Carolina MayтАФCarly to her friendsтАФnever knew her biological family. Ironic, considering she a successful family historian. Recently hired by the eccentric aunt of New MexicoтАЩs multi-millionaire governor Quintrell, the future looks bright. Until things start going wrong . . . and Carly begins to learn the true meaning of fear.
Daniel Duran made a career out fighting for other peopleтАЩs beliefsтАФprinciples theyтАЩd given their lives for. But now he wants some meaning of his own. Yearning for a reason to live, heтАЩs come back to Taos, the town where he grew up.
Soon, the lawyer(?) and the historianтАЩs paths cross. While CarlyтАЩs investigation into the Quintrell family amuses Dan it also chills him, because he knows a dark truth Carly doesnтАЩt: in New Mexico, tracing bloodlines is a deadly sport. . . .
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell has more than eighty titles published to date with over twenty-four million copies of her books in print. She lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains with her husband, with whom she writes novels under a pseudonym. Her favorite activity is exploring the Western United States to find the landscapes that speak to her soul and inspire her writing.