From beloved author Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Instances bestseller about shattering loss and shocking breakthrough—set in a small town nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

When five-thousand-year-old human bone fragments are located at a structure site in the small town of Woodsboro, the news headlines pulls archaeologist Callie Dunbrook away of her sabbatical and right into a whirlwind of experience, danger, and love.

While overseeing the dig, she must make an effort to make sense of the cloud of loss of life and misfortune that hangs on the task—fueling rumours that the site is cursed. She must manage with the presence of her annoying—but irresistible—ex-husband, Jake. And when a stranger claims to learn a secret about her privileged Boston child years, she must issue her own past as well….