After Hours on Milagro Street
A Novel
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A WASHINGTON POST BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
A FATED MATES BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
Guapo pobrecito, her grandmother calls him. The “poor handsome man.”
Professor Jeremiah Post, the poor handsome man, is in fact standing in the way of Alejandra “Alex” Torres turning Loretta’s, her grandmother’s bar, into a viable business. The hot brainiac who sleeps in one of the upstairs tenant rooms already has all of her Mexican American family’s admiration; she won’t let him have the bar and building she needs to resurrect her career, too.
Alex blowing into town has rocked Jeremiah to his mild-mannered core, but the large, boisterous Torres clan is everything he never had. He doesn’t believe Alex has the best interest of her family, their community, or the bar’s legacy in mind. To protect all three, he’ll stand up to the tough and tattooed bartender with whom he now shares a bedroom wall—and resist the insta-lust they both feel.
But when an old enemy threatens Loretta’s and the surrounding neighborhood, Alex and Jeremiah must combine forces. It will take her might and his mind to save the home they both desperately need.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sparks fly and tempers flare in the passionate, un-put-downable rivals-to-lovers romance that launches a sizzling new series from Lopez (the Filthy Rich series). Alejandra "Alex" Torres, "the Best Bitch in Bartending," moves back home to Freedom, Kans., to revive her grandmother's failing bar, Loretta's, a staple of her Mexican American neighborhood; prove herself to her family; and revamp her career. Unfortunately, the building's upstairs tenant, sexy and charmingly nerdy professor Jeremiah Post, has plans to turn Loretta's into a museum and quickly proves a thorn in Alex's side, despite their immediate electric chemistry. But when a local development company starts buying up abandoned properties and sets its sights on Loretta's, the pair are forced to work together. There are rumors of a family treasure hidden somewhere in the building—just what they need to save the bar—but Alex and Jeremiah will have to put aside their differences to find it. Reserved Jeremiah and ballsy Alex shine as Lopez expertly peels back their layers, and together they make an endearing power couple. Lopez seamlessly blends high-heat romance with discussions of Alex's heritage and the fascinating history of 19th-century Mexican immigrants to the Kansas plains. This is a treasure.
