The Family She Never Met

Piñeiro (What Happens in Summer) balances swoon-worthy romance with complex family drama in this heartfelt contemporary about love and forgiveness. Sauve, loyal Luis Torres, president of Guerreiro Enterprises, shows up unannounced at Jessica Russo’s Brooklyn shop with an invitation for Jessica to meet her estranged Cuban grandmother, Carmen Guerreiro, and the rest of the Guerreiro clan in Miami. Jessica had long given up hope that she’d get to know her mother’s side of the family, as every time the Cuban matriarch came up, her mother would shut down the conversation. Now the determined Jessica seizes the chance to learn about her Cuban heritage and get the answers she’s always wanted about what happened between her mother and her grandmother. But Jessica isn’t expecting her charming tour guide to steal her heart along the way. The fluid pace and family confrontation grip readers and make it easy to forgive a slightly overzealous and awkward narrator. Fans of multicultural love stories will enjoy rooting for Jessica’s happily ever after. Agent: Michelle Grajkowski 3 Seas Literary. (Feb.)