CRIMSON MARIPOSA

He was as her friends described him: Tall, handsome, powerful; and riding on a strange, huge beast. Everyone said the horseman was their new God. When he impaled her husband with his lance, she felt horror, fear, but also adoration of his dominance and strength. She did not oppose him. She wanted him. When he ordered her submission to intercourse with him and his fellow Conquistadores, she obeyed; proud to please her new God. Nine months later she birthed a beautiful, crimson-skinned baby girl of a new bloodline race. After six centuries of additional refined mixings of Irish and Negro blood, that original Mestizo bloodline created a woman of spectacular beauty: an irresistibly voluptuous sexpot, femme fatale. She was named Cecilia. She is the CRIMSON MARIPOSA. And she anxiously awaits the arrival of Sheila.    As her train hurtles westward, genius Sheila dreams and wonders. Whatever happened to Danny, her first love? Should she believe the renowned psychologist, Mrs. O’Dell? Would exploring her repressed sexuality help her understand love?When a double homicide takes place on a remote Colorado mountain, it sparks a treasure hunt that involves a wealthy heiress, a clever bank lending officer, and a sex sadist. They all first assume the mysterious, cryptic phone call was nonsensical. But it was not some innocent wrong number! It transmitted the key fateful message! And it caused their bank CEO’s panic attack! Four women, now by chance thrown together, struggle to unravel a horrific terrorist plot. They need Sheila’s help! But Sheila obsesses over her psychic quests: Has my soul really lived in a porn star’s body? What secrets does Cecilia know that enable her to manage the nuanced differences among her lovers? And what about Cecilia causes my obsessive attraction?