American Sweethearts (Dreamers, #4)
Adriana Herrera
“A fresh and vital new voice in romance.” —Entertainment Weekly“Adriana Herrera is writing some of my favorite Afro-Latinx characters and giving us beautiful love stories along the way.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award Winner for The Poet XJuan Pablo Campos doesn’t do regrets. He’s living the dream as a physical therapist with his beloved New York Yankees. He has the best friends and family in the world and simply no time to dwell on what could’ve been.Except when it comes to Priscilla, the childhood friend he’s loved for what seems like forever.New York City police detective Priscilla Gutierrez has never been afraid to go after what she wants. Second guessing herself isn’t a thing she does. But lately, the once-clear vision she had for herself—her career, her relationships, her life—is no longer what she wants. What she especially doesn’t want is to be stuck on a private jet to the Dominican Republic with JuanPa, the one person who knows her better than anyone else.By the end of a single week in paradise, the love/hate thing JuanPa and Pris have been doing for sixteen years has risen to epic proportions. No one can argue their connection is still there. And they can both finally admit—if only to themselves—they’ve always been a perfect match. The future they dreamed of together is still within reach...if they can just accept each other as they are.This book is approximately 90,000 wordsOne-click with confidence. This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you’re looking for with an HEA/HFN. It’s a promise!
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0I first knew about this book via the Fated Mates Podcast and I needed to read it. I was not disappointed and now I know how talented as a writer Adriana Herrera is.
This is a second chance - friends to lovers romance featuring Priscilla and Juan Pablo, two afrolatinx characters that are so loveable and real. And even though the book handles some heavy issues, it is also a sweet and heartwarming story.
Pris's struggle about her work and her real passion is handled in a way that is so relatable. Also, it was so nice to see how JuanPa was so supportive with her decisions and respected her limits.
I loved seeing their journeys to become better persons an that they could work out what in the past separated them. I think that in the end, they always belonged to each other.
Now I need to read the rest of the series and I can't wait.
(I don't even know why I started by the last book)
0American Sweethearts is wonderful. Juan Pablo and Priscilla have been on-again/off-again since age 15, but they've always been explosive together. After a bad break two or three years ago, they find themselves together on a luxury jet down to the Dominican Republic for a destination wedding. They're drawn together and find themselves thinking about what-if.
One of the great things about this book is that we don't see the male lead realize he needs to change, we see him after he's gotten it together. The story really focuses on Priscilla's realization that he's changed, and her personal growth. And I really enjoyed that.
It's sizzling, it's sweet, he takes care of her when she gets the cramps. It's great, you guys.
I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley for review.
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