Bücher von Patricia R. Liles

Sam Pasterino has been hired to design a bridge over Satana Ravine in Bolivia. Sam has loved Jenny Bellono since the first grade. Now thirty, he still yearns for her to stop rejecting him and come home to Colorado. Sam is an architect, as well as a successful horse rancher. He can give her an opulent life, but Jenny has chosen Hollywood and a life of fame. To Sam's surprise, Jenny arrives in Bolivia under her stage name and as a guest of the developer who hired him. With her is Kevin Betcher, her dancing partner. Stunned, Sam is frustrated by secrecy, the abusive Betcher, and ensuing events that will try his patience and threaten his feeling for Jenny. As Sam designs the bridge, all is not smooth going. Difficult terrain and local shamans are grave concerns. Is it over for Sam and Jenny, or will a series of perplexing events reunite them?About the AuthorAuthor Patricia R. Liles loves her surroundings in Oregon. Life in this beautiful place has given birth to new stories which she shares with faithful readers. Patricia has written and published poetry and short stories. She has found her talent for novels even more rewarding. She is an avid painter in oil and water color, spends time studying to improve her writing, and enjoys her family, friendships, and adventures with gratitude.

Family ties are fragile. A telegram informing Millicent Sherman of her brother Caleb Powell's death and his bequeath of Powell Imports to his only child comes as a shock. Sondra, his daughter, has been Millicent's to nurture for over twenty years. With no contact to her father, Sondra has denied her relationship with him: "I don't have a father - he gave me away when I was a toddler. Let his Jade have it." Siu Lu, Caleb's 10-year-old adopted child, has lived in California where he could monitor her care under Gem Chang, a Chinese-American woman who Millicent embarrassingly mistakes for his mistress. Sondra, for Millicent's sake, relents and travels to California for her father's memorial. As rumors of a priceless jade given to Caleb hover in the air; no one is aware the jade specter will alter all their lives forever. Will love, abduction, and death draw them closer in Caleb's memory? Or alienate them forever?About the AuthorPapa's Jade is Patricia R. Liles fourth romance-mystery novel. She has breathed life into numerous characters and scenes throughout her stories as they face the challenges of love. Liles live in Oregon, surrounded by her friends and family, and where she maintains a connection with her many loyal readers.