A Lot Like Adiós: A Novel
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"Alexis Daria's A Lot Like Adiós is a charming, sexy spitfire of a novel! Romance readers, this is your new favorite book!" —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation
The national bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola returns with a seductive second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home.
Hi Mich. It's Gabe.
After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She's perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago.
It's been a long time.
Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents' demanding expectations, but it also meant saying goodbye to Michelle, his best friend and longtime crush. Now, he's the successful co-owner of LA's hottest celebrity gym, with an investor who insists on opening a New York City location. It's the last place Gabe wants to go, but when Michelle is unexpectedly brought on board to spearhead the new marketing campaign, everything Gabe's been running from catches up with him.
I've missed you.
Michelle is torn between holding Gabe at arm's length or picking up right where they left off—in her bed. As they work on the campaign, old feelings resurface, and their reunion takes a sexy turn. Facing mounting pressure from their families—who think they're dating—and growing uncertainty about their futures, can they resolve their past mistakes, or is it only a matter of time before Gabe says adiós again?
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Alexis Daria. (2021). A Lot Like Adiós: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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Alexis Daria writes stories about successful Latinx characters and their (occasionally messy) familias. Her debut Take the Lead won the 2018 RITA® Award for "Best First Book" and You Had Me at Hola is a national bestseller, Target Diverse Book Club Pick, and New York Times Editor's Choice Pick. Alexis is a lifelong New Yorker who loves Broadway musicals and pizza.
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The national bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola returns with a seductive second-chance romance about a commitment-phobic Latina and her childhood best friend who has finally returned home.
Hi Mich. It's Gabe.
After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She's perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago.
It's been a long time.
Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents' demanding expectations, but it also meant saying goodbye to Michelle, his best friend and longtime crush. Now, he's the successful co-owner of LA's hottest celebrity gym, with an investor who insists on opening a New York City location. It's the last place Gabe wants to go, but when Michelle is unexpectedly brought on board to spearhead the new marketing campaign, everything Gabe's been running from catches up with him.
I've missed you.
Michelle is torn between holding Gabe at arm's length or picking up right where they left off—in her bed. As they work on the campaign, old feelings resurface, and their reunion takes a sexy turn. Facing mounting pressure from their families—who think they're dating—and growing uncertainty about their futures, can they resolve their past mistakes, or is it only a matter of time before Gabe says adiós again?
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"Alexis Daria's A Lot Like Adiós is a charming, sexy spitfire of a novel! Between Mich and Gabe's crackling dialogue and their palpable yearning, I fell hard and fast for this book, racing through its pages until I finally closed it with an overflowing heart and a deep happy sigh. Romance readers, this is your new favorite book!" — Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of People We Meet on Vacation
"A sexy and sweet tale that tells us that home is more than a place, but rather where our heart lives." — Bolu Babalola, Sunday Times bestselling author
"A Lot Like Adiós is the quintessential read-in-one-sitting book. You will not want to put down this fresh, sexy take on the childhood friends-to-lovers trope. I adored every page!" — Farrah Rochon, USA Today bestselling author of The Boyfriend Project
"A Lot Like Adiós is a thoroughly satisfying second chance romance with the heat turned all the way up to MUY caliente. Gabe and Michelle's journey back to one another is brimming with moments of scorching passion and deep yearning. A love letter to fanfiction, the old neighborhood, and that one person from your past you could never forget." — Adriana Herrera, USA Today bestselling author
"As always, Alexis Daria has delivered a perfectly-balanced romance that's my ideal combination of sweet and spicy. I love the Primas of Power and can't wait to see where they go next!" — Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Magic for Liars and The Echo Wife
"Gabe and Michelle are my favorite hot nerds in the galaxy. This wildly sexy, emotional trip through their lives will tug at heart strings—and elicit pants feelings—across the cosmos."
— Andie J. Christopher, USA Today Bestselling Author"Second chance romance perfection! I was under this book's spell from start to finish, fanned myself several times (in the first hundred pages no less) and fell completely in love with Mich and Gabe. A TBR must have." — Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author
"Scorchingly hot and irresistibly sweet, Alexis Daria's friends-to-lovers tale is a sexy masterpiece that'll make you wonder what your childhood best friend is up to these days. Michelle and Gabe's chemistry sizzles right off the page." — Hannah Orenstein, author of Head Over Heels
"A Lot Like Adiós is a shining example of what a contemporary romance in the hands of a talented author can be: funny, sexy, inclusive, and real. I absolutely adored it!" — Mia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man
"With A Lot Like Adiós, Alexis Daria has crafted an on-brand romance filled with friendship, heart, and sexy situations that will singe your eyebrows. Her lovely Latinx story explores the pressures of family expectations on relationships before expertly delivering a satisfying and heady HEA. Michelle and Gabe are the two out-of-the-box romance characters readers want. A delight. A breath of fresh air. An absolute joy." — Diana Muñoz Stewart, award-winning and bestselling author of I Am Justice
"Daria's sultry, standalone second Primas of Power rom-com offers a delightful take on the friends-to-lovers trope...Daria keeps the emphasis on the protagonists' personal growth, capturing the intimacy between Michelle and Gabe as they come to better understand who they are as individuals—and who they could be together. The steamy love scenes, vibrant cast, deeply felt emotions, and sense of fun make...
