader, Lissandra Olympus, the heir apparent, seeks the help of the one man who might save them- renegade warrior Murdoch LeDroit. But Murdoch has turned his back on those who feared his extraordinary psychic powers and rejected him. Besides, reigniting the combustible passion between him and Lissandra would only expose her to the dangerous forces that shadow him. But if they want to protect Aelynn from destruction and chaos, they must work together to retrieve the magical key to its survival-the Chalice of Plenty. Only then can Murdoch ever hope to become the ruler Aelynn needs-and only then if Lissandra agrees to become his lover.

The prequel to NYT bestselling author Patricia Rice's Rebellious Sons series: Christmas in Ireland, where the gifts aren't always purchased. . . Penniless spinster Honora Hoyt has carved a safe niche in London society as her noble uncle's hostess -until an old flame re-enters her life, threatening her hard-earned security. Evan, Lord Meath, abandoned his pampered life-and Honora-after a reckless gamble left him lame and disillusioned. Now he's hoping to perform a good deed for once-but here's Honora again, desirable, maddening, and in his way. It looks like he's about to wreck his good intentions, and Honora's too. Again. In the season of peace, can they resolve their conflicts and find the joy and love that each secretly craves?

The disappearance of the sacred chalice has brought disastrous weather and volcanic eruptions to the island of Aelynn. Ian Olympus, Aelynn's powerful leader, must venture outside the only home he's known to find the cup and save his people. Chantal Deveau has used her gift of music to write impassioned anthems for the Revolution and lullabies for her niece. But as the mobs grow more violent, the sensual timbre of a handsome stranger in a monk's robes call more seductively than her music. It's as if she's never heard music-or known raw sexuality-before... Ian's visions have revealed that his intended mate is linked to him through the missing chalice. But even his gift for reading the stars could not predict his shattering attraction to a woman not of his world. Now Ian must choose between desire and duty-

Aelynn, a tropical island veiled from human sight, magically protects a sacred chalice. When a beautiful maiden washes ashore from the outside world and steals the chalice, she sets in motion dangerous and far-reaching consequences... Trystan l'Enforcer is Aelynn's powerful guardian. To guarantee the isle's safety, he plans to marry into a magically powerful family. His ambition is thwarted when his ship carries a sultry beauty onto the island's hidden shores. She stirs a carnal hunger that risks everything he is and must be...and now he must work with her to recover Aelynn's most sacred object before chaotic forces can destroy paradise

The Pirate and the Princess Nora Adams believes she is only a schoolteacher and a poor seaman's widow until the day she inherits a fortune, and her mother sends her to London to deliver a mysterious message to a newly arrived foreign princess--who looks much like Nora. Once Princess Elena receives Nora's missive, she steals Nora's identity and vanishes. Left adrift in unfamiliar waters wearing ill-fitting royal shoes, Nora determinedly sets out in search of the real royal. Nick Atherton long ago retired from his villainous life of piracy, but he's dragged out of his role as fashionable fribble to protect the princess--or the false princess. Nick would far rather seduce the comely widow, but to do so, he must dodge French spies and pursue misbehaving royalty. For the fate of a nation, Devil Nick takes to the high seas again, but will that cost him the only woman he could ever love?Joan Hammond, RT Reviews 4 1/2 star Top Pick: "a delightfully delicious, sensual gem of a read"Rebellious Sons series in order: Prequel novella: Incomparable Lord MeathBook #1 Wicked WyckerlyBook #2 Devilish MontagueBook #3 Notorious AthertonBook #4 Formidable Lord Quentin

This is the second study in Michael Williams' "Inequality" series that investigates income inequality in the United States. The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 laid bare inequality issues related to health care as more than 40 million people lost their jobs during the 2020 pandemic and many lost their health care insurance along with their jobs. Several police killings during this time incited riots as the frustration of many rose to the surface. Reminiscent of riots from the 1960s, the United States needs to address inequality or this violence could continue. In this study Michael draws upon his 35 years of professional experience to relate inequality to income taxes, the federal debt and economic growth. In "Inequality and Personal Income Taxes, The Mirage of Progressive Tax Rates in the United States," Michael makes recommendations to improve income inequality by broadening the income tax base, simplifying the U.S. federal tax code, and eliminating preferential income tax treatment while allocating additional funds to health care and education. He draws from the U.S. Constitution to focus his recommendations.

Less income inequality portends less poverty and a healthier population which provides benefits to the US. Greater income inequality provides the wealthy with greater influence on the political process and over those less well-off. Greater income inequality also provides the young wealthy with a better chance to succeed than their poorer counterparts.In "U.S. Inequality & Economic Growth, A Call for a Deeper Dive" Michael analyzes the relationship between income inequality and economic growth. U.S. GDP is the indicator for U.S. economic growth while the Gini coefficient is the inequality metric. Data spans the period 1944 to 2016 and the major finding is the following: as income inequality gets more unequal, the rate of economic growth slows.

