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Flames of Glory
Two women--Marie, the daughter of a Cuban chef at a luxury hotel, and Sarilla, a wealthy, bored beauty--must make a difficult decision about love amid the turmoil of the Spanish American War
539 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1982
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Patricia Matthews
91 books23 followersPatricia Anne Klein Ernst Brisco Matthews
aka Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews, Laura Wylie, Denise Matthews
Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on 1 July 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA, the daughter of Gladys Gable and Roy Oliver Ernst. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Associated Students by the California State College.
In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved to Arizona, they had two sons: Michael Arvie and David Roy. By 1961, the marriage had ended in divorce. Focused on her writing career, she returned to California, where she met the writer Clayton Matthews in a local writers' group. After Matthews divorced his first wife, he and Patricia married in 3 November 1972 and lived near San Diego.
She started to write poetry, juvenile books, a play, fantasy and mystery short stories, which she signed under different names: Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. Using the names Patty Brisco and Pat Brisco, she wrote gothic novels.
When the market for gothic novels softened, at the suggestion of the Clayton's agent, Jay Garon, she began to write romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews in 1976. She become a popular writer, called "American's First Lady of Historical Romance". She and her husband also collaborated on several romance and suspense novels using the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. She and her husband wrote five Casey Farrell mystery novels together, and she wrote three on her own, the Thumbprint Mysteries, set in the American South, westat the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.
Her husband Clayton died in 25 March 2004. Patricia Anne Brisco Matthews died at 5:30 a.m. 7 December 2006 in the familiar house of Brisco in Arizona.
aka Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews, Laura Wylie, Denise Matthews
Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on 1 July 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA, the daughter of Gladys Gable and Roy Oliver Ernst. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Associated Students by the California State College.
In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved to Arizona, they had two sons: Michael Arvie and David Roy. By 1961, the marriage had ended in divorce. Focused on her writing career, she returned to California, where she met the writer Clayton Matthews in a local writers' group. After Matthews divorced his first wife, he and Patricia married in 3 November 1972 and lived near San Diego.
She started to write poetry, juvenile books, a play, fantasy and mystery short stories, which she signed under different names: Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. Using the names Patty Brisco and Pat Brisco, she wrote gothic novels.
When the market for gothic novels softened, at the suggestion of the Clayton's agent, Jay Garon, she began to write romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews in 1976. She become a popular writer, called "American's First Lady of Historical Romance". She and her husband also collaborated on several romance and suspense novels using the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. She and her husband wrote five Casey Farrell mystery novels together, and she wrote three on her own, the Thumbprint Mysteries, set in the American South, westat the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.
Her husband Clayton died in 25 March 2004. Patricia Anne Brisco Matthews died at 5:30 a.m. 7 December 2006 in the familiar house of Brisco in Arizona.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
May 26, 2016
Meh. Yawn. Blah.
Stilted dialogue, hamfisted infodumps, annoying self-righteous hero with a slut-shaming complex that makes him sound more like a woman than a dude...no thanks. The setting is unusual for a historical romance, but that's not enough to save it.
Nope.
...But I've read worse (unfortunately), so standard 2-star DNF.
Stilted dialogue, hamfisted infodumps, annoying self-righteous hero with a slut-shaming complex that makes him sound more like a woman than a dude...no thanks. The setting is unusual for a historical romance, but that's not enough to save it.
Nope.
...But I've read worse (unfortunately), so standard 2-star DNF.
June 10, 2016
Not egregiously awful or offensively bad, just dull and uninspired.
November 1, 2021
Interesting setting that got me to read some background history on the Rough Riders, TR, and the Spanish American war. Otherwise, the characters are pretty one dimensional and the search for Aztec gold at the end was bizarre. It felt like two books bolted together.
October 24, 2017
Hmm, more 2,5 stars for me.
Shallow characters, the villain was actually more in depth described than the other characters.
The historical setting was nice for a change though.
Shallow characters, the villain was actually more in depth described than the other characters.
The historical setting was nice for a change though.
December 2, 2025
If i could i would give this book 2 1/2 stars. I just thought the writing style in places was to simplistic!
October 21, 2016
Learned a little about this period. But the author kept jumping from one predictable theme to the next.
September 9, 2021
Enjoyed this book a lot Jessica Manning and Maria Mendes, How Jessica was kidnapped by Bill Kroger
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