EAN: 9780593436707

THE HACIENDA - ISABEL CAÑAS KARTONIERT (TB)

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca 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  Beatriz s father
was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes  Beatriz
ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife s 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. But Hacienda San Isidro is not the sanctuary she imagined. When Rodolfo
returns to work in the capital  visions and voices invade Beatriz s sleep. The weight of
invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfo s sister  Juana  scoffs at Beatriz s fears but
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 Doña Solórzano? Beatriz only knows two things for certain: Something is wrong with the
hacienda. And no one there will save her. Desperate for help  she clings to the young priest 
Padre Andrés  as an ally. No ordinary priest  Andrés will have to rely 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  forbidden attraction. But even he might not be enough to battle the darkness.
Far from a refuge  San Isidro may be Beatriz s doom.

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