Daughters of the Inquisition

<p><em><strong>Daughters of the Inquisition</strong></em><strong> by Dr. Elizabeth Carter</strong></p><p>1491 Toledo trembles under the shadow of the Spanish Inquisition.</p><p>For seventeen-year-old <strong>Isabel de Vargas</strong> life has always been a careful performance-attending Mass repeating prayers and living as a dutiful Christian daughter. But one hidden Sabbath candle reveals the truth her family has spent generations protecting: they are <strong>conversos</strong> descendants of Jews forced to convert clinging to the remnants of their faith in secret.</p><p>When a zealous inquisitor arrives with a new tribunal suspicion ignites like dry tinder. Neighbors whisper. Friends disappear. And the Vargas family becomes a target in a city where the smallest rumor can lead to the dungeon.</p><p>Dragged into the terrifying machinery of the Holy Office Isabel faces coercion betrayal and the threat of death at the pyre. Yet in the darkness she discovers a fragile underground network of conversos determined to survive-and Diego de Haro a young nobleman whose forbidden love places him on a collision course with his own blood.</p><p>As the noose tightens Isabel must escape across a collapsing world toward a distant empire where her people are welcomed instead of hunted. From shadowed cells to storm-torn seas her journey becomes a testament to courage heritage and the flame that refuses to die.</p><p><strong>Daughters of the Inquisition</strong> is a sweeping historical novel about identity reclaimed love tested by fire and faith carried through generations. Dr. Elizabeth Carter brings to life a powerful story of resilience in one of history's darkest eras-and a young woman who dares to rise from its ashes.</p>