**Entertainment Weekly's Best Romance Book of 2022 so far!
"Herrera excels at propelling the romance genre and its form forward,
and this book is no exception... Herrera is crafting swoony historical
romances that aren't afraid to engage with the realities of the
19th-century while still making a bid for hard-earned
happily-ever-afters."--Entertainment Weekly**
"A romp-filled and refreshingly diverse historical
romance."--Buzzfeed
Paris, 1889
The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every
corner of the globe...including Luz Alana Heith-Benzan, heiress to the
Caña Brava rum empire.
Luz Alana set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of
rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is
she to fall in love. In the City of Lights, she intends to expand the
rum business her family built over three generations, but buyers and
shippers alike can't imagine doing business with a woman...never mind a
woman of color. This, paired with being denied access to her inheritance
unless she marries, leaves the heiress in a very precarious position.
Enter James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, who has spent a decade
looking for purpose outside of his father's dirty money and dirtier
dealings. Ignoring his title, he's built a whisky brand that's his
biggest--and only--passion. That is, until he's confronted with a
Spanish-speaking force of nature who turns his life upside down.
From their first tempestuous meeting, Luz Alana is conflicted. Why is
this titled--and infuriatingly charming--Scottish man so determined to
help her?
For Evan, every day with Luz Alana makes him yearn for more than her
ardent kisses or the marriage of convenience that might save them both.
But Luz Alana sailed for Paris prepared to build her business and her
future; what she wasn't prepared for was love finding her.
Las Leonas
Book 1: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
