January 2008

With several million books in print and New York Times and USA Today's bestseller lists under her belt, former CPA Patricia Rice is one of romance's hottest authors. In MYSTIC RIDER, her forty-fifth book and the second of her Mystic Isle trilogy (Signet Eclipse, July 2008) Ms. Rice returns to the island of Aelynn.  Ever since the disappearance of the sacred chalice, the island has been plagued by extreme weather and volcanic eruptions. The island is doomed unless the precious chalice is recovered. And so it falls to Ian Olympus, Aelynn’s powerful leader, to venture into the outside world and reclaim the cup…

MYSTIC GUARDIAN, her forty-fourth book was released July 2007 by Signet Eclipse— thanks to an impenetrable fog barrier, the ancient island of Aelynn is invisible to anyone except the the mysteriously gifted people who live there until the day a beautiful Outsider washes up on shore, and the island’s Guardian must marry—or kill—her.

Patricia Rice's emotionally-charged contemporary and historical romances have won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice and Career Achievement Awards and the Bookrak Bestselling Paperback award. Her books have also been honored as Romance Writers of America RITA finalists in the historical, regency and contemporary categories.

A firm believer in happily-ever-after, Patricia Rice is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children. A native of Kentucky, a past resident of North Carolina, she currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri, and now does accounting only for herself. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and Novelists, Inc.

©2008 Patricia Rice

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