Excerpt from Birthright by Nora Roberts, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

"It predates the Civil War," Leo agreed. "By about five thousand years."

When Callie's head came up, he grinned at her like a lunatic. "Radiocarbon-dating report," he said, and handed her a file.

Callie scanned the pages, noted that Leo had run the test twice, on three different samples taken from the site.

When she looked up again, she had the same maniacal grin as he. "Hot dog," she said.

From Birthright by Nora Roberts, Copyright © 2003 Nora Roberts, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., all rights reserved, reprinted with permission from the publisher.