Mystery

For millions of readers around the globe, a Barbara Wood novel means superb storytelling, vividly created characters and settings, and sheer entertainment. Already a bestseller in twelve countries, Sacred Ground will sweep you away to another time and place, and hold you enthralled until the last page is turned.Two thousand years ago, there was a great bay and a peaceful land filled with sage, citrus trees, and pine. And there was a tribe called the Topaa. Marimi, a healer in her tribe, is unprepared for what fate holds in store for her. Without her knowledge, her actions place her under the watchful, suspicious gaze of a rival....and Marimi's family is placed under a curse that impacts how their legacy unfolds. From prehistoric California to the days of Spanish explorers, from the time of California colonialism to the swashbuckling cowboy days of early Los Angeles and right up to the present day, Sacred Ground tells the story of the female descendants of Marimi. It tells of their loves, their betrayals, their losses, their families, and their ruthless ambition that would forge a new country....AUTHORBIO: BARBARA WOOD is the internationally bestselling author of eighteen novels, including The Dreaming, The Prophetess, and Perfect Harmony. She lives in Riverside, California.