Bay Lands: A Novel

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San Francisco Peninsula, 1874: When twenty-year-old Mexican Irish mestiza Marisol Griffin inherits a failing rancho after the death of her legendary grandmother, she is thrust overnight into unfamiliar roles – midwife, ranch boss, and defender of her family lands that powerful men want. To save her rancho, Mari forms an unlikely alliance of women – from an elite socialite to an escaped slave – and takes on the robber barons transforming San Francisco into a Gilded Age empire. Their fight draws them into the dangerous underbelly of the city, where financial fraud, trade in opium and Chinese slaves, and unchecked ambition threaten everything they love.