Publisher, Brilliance Corporation (June 2004)

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On a hot July afternoon, a worker at an Antietam Creek construction site drives the blade of his backhoe into a layer of soil --- and strikes a 5,000-year-old human skull. The discovery draws plenty of attention and a lot of controversy. It also changes the life of one woman in ways she never expected... As an archaeologist, Callie Dunbrook knows a lot about the past. But her own past is about to be called into question. Recruited for her expertise on the Antietam Creek dig, she encounters danger --- as a cloud of death and misfortune hangs over the project, and rumors fly that the site is cursed. She finds a passion that feels equally dangerous, as she joins forces in her work with her irritating, but irresistible, ex-husband, Jake. And when a strange woman approaches her, claiming to know a secret about Callie’s privileged Boston childhood, some startling and unsettling questions are raised about her very identity. Searching for answers, trying to rebuild, Callie finds that there are deceptions and sorrows that refuse to stay buried. And as she struggles to put the pieces back together, she discovers that the healing process comes with consequences --- and that there are people who will do anything to make sure the truth is never revealed.

About the Author: Nora Roberts is a charter member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) and a member of their Washington D.C. chapter. She was the first author to be inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame and the first author to receive their Centennial Award when she published her 100th novel, Montana Sky. She was honored with the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Roberts is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Crime League of America, and Novelists Inc.