Tristeza is Richard D. Jensen's stirring and enchanting new novel of life, death, redemption and reincarnation set in sultry Mexico in the 1930s.

Drifting cowboy Will Riley (son of Pudge Riley from Jensen's hit novel When Curly Won A Cathouse) travels to sultry Mexico seeking adventure. While there he meets iconic real-life Mexican painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and the mysterious Tristeza, a smoldering beauty with limitless black hair and sparkling eyes who bewitches Will and sets him on a collision course with destiny.

Unbeknownst to Will, a dark secret threatens Tristeza's very soul and a lustful and vicious hacendado wants Tristeza for his own sordid game.

Can Will save Tristeza from the evil Salvador's lust? Can Will's love save Tristeza's soul from certain doom?

Tristeza is Richard D. Jensen's most exotic and enchanting novel to date, capturing the romance, intrigue and sultry rhythms of exotic Mexico.

Tristeza is " a profoundly engrossing tale exotic and mesmerizing "
-booksaholics.com

Richard D. Jensen has, in less than two years, garnered legions of fans who have fallen in love with his offbeat western novels. His first book, Ride the Wild Trail, and his second book, When Curly Won A Cathouse, were instant hits with readers and critics alike. He is also the author of the non-fiction book Trespass In Hazzard County: My Life As An Insider on the Dukes of Hazzard, a tell-all memoir of his life in Hollywood. Tristeza is his third novel.