Beatriz was willing to pay a high price to escape her detested aunt and uncle’s home in Mexico City. When the handsome landowner, Don Rodolfo Solórzano, sweeps into her life and proposes, she thought it was a miracle. But then she travels to his estate in Apan, in rural Hidalgo, Mexico, and encounters the Hacienda San Isidro. This place immediately shows Beatriz that she’s going to have to pay a hefty toll in exchange for, perhaps, finally becoming the mistress of her own home. The Hacienda, by Isabel Cañas, is a hair-raising, atmospheric tale of ghosts and terror in the wake of the Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821). I loved every page of this book. In fact, my only quibble is that I wanted more!

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