With Love, Echo Park

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow, this novel follows two Cuban teens in LAs Echo Park neighborhood who clash over their visions for the future, the secrets between their familiesand the sparks flying between them. Seventeen-year-old Clary is set to inherit her familys florist shop, La Rosa Blancaone of the last remnants of the Cuban business district that once thrived in Los Angeless Echo Park neighborhood. Clary knows Echo Park is where shell leave a legacy, and nothing is more important to her than keeping the areas unique history alive. Besides Clarys florist shop, theres only one other business left founded by Cuban immigrants fleeing Castros regime in the sixties and seventies. And Emilio, whos supposed to take over Avalos Bicycle Works one day, is more flight risk than dependable successor. While others might find Emilio appealing, Clary can see him itching to leave now that hes graduated, and shell never be charmed by a guy who doesnt care if one more Echo Park business fades away. But then Clary is caught off guard when an unexpected visitor delivers a shocking message from someone she thought shed left behind. Meanwhile, Emilio realizes leaving home wont be so easyand Clary, who has always been next door, is who he confides in. As the summer days unfold, they find theres something stronger than local history tying them together.