Signs of Venus & of Mars

To her enemies, she is La Guerrera Ferosa.

To her soldiers, she is La Hermanita.

To her lover, she is Cara Mia.

To herself, she is terrified.

A month ago, Ana Lezama de Urinza was a young lady newly arrived in the New World. Now her family is shattered, the fragile truce holding Los Cristobal together is collapsing, and seventeen-year-old Ana finds herself responsible for an estate, a private army, and people who expect their new Condesa to know what she is doing.

She doesn't, and her enemies cannot be allowed to discover that.

While rival powers maneuver for control of Los Cristobal, Ana and Eustaquio continue searching for answers to the mysteries buried beneath the city and within Ana's own family.

Her father's journals point toward secrets her grandfather tried to hide. Strange artifacts suggest that the sorcery wielded by their enemies may be something far older and more dangerous. And beyond the walls, violence between Europeans and Native peoples threatens to ignite a war neither side fully understands.

Then a man from Eustaquio's past arrives at Ana's door, bringing secrets of his own.

Ana has survived assassins, battles, betrayal, and things that should not exist. Survival is no longer enough. People now look to her for protection, and every decision she makes carries consequences for someone she loves.

“A knight has his armor, as do we women.”

Sometimes, a young lady must wear hers to war.