The Dark Lord

Rae Lambers is over the moon when she inherits half a house from her mentor, Thomas Gregory. The property is a gorgeous Victorian on an island in San Francisco Bay. But the house comes with a snag. The other half is bequeathed to Thomas Gregory's son Michael, a man she carried a torch for during high school. The last thing she needs is a brooding old flame who refuses to play nice.But Rae and Michael must put aside old wounds when they discover Thomas Gregory might have been murdered-and the souvenir deck of cards from her Egyptian vacation could be the reason the old man is dead.Rae believes she has unleashed the The Dark Lord of The Forbidden Tarot. And if she doesn't figure how to stop the beast, she could lose everything-including the man her heart has never forgotten. Storyteller, ghosthunter, dogwalker. Fueled by coffee.Patricia Simpson is described by reviewers as "a premier writer of supernatural romance." Author of numerous paranormal novels, she is inspired by science, paranormal phenomena, and archeological discoveries, and consistently garners superior ratings and awards for unusual heroes and unpredictable plots. Simpson has been called "a master at keeping suspense going on a multitude of levels," and a "masterful storyteller."From Egyptian lords that shape-shift into black panthers to Scottish time-travelers who step out of computers, Simpson entertains readers while pushing the envelope in paranormal suspense. Her new trilogy, THE FORBIDDEN TAROT, goes further than anything she's written before. This series explores a new world history and impending planetary disaster. Already some reviewers have called the first book in this series, THE DARK LORD, a "true gift to her readers," and a "lulu of a story."Patricia's favorite writing arenas are the Pacific Coast, the deep South, 18th century in America and Great Britain, ancient Egypt, Pacific Northwest Native Americans, and anything that goes bump in the night. An ancient deck of tarot cards can bring forth gods or monsters. To protect the world, the forbidden tarot deck is sealed in a golden box and thrown into the waters of an oasis. But, thousands of years later, when drought exposes the golden case, an American woman on vacation picks up the cards and accidentally summons the devil.Each person who looks at a card of the Forbidden Tarot will be visited by a god or a demon, and will never be the same. Travel the dark path of the Forbidden Tarot from a quaint town in California, to an archeological dig in the Sierra Mountains, and finally to a ancient monastery in Greece,