num_pages: 352
description: 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... In the overthrow of the Mexican government Beatrizs father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solrzano proposes Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wifes sudden demise choosing instead to seize the security 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 Beatrizs sleep. The weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Rodolfos sister Juana scoffs at Beatrizs fearsbut 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 its doorway with strange symbols? What really happened to the first Doa Solrzano?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 Andrs as an ally. No ordinary priest Andrs 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 Beatrizs doom.
language: English
title: The Hacienda
publisher: Berkley