Author: Lazo, Irete

Gabrielle Segovia, PhD, is struggling to build a career as a scientist, cope with her third miscarriage, and resuscitate her marriage. Becoming a practitioner of Santeria - a hybrid Yoruba-Catholic religion created by slaves - is not in her plans. But everything changes when her best friend drags her into a voodoo shop during a conference in New Orleans. When Gabrielle returns home to California, she learns she hails from a long line of santeras and is marked for initiation by the Yoruba gods and goddesses. 336 pp.