Brujeria in South Texas

By Amy Sierra Frazier

A pile of puzzling objects suddenly appears on Isabella’s porch step. As more of the same piles clutter her lawn each passing day, Isabella’s health deteriorates, arousing her best friend Bonnie to suspect brujeria in a sinister plan to destroy Isabella.

Dr. Zuniga, a renowned anthropologist, confirms Bonnie’s suspicions after seeing the evidence in Polaroids taken by Isabella and advises her that only an experienced curandero or priest can break these powerful spells.

When Isabella turns to Father Andrew for help, she is unaware he carries a dark secret that traces his family lineage back to Eve and the Serpent in the Garden of Eden, a link tying him to the 13 ruling families of the powerful elite.

To deliver Isabella from the forces of evil, Father Andrew must travel back in time to confront deeply embedded memories of unspeakable crimes against humanity. To save a life, the perilous path into the past may cost him his own life.

In a region of the country where palm trees, the gulf breeze, piñata fiestas, and Tejano music pervade the heart of deep South Texas, old family traditions, along with a tequila blend of Hispanic and American values, invariably clash against witchcraft rituals and satanic sacrifices.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Nov 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638293231

Amy Sierra Frazier

Passionate about health, fitness, and riding with the South Texas wind in her Harley Davidson Night Rod, Amy Sierra Frazier, a published author of several short stories, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Writing and Language Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She beams with pride, mentoring and coaching young, talented university writers in the Mathematics and Science Academy’s creative writing program Authors’ Corner. Amy studied literature and creative writing in Oxford. She loves traveling, socializing, and her sweet Westies Dundee and Bonnie Bleu.

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About the Author

Passionate about health, fitness, and riding with the South Texas wind in her Harley Davidson Night Rod, Amy Sierra Frazier, a published author of several short stories, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Writing and Language Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She beams with pride, mentoring and coaching young, talented university writers in the Mathematics and Science Academy’s creative writing program Authors’ Corner. Amy studied literature and creative writing in Oxford. She loves traveling, socializing, and her sweet Westies Dundee and Bonnie Bleu.

Dedication

To my beloved daughter Catherine, who carries the torch of unwavering passion, my brother Glenn, who outrides anyone in a Harley, and in loving memory of my parents Luciano Valerio Sierra and Maria Ely Cavazos, smiling at us from the Pearly Gates.

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Amy Sierra Frazier 2022

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Frazier, Amy Sierra

Brujeria in South Texas

ISBN 9781638293217 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781638293224 (Hardback)

ISBN 9781638293231 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022919173

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Acknowledgment

Thank you to the following individuals, instrumental in my career advancement and supportive during my progress as a writer: Dr. Guy Bailey, President at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Dr. Janna Arney, Provost at UTRGV; Dr. Walter Diaz, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; and Dr. Colin Charlton, Chair of the Department of Writing and Language Studies. Thank you, Colin, for your support, kindness, and stalwart commitment as our Chair, and Dr. Wilma Smetter, Principal of the Mathematics and Science Academy. Thank you, Wilma, for your relentless faith and trust in me over the years and for offering numerous opportunities that led me to reach new heights I never imagined, and to my former English professor, colleague, and mentor Dr. Mimosa Stephenson, who always encouraged me to write and magnanimously read every manuscript I wrote. I am merely one of the many seed-bearing fruits that blossomed from her unwavering labor of love. I extend a deep gratitude of thanks to Julie Hearn and Lorna Fergusson, accomplished novelists and two of my creative writing professors in Oxford. I hope the lessons I acquired in your classes reflect favorably in my book and meet with your stamp of approval. A special thanks to Irene Romero, a woman of tremendous fortitude and tenacity, who paves the way with her beacon of light held high and steady for others to climb out of the valley of darkness