The Queen of the Valley A Spellbinding Historical Novel Based on True History

Against the backdrop of Colombias lush, yet wounded beauty in the wake of the 1925 Cali earthquake, this riveting novel by the award-winning Ecuadorian American author of The Spanish Daughter plunges three strangers a photographer, a young Spanish chocolatier in disguise, and a Palestinian-Colombian nun into a perilous search for the missing owner of a coveted hacienda amidst an emerging cholera epidemic.
Engaging. For fans of historical fiction and works by Christina Baker Kline and Lisa Wingate. Booklist
Driven and recklessly daring, Martin Sabater follows his lifelong dream of owning a cacao plantation in Valle del Cauca. But on the night of a spectacular gala, he disappearsand is never seen again. Now his hacienda is a budding Catholic hospital saving lives during an emerging epidemic. And novice nun Sor Puri is there to uncover the truth behind Martins disappearance. But her real identityand her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic Martinwill put far more than her perilous search at risk.