Cuando una presencia demoniaca despierta en lo profundo de una mina de plata en M xico, la joven mujer a la que se lleva debe recurrir al nico hombre en quien no deber a confiar... De la autora bestseller Isabel Ca as. En 1765, la peste arrasa Zacatecas. Alba huye con sus padres, comerciantes acaudalados, y su prometido, Carlos, a la apartada mina de la familia, buscando refugio. Pero la seguridad termina por ser pasajera cuando otros peligros muestran muy pronto los dientes. Alba presiente algo helado reptando bajo su piel. Algo enfurecido. Algo malo. El as, perseguido por un pasado tormentoso, vino al Nuevo Mundo a hacer su fortuna y escapar un legado familiar de avaricia. Alba, como la prometida de su primo, no es asunto suyo. Por lo que, por supuesto, es imposible no darse cuenta de la creciente tensi n entre ellos cada vez que Alba entra a una habitaci n... y por qu la ve deteriorarse cuando se intensifica la sed de sangre del demonio. En la lucha por la vida de Alba, El as y ella se inmiscuyen en lo oculto, la Iglesia, secretos largo tiempo guardados y entre s ... sin saber que una de estas cosas definir su perdici n. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONWhen a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust...from bestselling author Isabel Ca as. In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fianc , Carlos, to his family's isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. She senses something cold lurking beneath her skin. Something angry. Something wrong. El as, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family's legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin's betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can't help but notice the growing tension between them every time she enters the room...and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon's thirst for blood gets stronger. In the fight for her life, Alba and El as become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other... not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom.
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