Dreams of Earth and Sky : A Novel - Shirley Perez West

Dreams of Earth and Sky : A Novel - Shirley Perez West

Shirley Perez West

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  • Pages · 363 pages
  • Publication Date · 01/09/2026
  • Genre · Historical fiction
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A ranchero's daughter in 1845 California fights for her home in a sweeping historical romance of rebellious love, family loyalty, identity, and sacrifice. California, 1845. Mexican rancheros reign, and while American ambitions threaten their future, the Avila family's rancho, El Sue�o, is for now a safe haven. It's time for twenty-year-old Mariana Avila, the strong-willed daughter of a wealthy ranchero, to accept tradition and marry. Though Ram�n, her childhood sweetheart, is her best prospect, Mariana bristles against convention and aims to follow her own path. When foreign settlers and US forces encroach on the Californios, Mariana meets Irish immigrant Patrick Murphy and is suddenly caught between two admirers and two worlds about to collide. As everything Mariana knows collapses around her, she must navigate the twists of fate to come and the devastating price of American conquest that threatens more than her beloved El Sue�o. Set against the epic backdrop of a tumultuous moment in California's history, this is, at its heart, the intimate story of a young woman's fight to protect her family's legacy and search for love across an impossible divide. c 2026 by Shirley Perez West, all rights reserved.

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