Carolina Girl
by Patricia Rice

Buried treasure...
South Carolina girl Aurora Jenkins needs money to protect the island that is her family home from ruthless developers. Finding the long-lost treasure would be the answer to all of her problems. Or so she thought—until she met Clay...

Bad boy Clay McCloud also needs money...
He doesn't care about the island, or its natural beauty; the monetary prize at the end of the rainbow is all he needs—until he meets natural beauty Aurora Jenkins...

The million dollar bottle cap Aurora finds can save her home—but Clay's genius could triple the money to save her neighbors as well. Can she trust him with her home—and her heart?

Patricia Rice's Bio

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. Her emotionally-charged contemporary and historical romance novels have won numerous awards, including the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice and Lifetime Achievement Awards, as well as 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.

Ms. Rice's next two contemporaries will feature characters who were first introduced in Impossible Dreams (Almost Perfect, McCloud's Woman - Ballantine Ivy). Her next historical returns the reader to the bewitching milieu of magic (Must Be Magic - Signet).

A firm believer in happily-ever-after, Patricia Rice is married to her high school sweetheart and has two children. Born in New York and raised in Kentucky, she resides in Charlotte, North Carolina, and now does accounting only for herself. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Authors Guild, and Novelists, Inc., as well as numerous professional accounting organizations and local charities.