Carly May was adopted and has never found out anything about her own biological roots, yet tracing genealogical roots for other families is how she makes a living. She has been hired by Winifred Simmons y Castillo, aunt of the governor of New Mexico, to write a history of her family, but only of the female descendants. This is highly unusual; then, when Carly arrives in Taos, she finds that the governor's father has died, and no one is truly mourning...

Lacey Quinn adored her grandfather. Although he never achieved artistic fame, his paintings inspired her to become an artist. Now, several years after his death, she takes a few of his canvases to an expert for appraisal. When they are identified as the work of an acclaimed landscape painter, Lacey is plunged into doubt. Was her grandfather a forger--or a even a murderer?

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