The special news I’ve been keeping to myself these past few months has to do with one of my favorite’s—a book club! The video announcing The Neapolitan Sisters as part of this summer’s Poder Circle Book Club, means over 265,000 plus followers of the Poderistas digital community (which was co-founded by Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, among many other notable Latinas) are now going to get to meet Dooley, Claudia and Maritza.

The Neapolitan Sisters joins Robyn Moreno’s memoir, Get Rooted: Reclaim Your Soul, Serenity, and Sisterhood Through the Healing Medicine of the Grandmothers, and Adriana Herrera’s hot historical romance, An Island Princess Starts a Scandal. I'm flattered The Neapolitan Sisters was included in this book trio and we were referred to as “incredibly talented and diverse Latinas" by the Poderistas Poder Circle Book Club.

If you'd like to join the Poder Circle Book Club, it’s easy to sign up and here’s what you can look forward to:
-Save 10% off the cover price of The Neapolitan Sisters when you order from Bookshop.org and use code PODERISTAS
-Bi-monthly book club emails and exclusive book club content
-An invitation to private events, including a virtual discussion with me and the Poder Circle Book Club later this summer (date TBA)
-A special in-person event with me and my publishing editor from Alcove Press/Crooked Lane Books, Toni Kirkpatrick, on Saturday, July 29th at 2pm at Village Well Books in Culver City, CA
-A discussion guide for The Neapolitan Sisters
-Plus, surprise appearances, giveaways and more!

How does something like this happen? Lots and lots of little steps, starting with my being smart enough to realize I wasn’t going to be able to make big things happen for The Neapolitan Sisters on my own. Writing a book is one thing, having it published is a bigger thing, but getting the word out especially after a decade between novels is a monumental task.

I’m so glad and grateful that Nicolle Blanco, my publicist and engine that pulls my whiny caboose, has proven to be not only a great person and friend, but aces at marketing and publicity. She also laughs at my jokes and lets me be as raunchy as I need to be to get it out of my system, so it doesn’t wind up anywhere that will come back to bite me in the butt.

Together we’ve achieved some important goals for The Neapolitan Sisters , despite me dragging my feet when it comes to the more challenging parts of being an author. A recent example of me being a pain is when I was asked to record a video introducing myself and The Neapolitan Sisters to the Poder Circle Book Club. This time last year, I was adamant I’d never do anything like that. It took a lot of takes, but I did it. Look out for that video later this summer!

So here we are and while it’s a great place to be, I can’t wait to see where we go next.