The Hacienda

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this atmospheric debut that will keep you up long past midnight. Set against the turbulent backdrop of post-independence Mexico, Isabel Cañas weaves a chilling tale of supernatural terror and forbidden desire that feels both historically grounded and deliciously unsettling.

Beatriz has lost everything—her father executed, her home reduced to rubble. When the wealthy Don Rodolfo Solórzano offers marriage and the promise of security at his remote hacienda, she accepts, despite whispers about his first wife’s mysterious death. But Hacienda San Isidro is no sanctuary. It’s a place where shadows move with intention, where invisible eyes track your every step, and where something ancient and malevolent waits in the darkness.

As visions invade her sleep and the house itself seems to pulse with sinister energy, Beatriz realizes she’s trapped. Rodolfo’s sister won’t enter after dark. The cook burns protective incense and marks doorways with cryptic symbols. And the truth about the first Doña Solórzano remains buried—along with whatever else haunts these walls.

Her only ally is Padre Andrés, a young priest harboring secrets of his own. He’s also a witch, and he’ll need every ounce of his forbidden power to battle the darkness closing in around them—even as he fights his growing attraction to the woman he’s sworn to protect.

Perfect for readers who crave Gothic atmosphere with a Mexican twist, supernatural suspense that delivers genuine scares, and historical fiction that doesn’t shy away from the darkness. This is a haunted house story with teeth.

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