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 WARRIOR, her forty-sixth book and the third of her Mystic Isle trilogy (Signet Eclipse, July 2009) Ms. Rice returns to a Europe torn by revolution, where the fate of the nearby Mystic Isle of Aelynn falls into question—its survival dependent on an elusive treasure and a man who has been banished for his erratic powers…

Patricia Rice's emotionally-charged contemporary and historical romances have won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice and Career Achievement Awards; she is currently nominated for two Romantic Times BookReviews 2008 awards.  In addition to receiving 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.

Be sure to visit Patricia's bookshelf and read a free sample of Merely Magic , the first in her historical romance series about the magical Malcom witches and irascible Ives men.