Phoenix

by Patricia Simpson

When vampire Overseers execute Eva Wilder Paar's commissioner husband for treason. she is thrown out of her lavish home and stripped of everything. She has nowhere to go but a shack on the beach. There she finds a shipwrecked Croatian, who has come from abroad to kill the vampires of Londo City, including the devil who killed her husband. Will she help him? Eva flat out refuses. She is done with risky decisions—and men.

But as Eva waits for the train back to Londo City, she recognizes her estranged sister in a line of prisoners. She knows the horrible fate her sister will face, and all because of her own rash decisions long ago. Eva has to do something. But what? Stay and rescue Joanna? Ask the vampire killer for help? They could all die...

Eva must find the courage to battle the vampires who overrun her tiny seaside village, uncover the horrific secret of the Port Pennwood processing facility and vanquish the evil that stalks her sister and now her.

This could be Eva’s chance to redeem herself—or the worst decision she’s ever made.

AUTHOR'S If you like dark Victorian settings, heroines with room to grow, street-smart urchins, heroes with big hearts, ruthless vampire villains, genuine love stories, ongoing characters you loved and hated in the other books of the series, English coastal villages, secret tunnels, moody moors and dangerous sea caves, you will enjoy this book.

408 pages, Paperback

Published February 2, 2020

About the author

Patricia Simpson grew up in the wilderness of Western Montana, where it meant a 3-1/2 hour drive just to buy shoes. When she was young, the iPod hadn't yet been invented, and there were no radio stations in the area, so on the many long drives for shoes, Patricia amused herself by reading novels or creating her own stories in her head. She was encouraged to write by her sister, who always asked to be read what she had written so far that day, her Egyptian-born English teacher in junior high, and then again by a creative writing professor at the University of Washington. Instead of seeking a writing degree, Patricia chose to pursue a BA in Art and has worked as a graphic artist/web developer at the University of Washington since 1982. Patricia still enjoys painting almost as much as she loves to write.

Ms Simpson has won numerous awards for her fiction, including Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, Career Achievement Award, and has been a finalist in the RITA awards and for Best Indie Paranormal of the Year.

Her Scottish husband encourages her to accompany him on his frequent business trips around the world, and whenever possible Patricia goes with him to scope out spooky historical places to use as the settings of her books.