Mexican Gothic \;meets \;R ebecca \;in this debut supernatural suspense novel\, set in the afterm ath of the Mexican War of Independence\, about a remote house\, a sinister haunting\, and the woman pulled into their clutches...
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uring the overthrow of the Mexican government\, Beatriz&rsquo\;s father wa
s executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Soló\;r
zano proposes\, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife&rsqu
o\;s sudden demise\, choosing instead to seize the security that his estat
e in the countryside provides. She will have her own home again\, no matte
r the cost.
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But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary
she imagined.
When Rodolfo returns to work in the capital\, visio ns and voices invade Beatriz&rsquo\;s sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo&rsquo\;s sister\, Juana\, scoffs at Beatri z&rsquo\;s fears&mdash\;but why does she refuse to enter the house at nigh t? Why does the cook burn copal incense at the edge of the kitchen and mar k the doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Do&n tilde\;a Soló\;rzano?
\nBeatriz only knows two things for cert ain: Something is wrong with the hacienda. And no one there will save her.
\nDesperate for help\, she clings to the young priest\, Padre Andr& eacute\;s\, as an ally. No ordinary priest\, André\;s will have to r ely on his skills as a witch to fight off the malevolent presence haunting the hacienda and'protect'the woman for whom he feels a powerful\, forbidd en attraction. But even he might not be enough to battle the darkness.&nbs p\;
\nFar from a refuge\, San Isidro may be Beatriz&rsquo\;s doom.\n
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