Prey of the Eagle — Phyllis G. Leonard

THE STONE KNIFE OF FEAR

Marianna Latimer had come home to the house she had never known - the vast mansion in Mexico known as the Eagle's Nest that had belonged for centuries to her distant relations, and now was hers for good or evil.

Here three hundred and fifty years before, another woman named Marianna had her heart ripped out by the stone knife of an Aztec kiler-priest. Now the young American found herself shadowed by a fate just as fearful, as the ancient gods of darkness demanded their tribute in blood. In coming to this foreign land where the passionate love of an irresistibly handsome and arrogant man tore away her defenses, and the cold hostility of the natives chilled her to the bone, Marianna Latimer realized too late that she had left safety far behind, and that every terrified heartbeat might be her last...