In the Shadow of the Sphinx

Lucy runs the gambit, bad boys to true love! A hot Royal's snide remark, "Saving it for our wedding night?" Lucy escapes an abusive boyfriend, only to be pursued by a stalker designing deadly accidents!

Lucy runs the gambit, bad boys to true love! A hot Royal's snide remark, "Saving it for our wedding night?" Lucy escapes an abusive boyfriend, only to be pursued by a stalker designing deadly accidents! Can she outwit a serial saboteur? Does her nemesis lure her to the lighthouse? What's an umbrella’s significance? And since when is a broken fingernail a motive for murder? In a mystery sandwiched between romances, Lucy's beauty is a curse! She’s every man’s type, righteous commoners to sleazy royals. From unbridled passion to raw sensuality, from public declarations of adoration to private expressions of love, and everything luscious in between, Lucy and her crushes seem to experience it all! She easily finds electricity. But is it only available a-la-carte? Or, if nurtured with respect and friendship, can it blossom into true love? A rumor of royal twins switched at birth thirty years ago? Who cared? Until the next-in-line to the throne mysteriously dies and must be replaced as prince-in-waiting! But by whom? Is it in stone that one of Lucy's boyfriends will be the next prince? A rare princess option for her? Or are the odds only 50-50? Lucy's life is on hold while she determines the true identity of the next prince, even before the birth order can be legally ruled!

CelieGilberti's world wide travels, from Egypt to Pompeii to St. Petersburg to Istanbul to on and on, provide background details for settings and inspiration for plots and characters in her novels. Young at heart, Celie is Lucy, the protagonist. The birth of "In the Shadow of the Sphinx" radiated from Celie's own excursion to Paris and the French Alps as a student. Imagination running rampant and overflowing into her other novels, including "In the Shadow of the Sphinx" Books Two and Three, her key to writing for teen, young adult, and mature levels is versatility. Discovering her niche sandwiched between mystery and romance, she spreads it with adventure. CelieGilberti's other works include: -"Shadowed-Death by Design," the teen version of "In the Shadow of the Sphinx." -"Marilyn of Ville," the non-mature version, a condensed romance. -"Fast Track to Romance-The Royals," the hot condensed version.