by Isabel Cañas
First published 2025
In 1765, plague forces Alba Díaz to flee Zacatecas with her merchant parents and fiancé Carlos. They seek shelter at his family's remote silver mine, but Alba soon discovers that isolation brings its own terrors. Strange visions plague her mind. She walks in her sleep. Violent fits seize her body without warning. Something cold and furious stirs beneath her flesh. Elías arrived in New Spain to escape his family's corrupt past and build his own fortune. Alba belongs to his cousin, which should make her off limits. Yet he cannot ignore the electric tension that crackles between them, nor can he overlook her rapid decline as the demonic entity grows stronger and thirsts for blood. As Alba fights for her soul, she and Elías plunge into a world where the occult clashes with the Church, where buried secrets surface, and where their forbidden attraction could prove as dangerous as the evil consuming her. One of these forces will destroy them both.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, horror, adult-fiction, dark-romance, paranormal-romance
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, gothic, haunting, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-attraction, forced-proximity, slow-burn
Setting: Zacatecas, New Spain, silver mine
Period: 1765
384 pages · Paperback · Berkley
Content warnings: death, violence