THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

The Latina Book Club congratulates author Mary Castillo on her new book released this week.  LOST IN THE LIGHT is an emotional, thrilling paranormal mystery which readers will enjoy wholeheartedly.    BOOK SUMMARY:   One October morning in 1932, Vicente Sorolla entered the white house on the hill and was never seen again.  Now, Detective Dori Orihuela helplessly witnesses his brutal murder in her nightmares. Settling into a 120 year-old Edwardian mansion, Dori restores her dream home while recovering from a bullet wound and waiting to go back on duty. But then one afternoon, Vicente materializes out of her butler's pantry and asks her to find a woman named Anna. Dori wonders if she's not only about to lose her badge, but also her sanity. Dori and Vicente's unlikely friendship takes us back to the waning days of Prohibition in San Diego and the dusty barrio of National City. Mary Castillo's new novel, featuring the wild Orihuela...

   The Latina Book Club will feature "Author Cameos" every Wednesday -- brief bios of new authors to explore. Join us and, as always, Read Latino. Mary Castillo writes popular chic lit novels, including SWITCHCRAFT, IN BETWEEN MEN and HOT TAMARA. She’s also written several novellas, the latest included in ORANGE COUNTRY NOIR (Akashic Books, 2010). Mary was a reporter at the LA Times Community News (“second greatest job”), and her articles have appeared in Latino Future, Romance Writers Report, Tu Ciudad and Animation World Network . In 2004, Latina magazine called Mary “an author to look out for” and in 2005, OC Metro magazine named her one of the hottest 25 people in the O.C. And, she still is! To learn more about this author visit her at http://www.marycastillo.com/ . IN BETWEEN MEN Teacher voted "least sexiest" releases her inner sex kitten.      

By Mary Castillo, Caridad Pineiro, Berta Platas and Sofia Quintero St. Martin’s Griffin ISBN 0-312-33504-0 From New York to Los Angeles, from Chicago to Miami, here are four novellas about today’s Latina women and how they deal with dating, marriage, friendship and sex. This is Latina chick lit at its best! Share them with your amigas! Questions to discuss: 1) Can you see yourself in any of these characters? 2) Who was your favorite Chica?