Isabel Canas’ THE HACIENDA, pitched as MEXICAN GOTHIC meets REBECCA, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, in which a young woman accepts a marriage proposal and moves into her new husband’s remote countryside estate, only to discover that the house is not the safe haven she envisioned and she must seek the help of a local priest to rid the place of evil, to Jen Monroe at Berkley, in a major deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Kari Sutherland at Bradford Literary Agency.