The Tiger Catcher
The first novel in a beautiful, heartbreaking new saga from Paullina Simons, the international bestselling author of Tully and The Bronze Horseman. Can true love ever die?Julian lives a charmed life in Los Angeles. Surrounded by friends, he is young, handsome, and runs a successful business. Everything changes after he has a fateful encounter with a mysterious young woman named Josephine. Julian's world is turned upside down by a love affair that takes him–and everyone else in his life–by storm. For the two new lovers, the City of Angels is transformed into a magical playground. But Josephine is not what she seems and carries secrets that threaten to tear them apart—seemingly forever. A broken man, his faith in tatters, Julian meets a mysterious stranger who tells him how to find Josephine again if he is willing to give up everything and take a death-defying trip from which no one has ever returned. So begins Julian and Josephine's extraordinary adventure of love, loss, and the mystical forces that bind people across time and space. It is a journey that propels Julian toward an impossible choice which will lead him to love fulfilled……or to oblivion. The Tiger Catcher takes readers from the depths of despair to the dizzying heights of joy in the first novel of an unforgettable trilogy of love lost and found. For all fans of Outlander, The Time Traveler’s Wife and Jojo Moyes.
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First published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd in 2019
This edition in Great Britain 2019
Copyright © Paullina Simons
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Source ISBN: 9780007441655
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780007441662
Version: 2019-05-02
Tully
“You’ll never look at life in the same way again. Pick up this book and prepare to have your emotions wrung so completely you’ll be sobbing your heart out one minute and laughing through your tears the next. Read it and weep—literally.”
Company
Red Leaves
“Simons handles her characters and setting with skill, slowly peeling away deceptions to reveal denial, cowardice and chilling indifference … an engrossing story.”
Publishers Weekly
Eleven Hours
“Eleven Hours is a harrowing, hair-raising story that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.”
Janet Evanovich
The Bronze Horseman
“A love story both tender and fierce”
(Publishers Weekly)
that “recalls Dr. Zhivago.”
(People Magazine)
The Bridge to Holy Cross
“This has everything a romance glutton could wish for: a bold, talented and dashing hero [and] a heart-stopping love affair that nourishes its two protagonists even when they are separated and lost.”
Daily Mail
The Girl in Times Square
“Part mystery, part romance, part family drama … in other words, the perfect book.”
Daily Mail
The Summer Garden
“If you’re looking for a historical epic to immerse yourself in, then this is the book for you.”
Closer
Road to Paradise
“One of our most exciting writers … Paullina Simons presents the perfect mix of page-turning plot and characters.”
Woman and Home
A Song in the Daylight
“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
For Tania, my last child, the joy of my life
Contents
Part One: The Ghost of God and Dreams
Chapter 1: The Invention of Love
Chapter 8: The Red Beret, Take One
Chapter 9: Phantasmagoria in Two
Chapter 16: Fields of Asphodel
Chapter 17: A Rose by Any Other Name
Chapter 25: The Widow’s Daughter
Chapter 26: Great Eastern Road
Chapter 27: Red Beret, Take Two
Chapter 28: When We Were Kings
Chapter 37: Dead Queen, Take One
Chapter 41: The Italian Merchant
Chapter 42: Fynnesbyrie Fields Forever
Chapter 43: The Boy and the Boatman
Chapter 44: Josephine and the Flying Machine
Chapter 46: Consequences of Happiness
Chapter 48: Side Effects of Electrocution
I SHOULD HAVE KISSED YOU. JULIAN LAY NAKED ON HIS BED, clutching the red beret, staring at the ceiling.
