Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good
timing since the gypsum mine that is the lifeblood of the area is closing, shutting the whole town
down with it. Ben is lucky: he's headed to San Diego, where he's got a track scholarship at the University of California. But his best friends, Pete and Hog Boy, don't have college to look
forward to, so to make them happy, Ben goes with them to check out the hot chick parked on
the side of Highway 447.
Lala: She and her Gypsy family earn money by telling fortunes. Some customers choose Tarot
cards; others have their palms read. The thousands of people attending the nearby Burning Man festival spend lots of cash--especially as Lala gives uncanny readings. But lately Lala's been questioning whether there might be more to life than her upcoming arranged marriage.
And the day she reads Ben's cards is the day that everything changes for her. . . and for him.
ELANA K. ARNOLD completed her M.A. in Creative Writing/Fiction at the University of
California, Davis. She grew up in Southern California, where she was lucky enough to have her own horse--a gorgeous mare named Rainbow--and a family who let her read as many books as she wanted. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. She is represented by Rubin Pfeffer of the
East/West Literary Agency. Sacred is her debut novel.
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