Bøger udgivet af Patricia Simpson

Easy summer reading by award-winning author Patricia Simpson. Choose a love story from three of Patricia Simpson's novellas that have not been available in print before. From an Egyptian shape-shifter, to a young woman bucking the system in dystopian London, to a medieval sorceress hunting a French gargoyle, you'll find something to entertain you.

Reviewer's Choice Award Winner | Best Contemporary Fantasy of the Year For beautiful, independent Olivia Travanelle, redesigning the gardens of a historic Charleston estate is the job of her dreams. But as she gets to know her enigmatic and highly reclusive employer, Alexandre Chaubere, she finds herself drawn to his strangely powerful presence and seductive charms. Just when Olivia begins to revel in her newfound freedom and the hope for something more, her painful past comes back to haunt her. And when it does, Alexandre is forced to reveal a deep, dark secret of his own-one that stretches back through time and threatens to destroy the fiery love that could be theirs for the taking.

As a child, Karissa Spencer saw something happen in an Egyptian temple while a huge black panther watched, his tail flicking across the sand. And ever since, she can't get the image of the cat out of her mind. Although Karissa has a photographic memory, she can't remember anything else that occurred that fateful night. Many psychiatrists have tried to draw it out, but the truth lies hidden… …Until an elegant Egyptian man dressed in black asks her to help find the long-lost temple. The moment Mr. Asher walks into Karissa's artist studio, she is swept into a world of secrets, danger and love.

Veronique Dunn has lived on the streets of Londo City since she was eight years old-an orphan in constant danger of being arrested. Three days before her eighteenth birthday, she sees an audition announcement for a new Citizen Symphony. This is her big chance. She might be a rag-tag street rat, but she can play the piano like an angel. And in three days, she will be able to step out of the shadows. But staying out of trouble for three days is a real challenge. Her mentor is murdered. She discovers an agent of the Overseers is looking for her. Then thugs accost her, and mysterious Roman Brandt intervenes. He opens his opulent home to her, but forbids her to audition. The audition could be a trap.Veronique must decide what to do. Give up her dream? Or remain in the only real home she has ever known, with a man who might be the biggest threat of all. Her heart says stay. Her head says run…

When Dutch police tell American Leigh French that a mysterious potion killed her daughter, Leigh travels to Holland to search for answers. Why did two young women die in the rear garden of a house in Amsterdam? Was it suicide or homicide? This gripping account of journal entries, texts, emails and narrative chronicles the journey of a desperate mother struggling to make sense of the ultimate loss.