The Children Of Talavera

When thoroughly American Ins Zaragosa sees the well-dressed stranger on the doorstep of the tiny adobe she shares with herailing, quarrelsome aunt, she has no idea how his appearance will change herlife. He introduces himself as herdistant cousin, don Romn Velsquez, who has come to take her and her aunt backto his plantation onthe Caribbean Island of Betania. On Betania, Ins learns the truth about heridentity, which had been kept from her by her aunt, and meets handsome,world-weary Alejandro, whose hostility towards her is as obvious as it isundeserved. And on Betania she isshadowed by asinister vagrant who has seemingly tracked her the whole distance from theAmerican Southwest to the Caribbean. In this new world, Ins discovers friendship andlove, but also the capacity for strength and courage, qualities she neverimagined herself capable of. Qualitiesshe will need to see her through the turbulent events that follow her return toher ancestral home.