MY FAIR SEÑOR

The latest installment in the Love & Tacos series takes readers on a tequila journey with a slice of second-chance romance.

Jaime is the 25-year-old baby of the wealthy Mexican American Montez family in La Jolla, California. A bit lost despite his successful career as an influencer, he decides to jump into the tequila business after being asked to promote a brand owned by an actor who’s definitely not Mexican. The problem is, he knows just as little about tequila or Mexican culture as all those non-Mexicans profiting from cultural appropriation. But while he’s trying to figure out his new plan, the thought of his college girlfriend, Alma Garcia, pops into his head, and he looks her up on his phone—and it turns out that she’s no longer a sommelier but the owner of a tequila bar in Marin County. Could she teach him what he needs to know? Cue problem number 2: He broke up with Alma because he wasn’t ready to commit to one woman after graduation. Alma is full of passion—a word that crops up frequently—for educating people about tequila, Mexican culture, and making her bar a success. When Jaime shows up with his request, feelings of love, lust, hurt, and anger swirl into a cocktail that brings the former lovers together and apart in dizzying succession. A trip to Guadalajara to learn about traditional tequila-making promises a new chapter but Alma has doubts about whether Jaime has matured enough for her to trust in his love again. Readers might share her skepticism despite the happy-for-now resolution, including news that he’s generously sponsoring a youth soccer club in an under-resourced neighborhood.

A New Adult romance that showcases Mexican and Mexican American life in broad strokes.