THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

KENSINGTON Sensual. Daring. Funny. Heartfelt.   Zoey Castile’s debut contemporary romance sizzles.   It’s Magic Mike meets Bridemaids.    STRIPPED is the first in what promises to be a very hot and erotic series full of skilled, sculpted and sexy men in the adult entertainment industry.   Readers will enjoy the bold characters; the novel’s fast pace; and, the seductive dance between our protagonists.   Robyn Flores is in bridesmaid hell.   Her best friend is getting married; she’s a horrible maid of honor; and the groom’s sister is coordinating all the fun bachelorette activities that Robyn is supposed to be doing. And, if that didn’t prove she was a failure, her continued lateness at the school where she teaches gets her called into the principal’s office.   Only good thing in her life is the sexy guy next door.   Their laundry bags were switched and she ended up with his star-spangled thong.   Of course, she wants to ...

The Latina Book Club is celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. Enjoy and remember to Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! Romance buyers also read mystery, general fiction, cooking/food books, young adult, and erotic fiction. MEET CARIDAD PINEIRO. Caridad was born in Havana, Cuba, and settled in the New York Metropolitan area. She attended Villanova University and got her juris doctor from St. John’s University.  She is the first female partner at an intellectual property firm in mid-Manhattan. That’s her day job.  Caridad is also a multi-published and award-winning author whose love of the written word developed when her fifth grade teacher assigned a project – to write a book that would be placed in the school library. She has been hooked on writing ever since. In 1999, she was published by Kensington’s Encanto line, ...

NEWS!  Aya de Leon is coming to New York City. Book Launch Party on Wednesday, May 31, 6-8pm at Sisters Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center, 1942 Amsterdam Avenue at West 156 Street All welcome.     Dafina Books THE BOSS is book two in Aya de Leon’s Justice Hustlers series, but it stands alone. Our street-smart heroine, Tyesha Couvillier, takes on takes on pimps, mobsters, drug pins and bad boy rappers in this sexy, scandalous and suspenseful sequel to UPTOWN THIEF.  De Leon has created memorable characters in a complex, fast paced, heart stopping novel that will grab readers front the first page to the last. SUMMARY:  Tyesha is an ex-stripper, ex-thief turned sex worker advocate, who pulled herself out of the slums of Chicago and strip clubs of New York to become executive director of a woman’s health crisis center.  She is on top of the world, but one fateful act brings everything crashing down, and has her dodging bull...

   Congratulations to Carmen Rita on her debut novel. The Latina Book Club is happy to name NEVER TOO REAL our Book of the Month.   “Everyone bore witness to…the supreme power of love. Family love and the love of friends. It was all so real.” Kensington Books THEY ARE EVERY WOMAN! Finally!  A book where today’s professional, savvy Latinas are represented.   Latinas will be able to recognize themselves in these four protagonists -- educated, professional, hard-working women, who are proud of their heritage and sexual orientation.  Readers will find the book funny and heart-wrenching, and at the end wish they too could be part of this tremendous sisterhood. NEVER TOO REAL is a “savvy and wise” novel by debut author Carmen Rita.  It’s awe-inspiring and very real.  It’s about fierce friendships that stay with you through lost careers, broken marriages, financial troubles and identity-crises.  It’s about the famil...

       A woman who writes has power. A woman who writes is feared.   In the eyes of the world this makes us dangerous beasts .—Gloria Anzaldúa from THIS BRIDGE CALLED BY BACK The Latina Book Club celebrates “dangerous beasts” –aka Latina Authors –during March, Women’s History Month! This month, we will have guest posts from authors Chiquis Barrón, Erika M. Martinez and Thelma Reyna; plus, an excerpt from Sandra Perez Gluschankoff’s new book, FRANCIZCA’S BOX. We celebrate pioneers like Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Lucha Corpi, Laura Esquivel, Reyna Grande, Meg Medina, and Pat Mora.  Yet there are many more Latina authors making their mark and flexing their power.  Below is a list of 10 Latina Authors to watch and read: Mayra Calvani -- LATINA AUTHORS & THEIR MUSES (Paladin Timeless Books), an inspirational collection of interviews about the writers's life and the passionate quest ...