This author delivers pure, undiluted excitement." Jayne Ann Krentz  Romantic suspense is her true forte. Minneapolis Star-Tribune  Elizabeth Lowell s keen ear for dialogue and intuitive characterizations consistently place her a cut above most writers in this genre. Charlotte News & ObserverPerennial New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell boldly puts the romance back into romantic suspense with Beautiful Sacrifice a story of passion and intrigue centered around the ancient Mayan prediction of the apocalyptic end of everything.  Lowell s thrillingly imaginative tale unites a dedicated female archaeologist with a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer on a mission to recover priceless South American artifacts that could bring deadly chaos into our world.