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Matthews, Patricia Anne was born on July 1, 1927 in San Fernando, California, United States. Daughter of Roy Oliver and Gladys (Gable) Ernst.
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It's a harsh life for beautiful young Laura Purcell, living on the California coast in the 1880's with her tyrannical father. Her only hope is to escape with the man of her dreams - and when a traveling show comes through town, she thinks she has found him in handsome actor Nicolas Orlando. Intoxicated by his charm and passionate embrace, she runs off with him to New York and the vaudeville theater. But Nick has a fatal weakness for other women, and Laura's seemingly idyllic marriage soon collapses in tearful ruin. Left alone and penniless, she is forced to turn to an almost total stranger, Will Adams, to gain her post with Barnum & London Circus. Laura's many talents soon see her promoted to advertising manager and she feels she has finally found true happiness in Will Adam's arms. Then Nick reappears and threatens her with a secret that can destroy all she holds dear - unless she submits to his demands...
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(Catharine "Cat" Carnahan grew up on the Erie Canal, worki...)
Catharine "Cat" Carnahan grew up on the Erie Canal, working side by side with her father on their boat, towing freight from Albany to Buffalo. Gutsy and independent, she holds her own with the roughnecks who work the canal, including the brutal, lascivious Simon Maphis. She has yet to discover her own passionate nature
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A tale of romance and adventure in the late 1800s follows the path of a courageous woman and her two daughters as they struggle to survive the hardships of Australia.
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(The magnificent saga of a woman swept up by passion and t...)
The magnificent saga of a woman swept up by passion and torn between two loves.
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(First appearing in "The Scent of Fear" and "Vision of Dea...)
First appearing in "The Scent of Fear" and "Vision of Death", Casey Farrel takes her adopted son, Donnie, to a rodeo. They witness a bull-rider get killed. Casey is drawn to investigate when she hears that the rider has the same surname as her own.
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The magnificent saga of a woman swept up by passion and torn between two loves. The violent sea threw them together only to tear them apart yet again... Out of a band of violent men, shipwreckers all, came Marianna Harper - a girl so unkempt that her budding beauty barely showed. In the deep fog of the night, she salvaged a delicate prize from the sea - Phillip Courtwright. The most beautiful man she had ever seen. Together they loved and to protect their love - and lives - they killed. Then, at Marianna's most desperate moment, into her life strode a new man, Captain Adam Street. As mighty as the ships he commanded, as passionate as Phillip was tender, as forceful as the love he gave - a man who swept Marianna up into the tides of love.
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Jobless, homeless, and flat broke, Casey Farrell is rendered defenseless to boot when she becomes the star witness in the investigation of the "Dumpster Killer" and the murderer targets her for murder.
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Matthews, Patricia Anne was born on July 1, 1927 in San Fernando, California, United States. Daughter of Roy Oliver and Gladys (Gable) Ernst.
Student, Pasadena Junior College, 1943-1944; student, California State University, Los Angeles, 1960.
With, California State University, 1959-1977.
(When a murder occurs during the bull-riding event at the ...)
(Jobless, homeless, and flat broke, Casey Farrell is rende...)
(Jobless, homeless, and flat broke, Casey Farrell is rende...)
(In her fourth case, Casey Farrell teams up with her lover...)
(A tale of romance and adventure in the late 1800s follows...)
(Catharine "Cat" Carnahan grew up on the Erie Canal, worki...)
(Temporarily staying with a grandfather he has never met b...)
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(First appearing in "The Scent of Fear" and "Vision of Dea...)
(She was young, beautiful, and suddenly all too vulnerable...)
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(The magnificent saga of a woman swept up by passion and t...)
(The magnificent saga of a woman swept up by passion and t...)
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(Book by Matthews, Patricia)
(1981, hardback, 242 pages.)
(Book by Matthews, Patricia)
(Historical romance)
(Historical Romance)
(Paperback)
(1848. America's most unforgettable era. As suffragettes b...)
Member Mystery Writers American, Romance Writers American, Sisters in Crime, Novelists Ink.
Married Marvin Owen Brisco, December 3, 1946 (divorced 1961). Children: Michael A. Brisco, David R. Brisco. Married Clayton Hartley Matthews, November 3, 1971.