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Starred review from June 28, 2021
Daria’s sultry, standalone second Primas of Power rom-com (after You Had Me at Hola) offers a delightful take on the friends-to-lovers trope. Childhood best friends Michelle Amato and Gabe Aguilar fell out of touch at age 18 when Gabe fled the Bronx for college in California to escape his overbearing parents. Thirteen years later, Michelle is a freelance graphic designer while Gabe is a physical therapist and co-owner of L.A.’s “5th hottest celebrity gym.” With another gym set to open in New York City, the former friends are reunited when Michelle is hired to lead the new location’s marketing campaign. One of Michelle’s conditions for working with Gabe is that he stay with her while location scouting, bringing him back to his old neighborhood for the first time. In such close proximity, feelings from the past threaten to bubble over and the pair find it increasingly difficult to deny their palpable chemistry—all while fending off their overly invested families, who believe they’re dating. Daria keeps the emphasis on the protagonists’ personal growth, capturing the intimacy between Michelle and Gabe as they come to better understand who they are as individuals—and who they could be together. The steamy love scenes, vibrant cast, deeply felt emotions, and sense of fun make this a surefire hit. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary.
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Starred review from July 1, 2021
Gabriel Aguilar has had little contact with his parents in the Bronx since a rift with his dad several years before. Now he owns a thriving, high-profile gym in L.A., and an investor wants to open a branch in New York. They end up hiring Michelle, Gabe's best friend from high school, another person who pushed him away after learning that he wanted to leave the neighborhood. Michelle ran a famously successful branding campaign for a similar business, and now works as a freelancer, after the firm she worked for gave the promotion she deserved to her colleague and ex-boyfriend. She wants to show Gabe how much it hurt her when he disappeared and never responded to her emails, but instead they soon realize how much they love each other. When Gabe is confronted by his family, and has to make a career decision, he is forced to decide what he really wants. Sizzling chemistry, realistic family dynamics, humorous fan-fiction flashbacks, and two strong leads make this outstanding second-chance romance one of the best yet by rising romance star Daria (You Had Me at Hola, 2020).COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Gabriel Aguilar has had little contact with his parents in the Bronx since a rift with his dad several years before. Now he owns a thriving, high-profile gym in L.A., and an investor wants to open a branch in New York. They end up hiring Michelle, Gabe's best friend from high school, another person who pushed him away after learning that he wanted to leave the neighborhood. Michelle ran a famously successful branding campaign for a similar business, and now works as a freelancer, after the firm she worked for gave the promotion she deserved to her colleague and ex-boyfriend. She wants to show Gabe how much it hurt her when he disappeared and never responded to her emails, but instead they soon realize how much they love each other. When Gabe is confronted by his family, and has to make a career decision, he is forced to decide what he really wants. Sizzling chemistry, realistic family dynamics, humorous fan-fiction flashbacks, and two strong leads make this outstanding second-chance romance one of the best yet by rising romance star Daria (You Had Me at Hola, 2020).COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Starred review from July 30, 2021
Burned out from her career in corporate marketing, Michelle Amato is shocked when Gabriel Aguilar, her former neighbor, best friend, and crush, reaches out for help revamping the branding for his up-and-coming celebrity gym in Los Angeles. Mich reluctantly agrees, but only if Gabe comes home to the Bronx. Gabe is terrified to return since he hasn't spoken to Mich, or his parents, since he abruptly left 13 years ago to get out from under the weight of his parents' expectations. Sparks immediately reignite between the two, who agree to have a fling while working together on Gabe's marketing campaign. But then Gabe and Mich's overbearing families discover them together, and their fake relationship begins to feel increasingly real, which means that both Mich and Gabe will need to figure out who they are and how they can belong, together. VERDICT This sparkling and steamy follow-up to Daria's You Had Me at Hola is a delicious second-chance romance featuring two bisexual leads. A must-read for those who love contemporary queer, family-focused romances like Adriana Herrera's American Sweethearts and Alexandria Bellefleur's Hang the Moon. Recommended for all public library collections.--Elizabeth Gabriel, Milwaukee P.L.
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Childhood best friends have a second chance at love. Oppressed by the weight of family expectations after his high school graduation, Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx for Los Angeles and never looked back. Thirteen years later, he co-owns a successful gym; he used to love working one-on-one with clients, but he's bored and unhappy now that his job is nothing but calendar alerts and endless meetings. Gabe's partner has hired Michelle Amato, a marketing expert, to help them with the gym's New York expansion, unaware that she was Gabe's childhood best friend and next-door neighbor. Michelle is excited for the chance to rebrand Agility Gyms but also hopes to finally find out why Gabe abandoned their friendship. Daria excels at writing strong, interesting conflict for her characters. Michelle is determined to protect herself after too many heartbreaks: She was devastated when Gabe moved to LA and was personally and professionally burned in corporate America. Gabe learns that his inability to stand up for himself in business is related to his penchant for running away. Gabe and Michelle know they should be careful with their hearts, but they cannot resist their powerful attraction or shared history, which is detailed on the page through instant messages from their teenage years. Michelle and Gabe battle their inner demons and take a chance on each other, and the result will delight romance readers. Not only is it a satisfying and steamy romance, but the novel also explores how family and friends can be an essential part of a happy, fulfilling life. A sexy, satisfying romance about people who finally grow into being right for each other.COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Hi Mich. It's Gabe.
After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She's perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago.
It's been a long time.
Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents' demanding expectations, but it also meant...
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