First published 2020
Baja California, 1979. Eighteen-year-old Viridiana plans a quiet summer, but when an enigmatic American expat hires her to care for his crumbling estate, she's drawn into a web of deceit and manipulation. As she's pulled deeper into his world, Viridiana must navigate the dangerous currents of class, power, and desire. With her freedom and life at stake, she must decide how far she's willing to go to survive.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, adventure, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, fish-out-of-water
Setting: Baja California
Period: 1979
320 pages · Paperback · Del Rey
Content warnings: gaslighting