A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost girl in this “stunning, genre-breaking novel about the magic that sings all around us” (Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth), in the same vein as The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina and The Hacienda.
Witches don’t exist, but they come when they are invoked.
1943, El Paso, Texas: Teenager Nena spends her days looking after her older sisters’ babies while yearning for a life of adventure. The premonitions and fainting spells she has endured since childhood are worsening, and Nena worries she will end up like the old curandera who lives on her street and frightens everyone. She prays for some kind of help, and when Sister Benedicta appears late one night, Nena follows her across borders of space and time. In Colonial Mexico, Nena will master her powers, find love, and learn that magic always has a price.
In the present, Marta, Nena’s great-niece, strives to balance her job as a lawyer in a firm, her children, and caring for her ninety-three-year-old great-aunt. When Marta agrees to help her find the lost daughter she left in the past, a strong connection is forged between them. Marta’s supernatural powers emerge, awakening new possibilities within her that threaten the life she has built until now.
- Author: Luis Jaramillo
- Publisher: Atria/Primero Sueno Press
- Publication date: November 4, 2025
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781668201367
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