Raven

by Laura Baker

Determined to leave behind her life as the Raven, an artifact thief, Rheada Samuels makes a living as a canyon tour guide in New Mexico, until her past comes back to haunt her. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312977093
• ISBN13: 9780312977092
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

In the Hillerman mode with romance!

If you love the late Tony Hillerman's tales, Native American atmosphere and a heck of a good love story all rolled into one, this one is for you. Ms. Baker lives in New Mexico and deftly weaves authentic color from the Native tribes into a tense mystery and a powerful love story. Both current and timeless, Raven pulls a reader into the scene with vivid detail and two powerful characters seeking a future after troubled pasts.

Passion hotter than the desert sun!

Pot thieves looting ancient artifacts from New Mexico, ancient stories and warnings, murder, and mystery all converge in RAVEN, Laura Baker's newest release. Rheada Samuels was once known as Raven, a renowned pot thief. But she's put that life behind her, as she tries to find her place in the world. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. She finds herself drawn back into a life she never wanted. Kee Blackburn is also haunted by the past. He's looking for revenge, and his target? Raven. He's also discovering a love he never anticipated with Rheada Samuels, unaware of her past. Twists and turns abound in this story of a love that surpasses myths and takes on a legendary proportion of its own!Laura Baker is a gifted storyteller who treats her readers to stories rich in the history of the southwest and passions that will ignite every heart.

Another Winner by Laura Baker

Laura Baker has done it again--created a masterpiece with her new novel, Raven. I'm amazed at how she is able to come up with such intriguing, complex, and totally believable plots and characters. Each chapter drew me right into the next-ruthless. As with Baker's previous works, also set in the Native American Southwest, I found the book difficult to put down. I finished it at 4:15 AM on my third sitting. And woke up dreaming about it later that morning.I loved the way the book started off, eleven years prior to the setting of the rest of the novel with two young girls struggling to survive alone after the death of their father, relying on the only means they know--the stealing of valuable artifacts. The story picks up again with the older sister out on her own, attempting to make a new life for herself. The overlapping and intertwining circles of love and hate and convictions built on fallacies and glimmers of truth and denials of reality are simply mind-boggling. Baker's ability to weave all of the pieces back together by the conclusion of the novel is equally mind-boggling. And thoroughly engaging. I loved Raven. This latest release is one more indication that Baker is an artist of supreme talent. Those who have read her previous works will not be disappointed. Those who have not, what are you waiting for?

Laura Baker knows how to write a fantastic work

In Grand Rincons, Utah, sisters Rheada and Tilly Samuels helped their father find Anasazi artifacts. Their father convinced Rheada that they were just protecting the treasures, but in fact, he was selling them. When he is murdered, Rheada takes charge of the family pottery business so she can raise Tilly. Eleven years later, Rheada wants to go legit. She begins a tour business guiding customers into the canyons that were once home for the Anasazi and Aztecs. On the other hand, Tilly, who always was the more adventuresome, continues in the old family line of work over Rheada's objections. Bureau of Land Management agent Kee Blackburn goes undercover trying to capture the legendary thief RAVEN. Although he has official sanction, this case is personal as he blames RAVEN for the disappearance and probable death of his younger sister. He thinks Rheada is the elusive thief. Attaining a job as Rheada's tour driver, Kee never expected to fall in love with his prime suspect, nor she with her new employee. However, the past and the present leave little room for a future together. The picaresque tour of the Native American ruins make for a wonderful tale. Paired with stirring characters, readers gain a fantastic blending of Native American mythos with a contemporary romantic suspense. The story line compels the audience to read it in one sitting. Kee and Rheada share more then just love. They are a caring, courageous, and capable couple, but seemingly star-crossed. The secondary cast adds depth to a breathless panorama that will send fans seeking more novels by Laura Baker.Harriet Klausner