Vampires of El Norte

Vampires & vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the author of The Hacienda. 
As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood & leaves them for dead. 

Something that once attacked Nena nine years ago. 

Believing Nena dead, Néstor has been on the run from his grief ever since, moving from ranch to ranch working as a vaquero. But no amount of drink can dispel the night terrors of sharp teeth; no woman can erase his childhood sweetheart from his mind. 

When the United States invades Mexico in 1846, the two are brought abruptly together on the road to war: Nena as a curandera, a healer striving to prove her worth to her father so that he does not marry her off to a stranger, & Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers & vaqueros. But the shock of their reunion—and Nena’s rage at Néstor for seemingly abandoning her long ago—is quickly overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh. 

And unless Nena & Néstor work through their past & face the future together, neither will survive to see the dawn.

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Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, & New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations & writes fiction inspired by her research & her heritage.