Behind the Pages by Anais

Release Date: APRIL 14th 2026

 

When her father passes, Adelina Hernandez inherits more than a restaurant; she inherits a dream on life support. El Coquí, once the beating heart of her Puerto Rican community, is falling apart. The bills are piling up, the staff is thinning, and the only thing hotter than the kitchen is her temper.

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Then comes Dean Anderson, her husband on paper, her rival in reality. Their marriage was born from convenience: his clean-cut image for her mountain of debt. But as Dean steps into the chaos of El Coquí, neither expects the lines between business, family, and desire to blur so easily.

 

Between sizzling tension and simmering pots of sancocho, Adelina must decide what she’s really fighting for: her independence, her father’s legacy, or the man who’s slowly becoming both her greatest frustration and her safest place.

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