An unforgiving past becomes a present-day menace in this gripping romantic thriller-Kirkus Reviews
A love strong enough to shatter crystal, a secret so perverse that it destroys a family, crimes so far-ranging that they convulse a nation.
Set in the heart of Buenos Aires, Frail Blood unfolds in the turbulent aftermath of Argentina's civil war and the ruthless military regime of the 1970s and 80s. Robert, a recently divorced journalist from Los Angeles, arrives in Buenos Aires seeking to escape his past. He meets Gabriela, a woman as alluring as she is enigmatic. Their fierce passion absorbs them both, but her family conceals a dark and elusive past that could separate the lovers.
As threats against him grow, Robert faces an agonizing choice: to escape the country of risk everything for Gabriela.