Bücher von Isabel Canas

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.

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 den Verstand verliert. 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.«

"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. Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. Believing Nena dead, Néestor 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. 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 Néestor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion--and Nena's rage at Néestor for seemingly abandoning her long ago--is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh. And unless Nena and Néestor work through their past and face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn"--Provided by publisher.