Patricia Simpson: 18 books

Patricia Simpson will delight historical fiction fans with this tale of intrigue and passion! Sophie Vernet’s first trip to London is a disaster. She is accused of killing a man. Her mistress, who is slated to marry an English earl, dies in a fire. And a London constable aims to see her hang....

Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700) was canonized in 1982. Patricia Simpson goes beyond myth and hagiography to explore Bourgeoys's dream of establishing a radically new religious community of women, recounting her thirty-year struggle to obtain official recognition for the Congrégation of Notre-Dame....

The mysterious lives of gargoyles. They don’t just hang out on buildings. They right wrongs. They wreak havoc. And they change the lives of unsuspecting people who never see them coming. ON A WING AND A PRAYER BY Kay Keppler (Humorous Contemporary) The hero... Craig knows that...

As the host of a popular TV show, Tara Lewis has learned to control every aspect of her life. But all that changes when she goes to Scotland to get married and encounters a time-traveling knight intent upon stopping the wedding. Tara is not accustomed to roadblocks. Or to idealistic Knight...

Christmas at the bungalow near St. Benedict Winery. Nothing could be worse. But Jessica Ward can't let her reclusive father spend the holidays alone. She leaves California for the misty hills of Washington State, and literally drives up memory lane. It was here in these hills her mother left...

Alek, a fierce warrior from ancient Gaul, is thrust into present day Seattle when he is forced to participate in a Druid ritual. He is immediately imprisoned by the scientist who has brought him into the modern world. But Alek is not the only one being held prisoner.Marissa Quinn, a feisty...

Karissa Spencer is an up-and-coming artist who has made a name for herself sculpting cats. House cats, tigers, lions--but most of all sleek black panthers. She is driven to mold the beautiful black animal because as a teenager, she saw something horrible happen in an ancient Egyptian temple while...

From the moment Camille Avery steps off the bus on the edge of a Washington State Indian reservation, she knows she's made a mistake. Maybe taking a leave of absence to illustrate her friend Barbara's book isn't such a good idea. To make matters worse, Barbara is nowhere to be found. But Barbara's...

A deafening computer surge, a burst of lasers, and he appeared. Was he a hologram, a bizarre energy filed endowed with manly mass? Or was he, as Jamie Kent dreaded, the ghost of Hazard MacAllister, legendary Scots Bluebeard, incarnate? For flesh he was--over six towering feet of alarmingly...

After a car accident steals two years of her life, Jade Brennan returns to her family's grand hotel in Seattle, struggling to pull her life back together so she can reclaim her young daughter. The last thing she needs is the sexy scoundrel she unwittingly resurrects from 1886! And that's...

Veronique has lived on the streets of Londo since she was eight years old. Cold. Hungry. In constant danger of being arrested. Three days before her eighteenth birthday, she sees an announcement for auditions for a new Citizen Symphony. This is her big chance. She might be a rough-edged street rat,...

Rose Quennel's painting studio becomes a place of danger and desire the day Taylor Wolfe arrives with his walking cane and his strange blindness. Could he be the night creature who has taken possession of Rose's dreams, or is there something else haunting Brierwood?Rose is the last...

Chosen to marry a complete stranger, Elspeth Shutterhouse must enter the marriage machine, which will destroy her ambitions, dull her personality, and turn her into a drone. Instead of following the dictates of her repressive society, Elspeth puts everything on the line to destroy the machine. But...

Escaping from her desert prison, Amara flags down the first rescue option she sees. She will do anything to save her wounded companion and the precious cargo she carries, even if it means dealing with a crusty bitter man. The crusty bitter man is Max Griffin, a millionaire entrepreneur striving...