Die Hazienda

An Instant New York Times Bestseller <BR><BR>“This is gothic storytelling with teeth: a lyrical and devastating tale of one maid caught in a spiderweb of loyalty, courage, revolution, and monsters both dead and alive.” —Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The House Saphir<BR><BR>A stunning young adult debut from gothic master Isabel Cañas, bestselling author of The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, and The Possession of Alba Díaz.<BR><BR>Growing up in a city wracked by political violence and a home where she’s more likely to receive a beating than a meal, Minerva Treviño’s cowardice has kept her alive for sixteen years. But even she has a limit. Hungry and desperate, she musters enough courage to run away and take a job as lady’s maid to a wealthy widow who supports the deposed viceroy.<BR><BR>Minerva is happy serving Encarnación del Valle. She has food in her belly and the safety of a warm house lit by magical chispa. Why should she care who runs the country or how her employer affords the magic?<BR><BR>When the viceroy sweeps back into power, Minerva retreats with her gleeful employer to the family’s mountainside stronghold to wait out the inevitable rebel slaughter. At la Casa de las Gardenias, Minerva faces new threats in the haughty servants and cruel, scheming del Valles.<BR><BR>But the living residents of the house are the least of her worries. As Minerva quickly discovers, the ancient estate is home to forces far older and more bloodthirsty than anything she could have imagined.

Hacienda San Isidro was meant to be Beatriz’s haven, her salvation from an oppressive life with her uncle and his vicious wife. When Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposed, Beatriz dreamed only of the security his estate in the countryside would provide, ignoring the rumors surrounding his first wife’s demise and his sinister allegiances. She will have her own home again, no matter the price.<BR> <BR>But the house has ideas of its own. Visions and voices claw at Beatriz, stealing her sleep, and the weight of invisible eyes follows her every move. Deep in her bones, Beatriz knows—something is wrong with San Isidro.<BR> <BR>Desperate for help, she turns to the young priest, Padre Andrés. Handsome and sympathetic, he seems like Beatriz’s only hope. But as their passions rise and the walls close in around Beatriz, the weight of secrets everyone is carrying may lead them all to their doom.

In den Wirren des mexikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges wurde der Vater von Beatriz zu Unrecht hingerichtet und ihr Elternhaus zerstört. Als Don Rodolfo Solórzano ihr einen Heiratsantrag macht, hofft Beatriz, dass sie mit ihm wieder Sicherheit und Glück findet. Sie ignoriert die seltsamen Gerüchte über den Tod seiner ersten Frau und zieht zu ihm auf die prächtige Hazienda in San Isidro.Doch als Rodolfo sie allein in dem abgelegenen Haus zurücklässt, wird Beatriz von unheimlichen Visionen heimgesucht. Sie hört Stimmen und fühlt sich beobachtet. Ihre Schwägerin Juana verspottet sie und besteht darauf, dass dies Anzeichen dafür sind, dass Beatriz verrückt wird. Aber warum weigert sie sich, das Haus in der Nacht zu betreten? Warum zeichnet die Haushälterin seltsame Symbole auf die Türschwelle und verbrennt Weihrauch?In ihrer Verzweiflung wendet sich Beatriz an Padre Andrés. Er will einen Exorzismus durchführen, um den Geist der ersten Señora Solórzano aus der Hazienda zu verbannen ...The New York Times: 'Spuk, Exorzismus, Beschwörungen, verbotene Liebe. Ein Roman voll unheimlich schaurigem Reiz.'Cemetery Dance: 'Pflichtlektüre für Horrorfans und eine Autorin, von der man noch viel erwarten kann.'

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!<BR> <BR>Vampires, vaqueros, and star-crossed lovers face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from New York Times bestselling author Isabel Cañas.<BR><BR>As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead.<BR><BR>Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago.<BR><BR>Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero. But no amount of drink can dispel the night terrors of sharp teeth; no woman can erase his childhood sweetheart from his mind.<BR><BR>When the United States invades Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera, a healer striving to prove her worth to her father so that he does not marry her off to a stranger, and Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion—and Nena’s rage at Néstor for seemingly abandoning her long ago—is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh.<BR><BR>And unless Nena and Néstor work through their past and face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn.