Hi Friends! We are almost to the end of September and we are halfway through Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month. (Sept 15- Oct 15). Thank you Forever Romance for introducing me to a new podcast this weekend, Latinx Like Me, via the take over from Bookish.Em. As someone who is half Mexican American but little to no cultural affiliation to my Mexican background, I have spent A LOT of time thinking about where and how I fit into Latinx culture and if I can even use that term to define myself. Continue Reading
Guest Post: American Sweethearts Playlist by Adriana Herrera
Hello Smexy readers! Can you believe we made it here? The last Dreamers story and this one is our M/F. Y'a'll I love these two and their playlist probably my favorite of the series. it's the perfect mix of breakup songs and old skool Latinx. I mean I start with Selena and we go from there. These songs are a great way to send off this series just as Pris and Juanpa are ideal to send off the Dreamers. Their love story is a hard-won one but it's also one that everyone in their lives is Continue Reading
Smexy Top Ten October 18
We made it to Friday! YAY!! 10. Need to watch a soothing video? Check out this cake decorating video. 9. I’m a knitter. Last year I vowed to knit socks. It went so well I have a half inch nub of a sock still sitting on needles in my knitting bins. Last night I saw a post on Reddit about someone knitting TWELVE socks at a time. I can’t even wrap my head around how to do two at a time, twelve is beyond my scope. 8. Shameless self promotion time. A few weeks back I recorded an episode Continue Reading
Guest Post: Romance Take Two by Sabrina Sol
Second Chance romance is one of my absolute favorite tropes. When I saw that Sabrina is part of an anthology, Do It Again, featuring 5 novellas about second chance, I asked her to write a post about the trope and the anthology. Take it away Sabrina- Is love sweeter the second time around? According to the popular trope known as Second Chance Romance, the answer is a resounding “Yes!” I love a Second Chance Romance because I think the stakes are higher and the main characters have Continue Reading
Guest Post: Subverting the Billionaire Trope by Angelina M. Lopez
My debut romance novel, Lush Money, is about a Mexican-American self-made billionaire businesswoman. I would love to say when I thought her up in 2015, that I was aiming for a trope-subverting heroine; that I anticipated the 2016 election, the #MeToo movement, and the resolve of women and people of color to no longer accept the status quo of being pushed to the background. But I’m just not that wise. I owe much to luck for the gift of Roxanne Medina, the smart and sultry billionaire heroine Continue Reading
American Dreamer: Cast List by Adriana Herrera
Today we welcome Adriana Herrera to SmexyBooks! Her debut book, American Dreamer, releases on March 4, 2019. The HEROES. I was so excited when I got a request to do a casting list for American Dreamer. Folx I have had my list ready to for a while. If Netflix ever comes knocking, I WILL BE READY! For Nesto, I have only one option, Johnny Sibilly. He is a Dominican-Cuban actor—you may have seen him as Costas on Pose—and he looks exactly how I envision my favorite Afro-Caribbean food Continue Reading