"Patricia Rice employs wicked wit and sizzling sensuality to turn the battle of the sexes into a magical romp." -Mary Jo Putney, NYT Bestselling authorCan a cynical scientist and an illogical enchantress find happiness?Lady Ninian Malcolm Siddons, a healer and herbalist, has dedicated her life to the welfare of her ancestral Northumberland village. Both her class and calling have isolated her from companionship and love. But according to legend, her beloved village cannot thrive without a magical Malcolm in residence.Drogo Ives, Earl of Ives and Wystan, cares only for honor, science, and reason--unlike his unruly brothers and the illogical and untrustworthy female of the species. Love and marriage are two unknowns he has no desire to explore. His married brother can inherit.But fate and Drogo's meddling stepsister bring Drogo and Ninian together for one night...with shattering consequences. Having dealt with the inconvenient result of his father's bastards, Drogo has vowed to marry any woman who carries his child-and now the irresistible Ninian does. Only, the last time a Malcolm married an Ives, disaster destroyed Wystan and both their families. With all the odds against them, can they find a place where science and mystery meet, and build a bridge into a future where love saves both their families and their homes?MAGICAL MALCOLM SERIES IN ORDERMerely MagicMust Be MagicTrouble With MagicThis Magic MomentMuch Ado About MagicMagic Man

¿¿Be wary of what you wish for. . .Award-winning author Patricia Rice brings you the first of a light-hearted Regency romantic mystery series set in Wycliffe Manor...n Regency England:The descendant of adventuring-dead-aristocrats, Clarissa Knightley supplements a modest inheritance by penning gothic novels that cost more than they earn. Upon learning that she has mysteriously inherited a share of an earl's estate, she rashly packs up her household. In remote Gravesyde Priory, she hopes to find a safe haven and family who will welcome her and her young nephew.Instead, she discovers a drunken American army captain, his African servant, and ancient, surly caretakers. Terrified, prepared to flee, Clare is lured to linger by the prospect of secret diaries, hidden jewels, and an increasingly intriguing man. Then a killer strikes.The crumbling manor's ominous and baffling history offers fascinating fodder for Clare's horror novels-if only she can survive real-life madmen and a spectral murderer who may seek the jewels at any price.

NYT bestselling author Patricia Rice presents the sixth book of the Psychic Solutions Mystery series: What happens when the solutions aren't sensible?Head of the Sensible Solutions Agency Evangeline Malcolm Carstairs doesn't have time to puzzle out why a film production's animals have gone berserk. She is about to be married. In a week. Although she probably should find the film's missing animal handler. That's where her cousin, veterinarian Idonea Malcolm comes in. Iddy reads animal minds.Iddy has an animal clinic bursting at the seams and no patience with hysterical actors, until sexy Cade Garcia, the film's annoying line producer, offers enough cash to expand her clinic if she helps find the missing trainer. But hardheaded Cade is skeptical when Evie and Iddy claim a poltergeist haunts the animals. . .With everyone on the crew, including Cade, a suspect, a wedding looming, and bulls on the loose, Evie and Iddy must rely on help from ghosts and sheep to sort through the lies of unreliable actors to discover the truth-before anyone else dies.

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An Irish rogue and a duke's daughter should have nothing in common except trouble... Though enchanted by the selfless beauty of a duke's granddaughter, Michael is a man of many names but none his own and has wisely kept his distance. But two years after the disastrous fire that brought Lady Blanche Perceval into his life, he is saddled with a lost, lying Irish waif and needs a woman's understanding aid. To his dismay, the generous lady he remembers now despises him for deserting her when she needed him most. Blanche has inherited all the wealth and responsibility of a dukedom, even if it is her cousin who wears the title. Forced to rely on her men of business to help her make decisions since she has no experience or knowledge of her own, she is at constant odds with the new duke who wishes to marry her for the sake of the estate. When the irresistible and unreliable Michael O'Toole materializes in her life to enlist her care for another of the abandoned orphans he's rescued as he once did for her, Blanche doesn't know whether to kill him or kiss him. After terrorists blow up her carriage, it becomes apparent that running away might be the best choice of all, but can they survive the pitfalls of their impossible attraction? Regency Nobles series: Book #1: Genuine Article Book #2: The Marquess Book #3: English Heiress Book #4: Irish Duchess "Finally, Michael O'Toole! I?ve been waiting for his story ever since I read Patricia Rice's The Marquess years ago. Michael and his delicious duke's granddaughter demonstrate why bad boys are best!" Mary Jo Putney, author of No Longer a Gentleman

Take one dead FBI agent, one ghostbuster, one skeptical lawyer, add an octogenarian mob, and stir. . . Fraud lawyer Jax Ives and ghostbuster Evie Malcolm Carstairs want to take their relationship to the next level, but their increasingly hectic lives intervene. Evie's Sensible Solutions Agency's first big job is to determine if a recently deceased FBI agent financed her retirement with computer crime. Evie's eccentric hacker team talk tech, but only Evie can hear the haunting tale the agent's ghost has to tell. Soon she and her team are investigating potentially murderous octogenarians-despite Jax's warnings. But when Jax's brilliant, OCD, and deeply introverted sister shocks him by helping his anarchic best friend uncover the dangerous mastermind behind a phone-scam targeting senior citizens, Jax has to add his legal expertise to avert disaster. With ghosts and senior citizens demanding justice, antediluvian conmen on the loose, and Evie, Jax, and cohorts stirring the pot-the apocalypse might be safer than the impending granny revolution!

Someone is murdering lawyers, and their ghosts are demanding justice.Evangeline Malcolm Carstairs has never used her weird ghost-talking skills outside her hometown of Afterthought, South Carolina. But her young ward's co-guardian-and the only man who almost understands her-has vanished out west while communing with cactus, and she's not about to parent alone. After learning his biological parents lived under an alias, criminal fraud lawyer Damon Ives "Jax" Jackson has gone in search of his roots, desperate to know if he's descended from crooks. Just as he uncovers a potential murder, his bewitching co-trustee Evie arrives, and his key witness, a lawyer, drops dead. Knowing Evie can't leave a ghost alone, Jax returns with his too-inquisitive partner to Afterthought and the eccentric assortment of friends and family who can shield her from whatever forces he's unleashed. But wherever Evie goes, disturbed spirits follow. When still another lawyer is killed, she must coax the truth from his raging ghost. But are her shaky skills up to the challenge? And will she live long enough to understand her abilities. . . and Jax?