Book & Author Details:
Pen & Xander
by Laekan Zea Kemp
Publication date: October 31st 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
by Laekan Zea Kemp
Publication date: October 31st 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Synopsis:
Pen Prado has a passion for
cooking. Specifically, cooking her father’s food in her father’s
restaurant. It’s the heart of their immigrant neighborhood, a place
where everyone belongs, and second chances are always on the menu.
Except for Pen. Despite the fact that there’s something almost magic
about her food, her father can’t imagine anything worse than her
following in his footsteps. And when Pen confesses to keeping a secret
from her family, he fires her, ensuring she never will.
Xander Amaro is undocumented but that doesn’t stop Ignacio Prado from offering him a job at his restaurant. For Xander, it’s a chance to make amends and to sever his toxic relationship with the druglord, El Cantil–a man whose been like a father to him since his own disappeared. Soon after, his mother abandoned him too, leaving behind a void that not even his abuelo can fill. Until he meets Pen.
Both seeking a place where they feel like they truly belong, they end up finding each other, and in the face of tremendous fear and self-doubt, they end up finding themselves.
Xander Amaro is undocumented but that doesn’t stop Ignacio Prado from offering him a job at his restaurant. For Xander, it’s a chance to make amends and to sever his toxic relationship with the druglord, El Cantil–a man whose been like a father to him since his own disappeared. Soon after, his mother abandoned him too, leaving behind a void that not even his abuelo can fill. Until he meets Pen.
Both seeking a place where they feel like they truly belong, they end up finding each other, and in the face of tremendous fear and self-doubt, they end up finding themselves.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Laekan is a writer and explorer extraordinaire who grew up in
the flatlands of West Texas. She graduated from Texas Tech with a BA
in Creative Writing and is the author of the multi-cultural New
Adult novels The Things They Didn't Bury, Orphans of Paradise,
Breathing Ghosts, and the Young Adult Paranormal series The Girl In
Between. Her upcoming contemporary romance is slated for release during
the summer of 2017!
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