The Possession of Alba Díaz

In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, 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. Elías, 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 her every time she enters a room or the growing tension between them"¦ and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon"™s thirst for blood grows stronger. In the fight for her life, Alba and Elías become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other"¦ not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom.