The Sands of Time

Four women leave their Spanish convent and enter an alien world of uncertainty, romance, and suspense.

Teresa, Megan, Graciela, and Lucia flee into the rugged mountains when ruthless commandos breach their silent sanctuary outside Ávila. Thrust beyond the cloistered walls after decades of strict enclosure, one sister guards a priceless solid-gold cross, while another harbors a lethal secret of Sicilian vengeance.

Fugitives on the run, they must entrust their lives to a charismatic rebel leader who is hunted across Spain by a relentless colonel. In a desperate race toward the French border, each woman confronts worldly passions and mortal peril.

• Basque Rebels: Charismatic underground leader Jaime Miró orchestrates daring escapes and clashes with the brutal antiterrorist forces hunting his men.
• Forbidden Love: Decades of holy vows and rigid silence unravel as the fugitives are forced into intimate, life-or-death partnerships across the rugged countryside.
• Deadly Pursuit: Fanatical Colonel Ramón Acoca deploys secret government commandos to scour the mountains and eliminate all witnesses.
• Also by This Author: Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow, Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory and Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark.