ANCHORED HEARTS

Former childhood sweethearts reunite after 12 years apart in this emotional romance set in balmy Key West.

Anamaría Navarro is a woman who isn't afraid of hard work, balancing her job as a firefighter paramedic with her own business as a personal trainer. She's motivated, driven, and begrudgingly ruled by her well-meaning Cuban mother. It's because of her Mami that Anamaría has agreed to visit the family home of Alejandro Miranda, a man she'd hoped never to see again after their painful separation more than a decade earlier. Alejandro isn't pleased to be there, either. A highly sought-after international photographer, Alejandro spurned his father's dream of having him work in the family restaurant to pursue his passion. Now, after a serious fall in Puerto Rico has put his leg in a "cyborg-looking contraption," he's back in Key West to recuperate—and his family has called the one person he most wanted to avoid. When Alejandro left, he'd hoped Anamaría would join his jet-setting lifestyle. Instead, his pushing her became the catalyst for their breakup. While both Alejandro and Anamaría lived full lives apart, their meddling families never lost hope that they'd find their way back together, even if they require a hefty nudge. Oliveras has perfected the second-chance romance trope with Alejandro and Anamaría. Their anguish is so real that the book should come with tissues. The Key West setting is vibrant, adding a blessed touch of armchair travel to the current global circumstances. Wonderfully soapy, this is a romance to read in one sitting.

A stunning romance of first love found again.