Deception and Desire

Desperate to find her stepson, Fancy Payton-Leigh plunges into the dark streets of East Los Angeles. She's lost in a storm, thinks she hits a woman who appears out of nowhere-then disappears-and winds up deep in the mud of a roadside ditch. Fancy has prepared a small safe harbor for herself as a pottery teacher, but nothing prepared her for the risks-and rewards-of the smoldering Carlos Ortega, who is everything desirable in a man and possibly the greatest threat of all to her safety. Their journey together takes them on a path that intertwines bewildering happenings from the past and evils from the present. An antique scarf, strange messages carved in ancient pottery, and a fortune teller noone else sees makes it impossible to deny the supernatural influences. Equally impossible to deny is the overwhelming attraction they begin to feel for one another. Seeking to solve the mysteries that threaten them, they must ask themselves... Where does reality end and fantasy begin