The Tiger Catcher

“Simons shows the frailties of families and of human nature, and demonstrates that there’s so much more to life, such as honesty and loyalty.”

Good Reading

Bellagrand

“Another epic saga from Simons, full of the emotion and heartache of the original trilogy. Summer reading at its finest.”

Canberra Times

Lone Star

“Another epic love story—perfect reading for a long, lazy day in bed.”

Better Reading

Dedication (#ulink_e2418ad6-708e-573d-95bd-5b2c478d438a)

For Tania, my last child, the joy of my life

Epigraph (#ulink_616ad795-6d0e-59e2-a5f5-3c8b27ad6b76)

A safe fairytale is not true to either world.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Contents

Cover (#ue5dc2eb5-b30c-57f0-8d63-449a7774c50c)

Title page (#uf9ce30fa-ab59-5afa-b65d-3d954e881a37)

Copyright (#u5893cf43-c0f3-5b6d-af65-9ff291cc042f)

Praise for Paullina Simons (#u6942c859-f9be-5ef2-a5b3-39b9726ec7b7)

Dedication (#ub8cb4176-c388-56e7-acff-75fec7850581)

Epigraph (#ubd88e025-28fb-5941-b9e6-c813c8d780ce)

Prologue: The Transit Circle (#u86858eba-3557-5351-aabe-a212596f0b59)

Part One: The Ghost of God and Dreams (#u0f3aa0d1-3a1c-51db-9e37-ebe1b42d8d3f)

Chapter 1: The Invention of Love (#uf008f04a-6eb9-56a5-8e75-ab857d6a0344)

Chapter 2: Book Soup (#u321bb22f-93e0-5708-81d7-ebf0daf31b7b)

Chapter 3: Lonely Hearts (#u454e32c1-64f8-5ac2-9550-1a5cdb865345)

Chapter 4: Gift of the Magi (#u71d757d7-2ac5-5cd0-9dd2-fe7bfb2cece4)

Chapter 5: Normandie Avenue (#ueff15984-98a0-5ec3-9cfe-e94f55a60f2a)

Chapter 6: Gwen (#u48d46e89-3b05-5527-9b96-83d0ffc3baa5)

Chapter 7: Ashton and Riley (#u7fc1eac8-842d-5f39-9523-39cfb3883003)

Chapter 8: The Red Beret, Take One (#u1e79c55b-88a5-502b-8e09-d1f978bc3870)

Chapter 9: Phantasmagoria in Two (#u2b9806e7-8677-5316-9d0d-973838dce208)

Chapter 10: Griddle Cafe (#uebf86e57-2b52-5b03-b219-3dcd1436c8aa)

Chapter 11: Duende (#u4ffb6e5d-167f-5e93-b514-5b95b93eb139)

Chapter 12: The Four of Them (#u8a36a78f-71fb-522f-98b7-f671671c4ef1)

Chapter 13: Pandora’s Box (#udc372905-d8ef-5f16-bd96-d6f9506e06d1)

Chapter 14: Shame Toast (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Charlie’s Dead (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Fields of Asphodel (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: A Rose by Any Other Name (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Lilikoi (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Mystique (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: The Tiger Catcher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: Klonopin (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: The Apothecary (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: Waterloo (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: White Crow (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24: The Question (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25: The Widow’s Daughter (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26: Great Eastern Road (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27: Red Beret, Take Two (#litres_trial_promo)