In the soot-stained kitchens of 16th-century Madrid, survival is a matter of invisibility. For Luzia Cotado, a scullion of Sephardic Jewish descent, the stakes of being noticed are uniquely lethal. While the Spanish Inquisition scours the city for heretics and practitioners of the occult, Luzia performs "milagritos"—small, quiet miracles—to ease the drudgery of her life. But when her social-climbing mistress discovers these talents, Luzia is thrust out of the shadows and into a dangerous spotlight, forced to perform for a nobility that views her as little more than a curious tool to be exploited.

The narrative explores the precarious intersection of faith, power, and class during the Spanish Golden Age. As Luzia is drawn into a high-stakes competition to win the favor of a desperate King ...

In the soot-stained kitchens of 16th-century Madrid, survival is a matter of invisibility. For Luzia Cotado, a scullion of Sephardic Jewish descent, the stakes of being noticed are uniquely lethal. While the Spanish Inquisition scours the city for heretics and practitioners of the occult, Luzia performs "milagritos"—small, quiet miracles—to ease the drudgery of her life. But when her social-climbing mistress discovers these talents, Luzia is thrust out of the shadows and into a dangerous spotlight, forced to perform for a nobility that views her as little more than a curious tool to be exploited.

The narrative explores the precarious intersection of faith, power, and class during the Spanish Golden Age. As Luzia is drawn into a high-stakes competition to win the favor of a desperate King ...