Description

The Forgotten Bruja is Isadora Espinal’s story: the woman history tried to bury, the ancestor whose name was nearly erased, and the bruja who walked away before anyone could cage her power.

Set decades before The Ordinary Bruja, this novel peels back the layers of silence, shame, and control that shaped the Espinal family legacy. When Isadora refuses the role her mother demands of her, she makes an impossible choice: leave Willowshade, leave her inheritance, and leave behind a destiny she never asked for. But magic doesn’t loosen its grip so easily and neither do the ghosts of patriarchy, tradition, and fear.

This is a story about:

• A woman who chooses herself when obedience is expected

• Generational trauma disguised as duty

• Queerness, exile, and the cost of freedom

• Magic that punishes doubt and feeds on silence

• What happens when the “wrong daughter” survives

Atmospheric, intimate, and psychologically sharp, The Forgotten Bruja blends Dominican magical realism, gothic family drama, and psychological horror into a haunting exploration of identity and inheritance. This is not a redemption arc wrapped in softness. It’s a reckoning.

If The Ordinary Bruja asks what it means to believe in yourself,
The Forgotten Bruja asks what it costs when you don’t.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Character-driven supernatural fiction

• Feminist horror and generational curses

• Stories about women who leave, refuse, and disrupt

• Lush, slow-burn prose with emotional teeth

This is Las Cerradoras, Book Two, but it stands powerfully on its own, especially for readers who crave origin stories that cut deep and refuse easy answers.

Some brujas are remembered.
Others are erased.
Isadora was so dangerous, they erased her. Until now.