Velvet Was the Night
Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country, even for Maite, a secretary
who spends her life seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring
the activists protesting around the city. When her next-door neighbor, the
beautiful art student Leonora, disappears under suspicious circumstances, Maite
finds herself searching for the missing woman—and journeying deeper into
Leonora’s secret life of student radicals and dissidents.
Mexico in the 1970s is a politically fraught land, even for Elvis, a goon with
a passion for rock ’n’ roll who knows more about kidney-smashing than intrigue.
When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora, he begins a blood-soaked search for the
woman—and his soul.
Swirling in parallel trajectories, Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the
truth behind Leonora’s disappearance, encountering hitmen, government agents,
and Russian spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir where life is cheap
and the price of truth is high.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican
Gothic comes a simmering historical noir about a daydreaming
secretary, a lonesome enforcer, and the mystery of the missing woman they’re
both desperate to find.
Dirty Deeds
“He’s fearless and ruthless. Soulless.”
As a flight attendant, Alana Bernal has had her share of suitors. She's also
had more than her fair share of tragedy within her messed-up family. But what
she hasn't had is love. Real, rip-your-heart-out, tear-your-clothes-off,
all-consuming love.
At least that was the case until she met an American tourist, Derek Conway, a
ripped ex-soldier with steely eyes and a commanding presence.
What started as a chance encounter between the two in Puerto Vallarta, a
weekend full of hot sex and mindless passion, has led to something more.
Something deadly.
Because Derek isn't the type of man to fall in love. He's not a man who sticks
around.
And he's definitely not in Mexico on vacation.
Derek is a mercenary, a killer-for-hire, a man who does the ugly jobs for the
highest bidder.
Unfortunately for Alana and Derek, the highest bidder has the power to destroy
whatever worlds they have created for themselves.
The highest bidder can destroy everything.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
A lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor
Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.
Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate,
safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter
of either a genius, or a madman.
Montgomery Laughton: a melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity
for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his scientific experiments,
which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and
plentiful coffers.
The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their
creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal
monstrosities.
All of them living in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by
the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor
Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction.
For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of
the jungle, passions may ignite.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel
and a daring science fiction journey.
The Enchanted Hacienda
When Harlow Estrada is abruptly fired from her dream job and her
boyfriend proves to be a jerk, her world turns upside down. She flees New York
City to the one place she can always call home—the enchanted Hacienda Estrada.
The Estrada family farm in Mexico houses an abundance of charmed flowers
cultivated by Harlow’s mother, sisters, aunt, and cousins. By harnessing the
magic in these flowers, they can heal hearts, erase memories, interpret
dreams—but not Harlow.
So when her mother and aunt give her a special task
involving the family’s magic, she panics. How can she rise to the occasion when
she is magicless ? But maybe it’s not magic she’s missing, but belief in
herself. When she finally embraces her unique gifts and opens her heart to a
handsome stranger, she discovers she’s far more powerful than she
imagined.
Mexican Gothic
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for
someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place,
a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will
find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí
knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic
gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than
amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will,
and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing
and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be
fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade
Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and
gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge
of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High
Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from
prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and
madness.
And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may
soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
