The Dark Lord - Softcover

Simpson, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765348616 ISBN 13: 9780765348616

Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance, 2005

Synopsis

Fay Rae has spent her life protecting her sister Angie from a family secret. When she inherits a house from her mentor, Thomas Gregory, she discovers he may have been murdered, and that the souvenir deck of cards from her Egyptian vacation may be the Forbidden Tarot, able to call forth a demon.   

With the cards come two men. Dangerously appealing Simeon with his promise of a better life, and Thomas' son Michael, a brooding, wounded man whom she secretly loved as a girl. Soon, Rae and her sister find themselves in danger, and Rae must face her darkest fear. But this time she refuses to be a helpless victim in the grip of a "giant beast". . . 

The Dark Lord of the tarot has arrived. Rae must figure out who he is and how she can stop him before she loses her heart, her sister, and her life. 

About this title

About the Author:

Until recently, Patricia Simpson hailed from the moody shores of the Puget Sound, where writing paranormal suspense novels was a natural consequence of living in the mist and rain. When not at home, Ms. Simpson could be found shaking out her bumbershoot at the local Starbucks Coffee House.

Since her marriage to a Scotsman (yes, a real livewire Scot just like those heroes in her novels!), she now resides in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California, where she is learning to rollerblade and is rediscovering the sun.

From Booklist:

Fae Ray Lambers is stunned to receive a mysterious video made by her friend, Thomas Gregory, shortly before his demise, a video that may well reveal the true cause of his death. She could use help investigating, but her sister, Angie, has enough problems, and Thomas's son, Michael, still bears a grudge against her and his father. New suitor Simeon Avare is willing to assist, but Fae begins to question his intentions. All she knows for sure is that odd occurrences were set in motion when she and Angie found an old deck of Egyptian tarot cards. A longtime favorite, Simpson launches a new Forbidden Tarot series. Although the pace is at times slow, the plotting and world building are solid, and offer what most expect in a first-in-a-series book: a lot of groundwork but a lot of promise and intrigue for the books to come. Equal parts fantasy and romance, the story should also find cross-genre favor. Nina Davis
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About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Paranormal Romance
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0765348616
• ISBN 13: 9780765348616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384