1–What is the title of your latest release?
2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
Hot-shot farmer from traditional Mexican family fake dates chill California surfer.
3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
This series is my love letter to California. I wanted to set it in an agricultural community in central California, so I chose Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, and Carmel-by-the-Sea.
4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
Yes! I admire her deeply. And we could go dancing together.
5–What are three words that describe your hero?
Laid-back, respectful, calm.
6–What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I learned SO much about farming! It’s such back-breaking work.
7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
Love this question! I’m an obsessive-compulsive editor. I edit as I go. I wish I could wait until I finish the draft.
8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
I love a good seven-course tasting menu!
9–Describe your writing space/office!
I have an office that overlooks the garden, but I usually write in a beach front café sipping oatmilk vanilla lattes.
10–Who is an author you admire?
Jesse Q. Sutanto. She writes in multiple genres and is killing it in each. She’s also super lovely and supportive.
11–Is there a book that changed your life?
Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez. First time I read Latina characters in a contemporary book. I had never seen myself in fiction prior and this was the first time it occurred to me that I could write!
12–Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)
I had self-published twenty-nine books. Sent Ramón and Julieta to my agent. And within a few days we had interest. I had a call with Sarah, my incredible editor, and we immediately clicked. Jill, my agent, called shortly after that. It was exhilarating!
13–What’s your favorite genre to read?
Middle Grade.
14–What’s your favorite movie?
Back to the Future.
15–What is your favorite season?
Spring! I love to work in my garden.
16–How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
Walk on the beach. Brunch with my family. Gardening. And then end the day by needlepointing.
17–What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
The Americans.
18–What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Mexican. But I love all food.
19–What do you do when you have free time?
I’m obsessed with needlepointing! I’m stitching a beautiful Cinco de Mayo canvas now.
20–What can readers expect from you next?
My third book in the series, MY FAIR SENOR, is about the youngest brother Jaime. It’s a second-chance romance between him, a social media influencer, and his college sweetheart who owns the hottest tequila bar in Tiburon.
KISS ME, MI AMOR by Alana Quintana Albertson
Love & Tacos #2
It turns out that a fake relationship is the perfect recipe for a love that sizzles hotter than Santa Barbara’s spiciest salsa—when it’s between enemies.…
Enrique Montez, smooth-talking heir to the Taco King empire, is man enough to admit that he made a critical error when he underestimated Carolina Flores. The agricultural hotshot should have been an easy conquest—who would turn down the chance to partner with California’s largest fast-food chain? But instead of signing her name on the dotted line, Carolina has Enrique eating out of the palm of her hand, and when fate steps in with an unexpected opportunity, Enrique is willing to do whatever it takes to capture her heart.
Growing up as the daughter of farmworkers, Carolina spent her youth picking strawberries in the fields of Santa Maria and vowing to improve the lives of people like her parents. Now, as one of only a few Latina farm owners, she has no time for romance and she’s certainly not about to let the notorious Montez brother anywhere near her business—even if just being near Enrique makes her skin tingle.
But she is willing to let him help get her overinvolved family off her back. When Carolina’s father and her lovelorn sisters mistake Enrique for her (nonexistent) boyfriend, she reluctantly agrees to a series of pretend dates to their town’s traditional Mexican-American holiday celebrations. Soon the fake feelings turn real and both Carolina and Enrique must convince each other to take a chance on love before their vacation romance is over.
Multicultural Latin American [Berkley, On Sale: May 9, 2023, Trade Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9780593336243 / eISBN: 9780593336250]
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About Alana Quintana Albertson
Alana Quintana Albertson has written thirty romance novels, rescued five-hundred death-row shelter dogs, and danced one thousand rumbas. She lives in sunny San Diego with her husband, two sons, and too many pets. Most days, she can be found writing her next heart book in a beachfront cafe while sipping an oat-milk Mexican mocha or gardening with her children in their backyard orchard and snacking on a juicy blood orange.
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