THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

The Latina Book Club has been celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we featured a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. We’ve come to the end of our celebration. We know that there are other numerous Latina romance authors out there and we are on a mission to discover them all. Meanwhile, w e wish you much joy in the New Year and remind you to always Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! Romance Readers are loyal. 61% of them are reading the same amount of romance novels as they were a year ago.  In fact, 23% of romance readers are reading more! MEET LIANA DE LA ROSA Liana De La Rosa writes historical romance with a touch of spice.  Her stories are set in the Georgian and late Regency periods. She is a longtime fan of the romance genre, and can remember sneaking Harlequins into her bedroom to read on the sly. After her second child was born, her husband challenged her to write her own ...

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?! 64% of R omance Readers read more than one romance a month.   MEET MIA SOSA A former D.C. First Ammendment and media lawyer, Mia traded in her suits for lounge wear (aka sweatpants!). She strives to write fun and flirty stories about imperfect characters finding their perfect match. Her Suits Undone series, which launched her romance writing career, were all about mixing business with pleasure. Oh la la!  Mia began reading romances in middle school. She remembers hiding them behind the covers of her Menudo magazines. Neither college nor law school deterred her from reading romances. In fact, for years, she thought the phrase “talk softly and carry a big stick” was dating advice.  LOL.  Today Mia is ...

The Latina Book Club has been celebrating Valentine’s and Galentine’s Days all week long. Each day we will feature a new Latina romance author for your reading pleasure. We remind you to always Read Latino Lit and Read Romance. DID YOU KNOW?! 53% of Romance Readers love romantic suspense; followed by 41% who prefer contemporary romances; 34% who prefer historical romance; 33% prefer erotic romance; 26% prefer New Adult; 19% prefer paranormal romance; 18% prefer Young Adult romances; and 17% prefer Christian romances.     MEET LYDIA SAN ANDRES Lydia is a Dominicana who lives and writes in the tropics, where she can be found reading and making excuses to stay out of the heat.  Visit her at www.lydiasanandres.com . ARROYO BLANCO AND CIUDAD REAL Don’t let other people decide who you are. In her novels, each of the protagonists struggles to define her own identity and desires, and reconcile that with what’s expected of ...

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 readers bought $1.08 million worth of romance novels in 2013 according to BookStats!  MEET SABRINA SOL. She calls herself, The Romance Chica, and it fits.  Sabrina writes spicy romance stories featuring smart and sexy Latina heroines.  Sabrina is part of a large, extended Mexican family who loves to laugh and eat.  Because of that, family and food are strong themes in many of her stories. Learn more about The Romance Chica by visiting www.sabrinasol.com . DELICIOUS DESIRES ! Sabrina’s romance series is called Delicious Desires from publisher Entangled: Brazen, and they are hot, hot, hot. Book 1, DELICIOUS TEMPTATION opens the sexy series with a bad boy and a go...