Protected darling of her father’s autumn years, Meredith Longley is innocent of the ways of men when he dies and leaves her to carry on his archaeological work. Her brother vanishes and she finds herself leading a search for the fabulous treasure of Tonatiuhican, House of the Sun.

          The one man she trusts, the handsome Ricardo Villalobos, cannot accompany her so she must choose the dashing fortune hunter, Cooper Mayo, as her second-in-command …

          In the heat of the Mexican night her unexploited beauty is a lure… she finds love and magic, passion and betrayal – and discovers that no-one is quite what he seems …