History was woven perfectly into the timeline.When I first read this book, it was my first time reading anything by Chanel Cleeton. I loved watching Beatriz navigate the crisis in Cuba, the JFK assassination and the beginnings of the Cold War.

It was really interesting to have that plot line and her relationships with the agent was intriguing and intense. It would cause some scenes to drag on a little long when I had already gotten the point.īUT, what was really cool was having Beatriz work with the CIA. 5 stars was that, at times, it was too political (for me personally).

I was happy with the resolution and felt relieved at how it all came to a conclusion. And also destroyed me, but I’ve already accepted that this is how Cleeton likes to torture us. Her relationship with Nicholas made me swoooooon. I will firmly stand by that this might be the only case where I accepted and was okay with it. Okay, didn’t start out in the best light ( trigger: cheating), but guys. And even when I wanted to shout out her, I also understood her choices. This control and defines all of her decisions. Beatriz has so much loyalty and love for her family and her country. She was an amazing MC and brought out all of the feels. She did another amazing job and kept me completely entranced in this book. Let me also say, I love the Audible narrator: Kyla Garcia. Oooooh, I loved this even more than Next Year in Havana. When the ever-changing tides of history threaten everything she has fought for, she must make a choice between her past and future–but the wrong move could cost Beatriz everything–not just the island she loves, but also the man who has stolen her heart…

Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro’s inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost.Īs the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash of Cuban American politics and the perils of a forbidden affair with a powerful man driven by ambitions of his own. The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez–her family, her people, her country. In 1960s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life–and heart–to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.

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