The Great House

Come with Sonette as she reveals secret after secret of her astonishing life in the Mexican hill town of San Miguel de Allende, an adventure that started in the hidden Colonial city in a time when the old traditions and customs were so much still in practice that her engagement to Abelardo, resulting from a proposal during a mid-night serenade, became a secret even from her as she unwittingly acted out a role of acceptance. As Sonette is carried along throughout Mexico on a quest for undiscovered pyramids, jungle villages, and explorations that include the volcanic explosion that buried a church and a village, fun, dangers, and revelations are described in colorful and surprising detail. Meanwhile, Abelardo's family, and all of San Miguel, are expecting the betrothal to culminate in a wedding with Sonette in line to become the future mistress of The Great House he will inherit. Interrupted by Abelardo's murder, Sonette is accepted as his "widow" and invited to live in the same Great House which has passed to Abelardo's nephew, Raul. As the years continue, and Sonette is included in ever unfolding mysteries, including death threats from the strangers who are digging under the 1640 built Great House as they search for buried gold, other surprises await her on an almost daily basis, and all are shared, in this book of surprises, in her true story titled, "The Great House: Secrets and Sonette."