A Little Love Author:C. C. Medina "Set to the distinctly Latin beat of Miami, C. C. Medina's debut novel introduces four Hispanic women, their lives, loves, and most of all, their friendship. From the bedrooms to the bars, from the dance floors to their kitchen tables, follow the searching hearts of... Isabel — Ay Dios! I still have pictures of David: the kids insist on that. Ev... more »ery time I see his face in their bedrooms, I want to tear my heart out. I can't get to his because he doesn't have one. Isabel Landon is a successful engineer, wealthy provider, and loving mother, yet she still defines herself as a Cubana divorced from a Gringo. Struggling with her "failure," she guards her heart and her independence fiercely-until a Cuban Americano writer turns her world upside-down. Mercy Last night the music was hot and so was Ramn. His hips started to sway and my heart started to go Ka-pung. I was drunk, I was dizzy, and I was hoping that this time reality would stick. Mara Mercedes Virtudes (Mercy) is the life of the party-she has an unquenchable thirst for fun and men. Yet she also will stop at nothing to achieve el matrimonio. Will she slow down long enough to meet Seor Right? Lucinda
When your own husband is looking some place else, you start to wonder what is wrong with you. I never thought I'd find myself on this side of a soap opera. Lucinda Portes de Coln was born into the elitist aristocracy of the Dominican Republic and married a man she loved dearly. Then betrayal shattered her charmed life. Now, for the first time, she has to stand on her own two feet. Julia
"Marry me." Three years, thought Julia. Three years with Felipe, comfortable, convenient. How many nights spent at each other's apartment? That was the arrangement, a routine that had no routine. "I can't answer you Felipe. I need time to think," Julia said. Julia Velsquez is a respected Mexican-American author and teacher. Above all else she values the clinical order of her life. But soon she'll face a moral crossroads. Will her friends stand beside her, regardless of her choice? Over tapas and glasses of Cointreau, these four amigas laugh at the absurdity of life, and shed bittersweet tears over the injustice of it all. In the end, their values are universal. Amistad y amor. Or, in other words, friendship and... A LITTLE LOVE"« less