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The Hacienda



by
Isabel Cañas

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Imprint
Berkley (Adult)
ISBN
9780593436691
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Language: Mild Language , Violence: Graphic Descriptions , Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion
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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.

Author’s note.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language , Violence: Graphic Descriptions , Violence: Sexual Assault/Rape Reference/Discussion

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

352

Trim Size

9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

0: points 0

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Oct 2022

Book Genres

Horror, Supernatural, Thriller

Topics

Haciendas. Mexico. Paranormal, occult, and supernatural. Gothic. Suspense. Mexican history. Mexican Wars of Independence, 1810–1821. 

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Praise & Reviews

The Horn Book

During the Mexican War of Independence, Beatriz's father was executed and her home burnt to the ground, so she's relieved to have found some measure of safety by marrying Don Rodolfo Solórzano. But his home, Hacienda San Isidro, evokes terror; the cook burns copal to ward off demons, Don Rodolfo's sister won't visit at night, awful visions taint Beatriz's dreams, and soon Beatriz is wondering what happened to the first Doña Solórzano. Can young priest Padre Andrés help her survive? Debut gothic thrills appropriately billed for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic and Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer.

Praise & Reviews

The Horn Book

During the Mexican War of Independence, Beatriz's father was executed and her home burnt to the ground, so she's relieved to have found some measure of safety by marrying Don Rodolfo Solórzano. But his home, Hacienda San Isidro, evokes terror; the cook burns copal to ward off demons, Don Rodolfo's sister won't visit at night, awful visions taint Beatriz's dreams, and soon Beatriz is wondering what happened to the first Doña Solórzano. Can young priest Padre Andrés help her survive? Debut gothic thrills appropriately billed for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic and Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer.

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