After the Mexican War of Independence leaves her father executed and her home in ruins, Beatriz accepts a marriage proposal that promises safety and status. Don Rodolfo Solórzano’s estate, Hacienda San Isidro, offers her the home she craves. But the rumors of his first wife’s sudden death whisper louder with each passing night.
When Rodolfo departs for the capital, Beatriz is left alone with Juana, a cook who draws protective symbols, and the suffocating dread that fills the halls. Shadows move. Voices call her name. Something inside the hacienda wants her gone—or worse.
Her only ally is Padre Andrés, a priest with forbidden powers of his own. Together they must confront the darkness that clings to San Isidro. Survival will demand courage, faith, and a dangerous defiance of fate.
