Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“He was going to be very upset if this seemingly nice man was taking them down to his murder room.”

After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M Lopez

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Classic opposites attract in a very unexpected setting. Plot: Alex has a huge chip on her shoulder. Growing up as a third (fourth?) generation Mexican American in Kansas to a huge family meant always fighting to be seen for herself, and as an American. She fueled her rage into a wildly successful bartending career with huge social media presence. But when her beloved grandmother has a bad fall, she’s thrust back into small town Kansas life, even further complicated by a rich white dude from […]

She looked as good as air conditioning.

Give it to Me! by Angelina M. Lopez

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In Give it to Me: Sexy Tales About Women Getting the Good Loving, Lopez gives us a collection that shows her range as a story teller. From the jet-setting billionaire and her wine making prince to a woman who has gone back to school looking for some precious alone time in the library stacks, Lopez is writing about women getting what they want. The first and last stories, “The Phone Call” and “Star 69,” are a part one and part two. “The Phone Call” is […]

He stole my power by being cruel. Don’t you steal it by being nice.

Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. Lopez

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I really enjoyed Angelina Lopez’ Filthy Rich series, starting with Lush Money. She captured that soap opera decadence of jet setting billionaires and royalty while keeping her stories grounded in relatable emotion and centering the books on strong Hispanic women. With her Milagro Street series, she is focused on regular everyday-ish people rather than billionaires and royalty. The smaller scale feels more emotionally powerful. Lopez has said that in writing about the Mexican-American communities of Southeastern Kansas, that she is telling the stories of her heart. […]

This building contains my joy and my heartbreak.

After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez

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After enjoying Angelina M. Lopez’s Lush Money, I started following her on social media. She’s talked for a while about wanting to set a romance with Mexican-American characters in southeast Kansas, where she is from, because so many people are surprised to learn there are Mexican American communities in small Mid-western towns. Her new series, which begins with After Hours of Milagro Street, does just that. Alexandra “Alex” Torres is coming home to Freedom, Kansas after years of being the Best Bitch in Bartending in Chicago. […]

A Soaptastic Ending to a Soaptastic Series

Serving Sin by Angelina M. Lopez

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I have really enjoyed Angelina M. Lopez’s spectacularly soapy Filthy Rich series. The series has the melodrama and glamour of a 1980’s nighttime soap, but with a lot less misogyny. Lopez centers the stories around strong women who fight to be on top in their chosen profession. The stories sprawl across time and continents, but (mostly) stay focused on the romance. Serving Sin tightens up some of the excesses of Hate Crush. One of the joys of a romance series is knowing that interesting side characters are […]

Soap Operatic

Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

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Angelina Lopez bowled me over with her debut novel, Lush Money. Hate Crush, is a worthy sequel. When I started reading romance, I didn’t like contemporary romance because it all seemed to be Judith Krantz and Danielle Steele – ridiculously beautiful people, at least one of whom was incredibly wealthy, with high glamour problems and preposterous plots. If I was going to read that I wanted it to be set in the past. In the last 30 years, contemporary romance has become less focused on the […]



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