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• More Than You'll Ever Know

  a Novel

  Gutierrez, Katie,

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  In 1985, Dolores "Lore" Rivera marries Andres Russo in Mexico City, Mexico, despite her already being married to Fabian Rivera in Laredo, Texas, and launches a double life facilitated by her career in international banking. The truth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Last Days in Barcelona

  Cleeton, Chanel,

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  Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel's sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her. Joining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ben and Beatriz

  Gamarra, Katalina,

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  In this reimagining of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, queer, Latinx Beatriz is sharp of mind and tongue and always there for beloved cousin Hero, which lands her at the Cape Cod mansion of rich, white playboy Ben Montgomery, who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

  a Novel

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  A retelling of the story of Doctor Moreau from the perspective of his daughter, Carlota, who grows up on a grand estate on the Yucatán peninsula in the 1870s, as her eccentric scientist father conducts experiments funded by the wealthy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• On a Night of a Thousand Stars

  Clark, Andrea Yaryura,

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  New York, 1998. Santiago Larrea, a wealthy Argentine diplomat, is holding court alongside his wife, Lila, and their daughter, Paloma, a college student and budding jewelry designer, at their annual summer polo match and soiree. Then an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hacienda

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  "Rebecca" meets "Mexican Gothic" in this supernatural suspense tale. During the Mexican War of Independence, Beatriz's father was executed and her home burnt to the ground, so she's relieved to have found some measure of safety by marrying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Woman of Light

  a Novel

  Fajardo-Anstine, Kali,

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  An epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West through the story of laundress and tea leaf reader Luz "Little Light" Lopez. Luz is left to fend for herself when her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twice a Quinceañera

  Méndez, Yamile Saied,

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  In this heartwarming romance centered on personal growth, to make good use of the wedding venue after she calls off her upcoming nuptials with a cheating fiancé, 30-year-old Nadia Palacio decides to throw herself a second quinceänera. She…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After the Hurricane

  a Novel

  Franqui, Leah,

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  After Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico, disaffected young Elena Vega revisits the island in search of her father, a brilliant but troubled attorney. Tracking him down means learning about her family and heritage. "A moving reflection…Read moreRead more of this annotation