Jaguars and Other Game

1808 Rio de Janeiro. The Portuguese Court flees Napoleon to Brazil. For the first and only time in history, a European royal family transfers its capital to an American colony.

Maria Azevedo and her sister, Isabel, have spent years transporting gold through the jungle to Rio's port. They can dispatch jaguars and smugglers with a crack of a whip, but the Prince Regent's efforts to civilize the city have them looking over their shoulders. More soldiers. New laws. Full stocks.

Then the sisters' ...