Bøker av Patricia M Bryce

Rachel Elliot's mother disappeared six weeks ago and already her father's remarried - to a woman only a few years older than Rachel herself. Celesta DuBreen insists Rachel accompany the newlyweds to New Orleans, to meet the rest of the DuBreens. Upon arriving at their hotel a series of odd little accidents begin to befall Rachel. After a particularly frightening/dangerous incident, and elderly Black woman urges Rachel to find a protector to save her life. Rachel finds private investigator Jacques Chevalier, a man who makes her feel safe. And so much more. Can Jacques Chevalier keep Rachel from the dangers that Celesta seems to be behind? What's the real reason Celesta DuBreen married a man so much older than herself? And what of the danger Jacques himself might be to Rachel?

When David Randell dies in a car crash, Missy is shocked--and relieved. The bastard tried to kill her, and succeeded in killing their unborn child. She can't even regret the death of his mistress, who'd been in the car with him.At the hospital, she meets Clay Feilding, the other woman's husband. Unlike her, he seems wracked with grief and Missy isn't sure how she feels about that. Jealous? Angry? Bitter? As fate draws them together, she works through her complicated emotions, and becomes genuinely fond of Clay's young son, Tim.With events pushing and pulling at them, protecting the child from the increasingly sordid mess becomes her primary goal. She can't do it without Clay, but that means trusting him and she finds herself hesitating.Because trusting Clay means trusting herself, and she's not sure she can.

Barbara Gowan knows she is an orphan, but the rest of her life is a mystery even to herself. Raised in convent schools ever since she was five, she has been isolated from the world at the wish of her Guardians. When she gets a scholarship to college, her life truly begins. She has bucked the system, refused to take the veil, and believes her Guardians wrath will be incurred.When she joins a cosplaying role-playing game she discovers levels to her life she didn't know existed. But will this prepare her for the reality to come? Who is she and what is the strange mark that she's believed to be a birthmark? Can she find the answers before her Guardians succeed in silencing her?