Much Ado about Magic
by Patricia Rice

Lady Lucinda Malcolm Pembroke's paintings may have caused scandals in the past, but never one of this magnitude. Somehow she's painted a perfect likeness of a man she's never met—and depicted him as a murderer! Determined to unravel the mystery that is Sir Trevelyan Rochester—and flee the gossip surrounding her—she assumes a disguise and escapes to a remote cottage, only to find herself face-to-face with her dashing nemesis...

Trev wanted nothing more than a quiet life in his ancestral home, but suddenly all of England is convinced he's a ruthless killer. Now he must force Lady Lucinda to admit her true identity and confess her plot to ruin him—before he falls madly under her spell and refuses to let her go...

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.