PRAISE FOR ADRIANA HERRERA'S FIRST BOOK IN THE LAS LEONAS SERIES
One of Parade's Best Romance Books of All Time
"A romp-filled and refreshingly diverse historical romance...A marriage of convenience, steamy love scenes, and a heartfelt romance all lie within the pages of this sparkling first in a new series."—Buzzfeed
"Adriana Herrera’s novel is as layered, spiced, and intoxicating as Luz’s rum, but its most effective aspect is the sobering ways it layers indictments of colonialism and slavery amid luscious romance and revenge. Adriana Herrera's stories of brilliant and mission-driven Afro-Latinx heroines are not to be missed."—Entertainment Weekly
“With fascinating historical detail, suspenseful drama, and scorching hot intimate moments, this story hits all the notes of a superb romance, while the setting and characters make it fresh and exciting. In a word, marvelous.”—Kirkus
"The cultural diversity represented is historically accurate, beautifully integrated, sensitively explored, and incredibly refreshing. It’s high time romance diversified its tales of dashing dukes; Herrera doesn’t disappoint on that front."—Publisher's Weekly
"Herrera kicks off the “Las Leonas” series with this effervescent historical featuring a vibrant setting, steamy love scenes, and fully realized characters. Readers will be enchanted."—Library Journal, Starred review
“Ferociously feminist and sensual, with a dreamily diverse cast. A CARIBBEAN HEIRESS IN PARIS is a dazzling historical romance.”—Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author
“A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is a triumph! With brilliant heroines, bold heroes and beautiful storytelling, Adriana Herrera is a fun, frothy, fiercely feminist voice in historical romance. This rich, rollicking, deeply romantic read will delight readers and leave them desperate for the next in the series. While I wait, I’ll be over here wishing I had a time machine so I could head to Belle Époque Paris and hang out with Las Leonas! What a gorgeous book!”—Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author
"Adriana Herrera has created something extraordinary. A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is a radiant feat full of intrigue and romance. I anxiously await the next installment in Las Léonas!"—Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
"A book by Adriana Herrera is always cause for celebration, and with A Caribbean Heiress in Paris, she's given me the historical romance of my dreams."—Eva Leigh, USA TODAY bestselling author
"A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is a breath of fresh air. Featuring everything I love about historical romance - from the tropes to the electric chemistry between its hero and heroine to the well-researched historical details - it also has a diverse cast of characters and vividly drawn Parisian and Scottish settings that make it feel entirely new. This book is sexy, smart, and so much fun."—Martha Waters, author of To Love and to Loathe
"Adriana Herrera skillfully rolls all my favorite things into one delicious reada Scottish hero, an ambitious heroine, sizzling chemistry, strong female friendship, and whisky. A lush, vivid romance, highly recommended."—Evie Dunmore, USA TODAY bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
"This gorgeously penned book fuses together scorching chemistry, textured characters, and a searing examination of power and colonialism, all while scratching my favorite romance itches: witty, stubborn leads, intense (and sensual) swoons, and of course, an ensemble that already has me dying for the next book in the series. Adriana Herrera is magnificent, and A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is a testament to her incomparable voice and vision."—Sierra Simone, USA TODAY bestselling author
"A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is a pure delight from start to finish, with rich historical detail, red-hot chemistry, and gorgeous writing. Adriana Herrera is a brilliant storyteller, and this peek into the glittering world of the Belle Époque will leave you breathless. Definitely one of my favorite reads of the year!"—Joanna Shupe, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Devil of Downtown
"Take Paris by storm in Adriana Herrera's Late Victorian Era romance, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. Lush settings, rich characters, and that familiar feeling of West Indies's allure will steal your heart. The diverse communities surrounding the Eiffel Tower and stretching to the Scottish Highlands will have you begging for more of this exciting inclusive world."—Vanessa Riley, author of A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby
“Richly detailed, vividly depicted, and sweepingly romantic, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris is an enchanting and unforgettable story filled with an amazing cast of characters readers will love. A gorgeous novel!”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Our Last Days in Barcelona
“A sparkling and feminist romance with a fiercely independent, business-minded heroine and a dashing Scottish hero who supports her. Stunning settings, family intrigue, and delicious chemistry that sets the pages on firethis book has everything you could want in historical romance.”—Harper St. George, author of The Heiress Gets a Duke
“Historical romance at its very best—fresh, lush and full of steam!”—Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of The Duke Gets Ravished
★ 02/01/2022
Luz Alana Heith-Benzan is headed to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris with her little sister, her two best friends, and a mission: create a European market for the rum made by her family business in the Dominican Republic. Falling in love is not even a consideration. But when she and James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, realize they both have something to gain from a marriage of convenience—Luz would be able to access her inheritance, Evan could gain control of his late mother's distillery—they each secretly long for it to be a love match as well. But Evan is keeping something secret from Luz, and she's determined to find out what. Herrera ("Dreamers" series) kicks off the "Las Leonas" series with this effervescent historical featuring a vibrant setting, steamy love scenes, and fully realized characters. Readers will be enchanted. VERDICT An essential purchase for libraries.—Stephanie Klose
★ 2022-03-16
A rum heiress from Hispaniola meets a Scottish earl at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Luz Alana Heith-Benzan travels to Paris with her younger sister and best friends—Manuela, an artist, and Aurora, a doctor—so she can expand her family’s rum business into the European market. She also has business dreams of her own, but an issue with her inheritance is getting in the way. Evan Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, is attending the exposition to sell whisky, but he’s also engaging in secret meetings, making plans to take down his father. When Luz first meets Evan, she finds him exasperating, but he’s drawn to this fiery woman who stands her ground. As he charms his way into her heart, they open up to each other and discover they would both benefit from a marriage of convenience. While their relationship is meant to be just a business transaction, they would both like to act upon their physical attraction. Soon, emotions and passion blur the line between business and pleasure. Herrera kicks off an enticing historical romance series with this lush, diverse feminist tale. Racism and sexism are tackled head-on in ways that feel both appropriate to the time and relatable to today. Paris and Scotland are vibrant settings, and the large cast is filled with interesting, nuanced characters, from friends to foes. With fascinating historical detail, suspenseful drama, and scorching hot intimate moments, this story hits all the notes of a superb romance, while the setting and characters make it fresh and exciting.
In a word, marvelous.