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Enchanted
Rebecca Trenton, a beautiful Englishwoman visiting her cousins, the legendary and mysterious Molyneux family, on the lush South Carolina island of Pirate's Bank in 1817, finds herself torn between love for two brothers and trapped in the foreboding secret of the enchanted island
533 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1987
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Patricia Matthews
91 books23 followersPatricia Anne Klein Ernst Brisco Matthews
aka Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews, Laura Wylie, Denise Matthews
Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on 1 July 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA, the daughter of Gladys Gable and Roy Oliver Ernst. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Associated Students by the California State College.
In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved to Arizona, they had two sons: Michael Arvie and David Roy. By 1961, the marriage had ended in divorce. Focused on her writing career, she returned to California, where she met the writer Clayton Matthews in a local writers' group. After Matthews divorced his first wife, he and Patricia married in 3 November 1972 and lived near San Diego.
She started to write poetry, juvenile books, a play, fantasy and mystery short stories, which she signed under different names: Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. Using the names Patty Brisco and Pat Brisco, she wrote gothic novels.
When the market for gothic novels softened, at the suggestion of the Clayton's agent, Jay Garon, she began to write romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews in 1976. She become a popular writer, called "American's First Lady of Historical Romance". She and her husband also collaborated on several romance and suspense novels using the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. She and her husband wrote five Casey Farrell mystery novels together, and she wrote three on her own, the Thumbprint Mysteries, set in the American South, westat the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.
Her husband Clayton died in 25 March 2004. Patricia Anne Brisco Matthews died at 5:30 a.m. 7 December 2006 in the familiar house of Brisco in Arizona.
aka Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco, Patty Brisco, Pat A. Brisco, Pat Brisco, Patricia Matthews, Laura Wylie, Denise Matthews
Patricia Anne Klein Ernst was born on 1 July 1927 in San Fernando, California, USA, the daughter of Gladys Gable and Roy Oliver Ernst. Her mother enrolled her in the famous Meglin Kiddies school, but she recorded only two of her songs professionally for one demo tape. She studied at California State University, Los Angeles, were she worked as secretary to the General Manager of Associated Students by the California State College.
In 21 December 1946, she married Marvin Owen Brisco and moved to Arizona, they had two sons: Michael Arvie and David Roy. By 1961, the marriage had ended in divorce. Focused on her writing career, she returned to California, where she met the writer Clayton Matthews in a local writers' group. After Matthews divorced his first wife, he and Patricia married in 3 November 1972 and lived near San Diego.
She started to write poetry, juvenile books, a play, fantasy and mystery short stories, which she signed under different names: Patricia Ernst, P.A. Brisco and Pat A. Brisco. Using the names Patty Brisco and Pat Brisco, she wrote gothic novels.
When the market for gothic novels softened, at the suggestion of the Clayton's agent, Jay Garon, she began to write romance novels under her second married name, Patricia Matthews in 1976. She become a popular writer, called "American's First Lady of Historical Romance". She and her husband also collaborated on several romance and suspense novels using the pseudonyms Laura Wylie and Laurie Wylie. She and her husband wrote five Casey Farrell mystery novels together, and she wrote three on her own, the Thumbprint Mysteries, set in the American South, westat the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers. With Denise Hrivnak, she also wrote under the pseudonym Denise Matthews.
Her husband Clayton died in 25 March 2004. Patricia Anne Brisco Matthews died at 5:30 a.m. 7 December 2006 in the familiar house of Brisco in Arizona.
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February 17, 2021
I got about 13 pages in when I realized that the love interests would be related to Rebecca. That's when I put the book down because one incest is gross and shouldn't be romanticized. And two I knew I wouldn't be able to enjoy the romance knowing this. The romance was why I picked this up so if I knew I wasn't going to enjoy it then, why would I waste my time on it? If I am wrong about the love interest being related to Rebecca let me know because I don't know for sure because I stopped reading the story early on.
December 19, 2012
liked it, but yet flipped through the pages often
July 27, 2025
Beware of toxic relatives! The h of this story sure had her share, both with her in-laws and her own cousin! Murder, insanity, the occult, attempted rape, incest (sort of), jealousy, religious fanaticism. enough ingredients to make a bat crap cake!
There's also the historic background of the War of 1812 (Andrew Jackson is in part of the story as the H fights for his country and witnesses the horrors of war, while the h makes an attempt to help family members who just don't want to be helped. No great loss (no loss at all, in fact) when they all meet the fate they deserve.
This would have been a better book if the H and h had more time together, but their story takes a back seat to all the weirdos, more's the pity.
It's still worth taking a look at, if only to count your blessings that you don't have a family like them!
There's also the historic background of the War of 1812 (Andrew Jackson is in part of the story as the H fights for his country and witnesses the horrors of war, while the h makes an attempt to help family members who just don't want to be helped. No great loss (no loss at all, in fact) when they all meet the fate they deserve.
This would have been a better book if the H and h had more time together, but their story takes a back seat to all the weirdos, more's the pity.
It's still worth taking a look at, if only to count your blessings that you don't have a family like them!
July 22, 2022
I enjoyed this book, though I didn't enjoy the war scenes. And once again this sheltered 18 year old heroine was smarter than all her elders!
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