La Fortuna

As an archaeologist, Carla knows all about the past—it’s the future that’s causing her problems. Beneath the stern gaze of her controlling mother, Carla drifts through life, her head buried in distant dig sites and academic papers. When she finally meets Eric, a lawyer twelve years her senior, she feels for the first time as if her life is moving forward.


But when Carla discovers that she cannot bear children, her marriage takes a turn for the worse. Seeking space, she travels to Turkey to lead an archaeological dig, but escape isn’t so easy—her return home will reveal terrible truths that change her life forever. Thrown into deep water, Carla must either sink or swim and, ultimately, she learns that some futures are worth standing up and reaching out for.


La Fortuna is the stunning debut novel by Vera Zegarac, and is a must for lovers of romance as well as anyone who’s ever wondered what it means to live rather than just exist.