Mexican GothicΒ meetsΒ RebeccaΒ in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...
During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatrizβs father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo SolΓ³rzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wifeβs sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security that his estate in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again, no matter the cost.
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But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined.
When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital, visions and voices invade Beatrizβs sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfoβs sister, Juana, scoffs at Beatrizβs fearsβbut why does she refuse to enter the house at night? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mark the doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first DoΓ±a SolΓ³rzano?
Beatriz only knows two things for certain: Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will help her.
Desperate for help, she clings to the young priest, Padre AndrΓ©s, as an ally.Β No ordinary priest, AndrΓ©s will have to rely on his skills as a witch to battle the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda.
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Far from a refuge, San Isidro may be Beatrizβs doom.
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