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 First place at the 15th annual ILBA, 2013: Best Historical Fiction and Best First Book. 

 When Alma flees with her young lover to Texas to escape an arranged marriage with a much older man, she sets in motion a drama that will put the sisters and their legacy at risk. 

  

 Pilar, a 14-year-old tomboy, is offered as a replacement bride, and what follows is a sensuous courtship and marriage clouded by the curses of her husband’s former lover, Consuelo. She will stop at nothing, even the use of black magic, in her effort to destroy the Sandoval family. 
 

   The Mexican-American war begins and the Americans invade Santa Fe.  The sisters survive the hostilities from two important fronts-New Mexico and Texas.  Their money and ancient knowledge offer some protection, but their lives are changed forever. 

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​​​AN OUTSTANDING FAMILY SAGA."  HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW AND HISTORY AND WOMEN



"MY LOVE OF HISTORY, SENSUALITY AND THE OLD WEST MADE IT A PERFECT READ." AMAZON 



"WOVEN AMONG THE STORIES OF LOVE AND LIFE IS EROTICISM, MYSTERY, WITCHCRAFT, FOLKTALES, SUPERSTITION, POLITICAL INTRIGUE, CORRUPTION, AND VIOLENCE. TOLD WITH A FLUID STYLE THAT GRABS YOU FROM THE FIRST PAGE AND LEAVES YOU HUNGRY FOR MORE AT THE END."  DR. MICHELE SHAUL. DR. SHAUL'S COMPLETE REVIEW HERE  



"FULL OF DRAMA AND UNEXPECTED TURNS. CAPTIVATING TILL THE END. WHAT SURPRISED ME ABOUT THIS BOOK, BESIDES THE FEISTY FEMALE CHARACTERS AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL SAGA, IS THAT I REALIZED I'VE NEVER READ A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE WAR THAT BROUGHT NEW MEXICO INTO THE UNITED STATES.  AMAZON



​. . . SECRET OF OLD BLOOD SIZZLES . . . FITS INTO LITERARY SPACE CREATED BY ANAYA'S TIMELESS BLESS ME, ULTIMA." LA BLOGA 


“THE SANDOVAL SISTERS IS A BOOK THAT TELLS ABOUT WOMEN WITH TREMENDOUS PERSONAL POWER." AMAZON​


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    SANDRA RAMOS O’BRIANT GREW UP IN SANTA FE AND SPENT SUMMERS IN TEXAS. 


    HER SHORT STORIES AND CREATIVE NONFICTION HAVE APPEARED IN NUMEROUS JOURNALS AND ANTHOLOGIES.


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