Bøger af Patricia Simpson

When the sister of model citizen Joanna Wilder goes missing, Joanna must turn to the dark side and trust a doctor who is hiding a secret that could destroy her... Five days before Joanna Wilder's wayward sister Eva becomes the responsibility of a government-selected husband, Eva vanishes. Desperate, Joanna enlists the help of Gabriel Stone, a Londo City doctor and the last person to see Eva alive. While Joanna searches for her sister, she is trampled in a riot. She drags her broken body to the doctor's clinic and collapses, barely clinging to life. Her fate is now in Gabriel's hands. He must make a life and death decision: let her live-a changed being of undiscovered powers and not entirely human-or let her die. Gabriel chooses life, but in so doing, takes away Joanna's freedom of choice. Will Joanna damn Gabriel for playing God with her life, or will her new powers be the secret to defeating the cruel overlord that rules Londo City? For Joanna, playing by the rules is over-forever. AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you like Victorian London, gothic stories, vampires who are more than just bloodthirsty monsters, slow-to-burn romances, strong female leads, colorful sidekicks and snarky villains, you will enjoy this book.

Pastor Patricia Simpson shares her personal story of adversity, triumph and victory. After reading her story, you will say "Me Too" and see what we're not that much different.

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.

Marissa Quinn, a feisty hard-riding rancher from Montana, believes her sister has met with foul play in Seattle. So she sets out to rescue her sister, never guessing what awaits her in the Big City, and never dreaming she'll finally meet her match... ...in a domineering warrior from 285 B.C.!

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…

In a dark and twisted version of Victorian England, Joanna Wilder moonlights as an unsanctioned apothecary who treats the ailments of her fellow citizens. But there is no cure for her sister's waywardness. When irresponsible Eva disappears five days before her government-arranged wedding, Joanna risks her life and reputation to search for her sister in the treacherous streets of Londo City. She is determined to see Eva married off. Only then will Joanna be free to live life for herself. During her search, Joanna discovers the last place Eva was seen was a medical clinic, run by enigmatic Dr. Gabriel Stone. Something about the doctor isn't right. But Joanna must place her trust in him when she is badly trampled in a riot started by Eva and her rebel lover. As Joanna lies dying, Gabriel is forced to make a life and death decision: let nature take its course or try an untested medical procedure. Secretly in love with her, he undertakes the procedure. Overnight, Joanna starts to change into something not quite human. As Joanna hatches a risky plan to save Eva and her rebel lover from the noose, she uncovers secret after secret about her sister, her own newfound powers and the dark world she lives in-but most of all about the doctor who has played God with her life. She may never forgive him.

Detective Chief Inspector Justin Mortmain is bored, waiting for injuries, sustained in the line of duty, to heal. Frustrated, he goes for a run hoping to prove his ability to return to work. Near the halfway point of his route, he discovers the body of a young woman,Having found her, Justin feels duty bound to discover her killer. He requests permission to investigate her death and this is the focus of his first case leading a Major Crime Unit team.Haunted by the corruption of their former senior investigating officer, then being placed under the authority of an officer they do not respect or like has left the team disillusioned and demotivated. A difficult situation Justin must resolve.Can he draw the team back into the successful unit it was?After the betrayal that injured him, is Justin prepared to make the attempt?The murder investigation acts as a catalyst for him and the team, but there is one deep, dark secret about Justin's past which could blow the whole thing apart ...

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.