THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

  The Latina Book Club welcomes author Elizabeth Arroyo also known as Lisa Casian.    Elizabeth writes both young adult (YA) and adult fiction set in paranormal worlds with unforgettable characters. I favor (writing) YA. It is during those years that the significance of the self is explored, everything is drama, and there's just this heighten sense of awareness that makes any story possible. –Elizabeth Arroyo Q:     In your book THE SECOND SIGN, you’ve written a Romeo and Juliet story, only this time the story is about a demon and an angel. Can there be love between the two races? Or is love truly the root of all evil? What more can we expect from this series?     A:   Ah…the "love" question. Gabby, the main character, believes love to be the root of all evil because she's been shunned by those she loves. It isn't until she meets Jake that she begins to learn what it means to love someone, but then all hell breaks loose and she h...

Not two weeks ago, a heart broken Alisa Valdes announced that the Ella Book Club was closing so she could concentrate on her career.  But, thankfully, Alisa has had a change of heart and the ELLA BOOK CLUB IS BACK! Their new February selection is WAKING UP IN THE LAND OF GLITTER by the Craft Chica herself, Kathy Cano-Murillo.   For more about the Ella Book Club, visit http://www.ellabookclub.com/ .

This is the national book club launched by author Alisa Valdes.  The ELLA Book Club has 500+ registered members coast to coast.  The Club even has a Facebook page.  Their January selection is Margo Candela's MORE THAN THIS. Visit the ELLA Book Club website for a Skype video interview with Margo:  http://www.ellabookclub.com/ SUMMARY:   After living in Paris for a year, Evelyn Reed-Sinclair returns home to San Francisco nursing a broken heart. An heiress to a coffee and tea empire, she has no desire to participate in the highsociety, party-hopping lifestyle in which her younger sister revels. And when a mix-up leads to a job at a struggling dot com company, Evelyn keeps mum about her true identity and joins the nine-to-five workforce.              Meanwhile, Alexander Velasquez, an ambitious lawyer from a working-class San Francisco neighborhood, signs on with a pos...