2023 novel ENCHANTED HACIENDA reminded me a bit of "Hacienda La Flor" in 1998 telenovela LA MENTIRA (currently streaming on demand on Vix) which I'm loving rewatching--again reminded of magic spells that befuddled deluded, suspicious mixed-up lovers in Shakespeare's MID-SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM . Tho some topics in LM may sound heavy, it's very enjoyable to watch. So many things are going on, can't really describe as fitting into narrow catagory: LM has got tender romance, humor, suspense, social criticism--plus lovely Mexican scenery! Brush up your Shakespeare: LA MENTIRA (The Lie) could be subtitled "Desdemona strikes back". In LM , circumstantial "proofs" of a crime ("Dear John" letter, initial broach) are wrapped in handkerchief--reference to alleged proof of Desdemona's supposed infidelity in Shakespeare's play about lies, OTHELLO . Rev...