Volcano

Tales of Love & Mystery #4

by Patricia Rice

Arriving on the beautiful tropical island of St. Lucia on a business trip, Penelope Albright is stunned when she is accused of smuggling drugs, until she is rescued by Charlie Smith, a sexy stranger claiming to be her husband, who wants her to help him investigate the disappearance of his partner. Original.

Genres: Romance

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

With several million books in print and New York Times and USA Today's bestseller lists under her belt, former CPA Patricia Rice writes emotionally-charged contemporary and historical romances which have won numerous awards, including the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice and Career Achievement Awards.

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 for good reason, Patricia Rice is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children. A native of Kentucky and New York, a past resident of North Carolina and Missouri, she currently resides in Southern California, and now does accounting only for herself.

She also writes under the pen name Jamie Quaid

Reviews

[Margaret A · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Patricia's books are the best! There are so many twists and turns along with the romance you can't wait to see what comes next!

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of this book is really two stars, but the second half more than made up for it. I'm not sure why I found the first half so dull. There is plenty of action and fast-paced adventure on a Caribbean island, the characters are well-drawn and the opposite of insipid, the dialogue so-so perhaps, but the descriptions of the island great - and yet it didn't quite come together for me. There was no investment on my part until well into the second half of the book. By that time I was really pulling for Charlie and hoping he would be successful in all his endeavors and Penelope had become a bit more human and less abrasive, although during the first part of the book I was cheering HER on and more sympathetic to her plight than Charlie's. There are two great sub-plot romances going on here, too, so it should have been perfect, but somehow it just didn't grab me the way Blue Clouds did.

[Jessica · Rating 1 out of 5]

So we open with the heroine whining about how men done her wrong and none of them should be trusted. Then the hero graciously saves her from a situation I imagine he created, manhandled her, and then what made me know there was no way this was happening-" a good jolly rogering right now which suits him more than fine. " who talks like that?! Dnf by page eleven