Queen of the Valley

Against the backdrop of Colombia’s unparalleled beauty despite the devastation of the 1925 Cali earthquake, this riveting novel by the award-winning Ecuadorian American author of The Spanish Daughter plunges three strangers into a perilous search for the missing owner of a legendary hacienda amidst an emerging cholera epidemic.

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 disappears—and 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 Martin’s disappearance.

But her real identity—and her past with the heartbreakingly charismatic Martin—will put far more than her perilous search at risk.