The release date for the English version of 'Vampires of El Norte' by
Isabel Cañas is Aug 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
This supernatural western by the author of The Hacienda features a battle between vampires and vaqueros on the Texas-Mexico border.
Nena is no stranger to monsters; her house has long been threatened by conflicts with Anglo immigrants from the north. She is the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico. However, there is something more evil that prowls about the ranch at night, robbing men of their life and leaving them for dead.
Something that nine years ago had assaulted Nena.
Néstor, thinking Nena was dead, moved from ranch to ranch as a vaquero and has been running from his sadness ever since. However, no amount of alcohol will quell the sharp fangs nightmares at night, and no woman can make his childhood love go from his memory.
The two are unexpectedly pulled together on the path to war when the United States assaults Mexico in 1846: Néstor as a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros, and Nena as a curandera, a healer trying to show her value to her father so he does not marry her off to a stranger. However, the surprise of their reunion—as well as Nena's fury against Néstor for what seems to have been her long-ago abandonment—are soon eclipsed by the arrival of a nightmare come true.
Furthermore, neither Nena nor Néstor will live to see the morning unless they resolve their differences and face the future together.